In the eurozone, Frankfurt's DAX 30 index dipped around 0.1 percent to 13,315.93 points and the Paris CAC 40 shed 0.1 percent to 5,921.93, compared with Tuesday's closing levels.
Shares in IAG, the parent group of British Airways, rose 0.3 percent at 594.20 pence. BA earlier said it had suspended all its flights to mainland China because of the deadly coronavirus.