European stocks slide at open; London down 1.29pc

LONDON: European stock markets slid at the start of trading Thursday, mirroring falls in Asia and overnight on Wall Stre

London's benchmark FTSE 100 index dropped 1.29 percent to 5,380.19 points, Frankfurt's DAX 30 lost 1.34 percent to 5,834.42 points and in Paris the CAC 40 retreated 1.18 percent to 3,118.07.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011

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