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European stock markets drop at open

Published June 9, 2016 Updated June 9, 2016 07:18am

1 min

By Imad Uddin

LONDON: European stock markets slid at the start of trading on Thursday following a poor performance by Tokyo.

London's FTSE 100 index fell 0.4 percent compared with Wednesday's close to open at 6,274.27 points.

In the eurozone, Frankfurt's DAX 30 stocks shed 0.3 percent to 10,184.48 points and the CAC 40 in Paris slipped 0.3 percent also, to 4,437.02.

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