ROME: European equities finished solidly lower on Thursday, after investor sentiment was left dented by downbeat data from Asia’s two largest economies, Japan and China.
The pan-European STOXX 600 ended the day around 1.2 percent lower.
London’s FTSE 100 index also closed the day 1.2 percent lower, after the Bank of England kept interest rates on hold at 0.5 percent, after policymakers decided it was as it was too early to tell whether the turmoil in China would impact the U.K. After the news, sterling rose against the U.S. dollar.
