European shares dip as investors eye PMI data, ECB meeting
Reuters
Published Jan 20, 2020 03:27AM ET
Updated Jan 20, 2020 03:41AM ET
European shares dip as investors eye PMI data, ECB meeting
(Reuters) - European shares dipped slightly on Monday after striking a record closing high in the previous session, as investors paused before launching into a week packed with economic data and the European Central Bank's first policy meeting of the year.
The pan-European STOXX 600 index (STOXX) was down about 0.1%, after gaining nearly 1% on Friday on optimism around U.S.-EU trade talks to address long-standing issues such as a French digital tax and aircraft subsidies.
German shares (DAX) lost 0.2%, as data showed producer prices in the euro zone's biggest economy fell 0.2% year-on-year in December 2019, compared with a 2.7% gain a year earlier.
Investors are now awaiting readings of the Purchasing Manager's Index from Germany, France and the euro zone on Friday, and the ECB's monetary policy meeting on Thursday, where it is expected to keep the deposit rate unchanged at -0.50%.
Shares of oil and gas companies (SXEP) led gains among the major European subsectors, tracking a rise in oil prices after two large crude production bases in Libya began shutting down. [O/R]
Among individual movers, British shopping center operator Intu Properties (L:INTUP) tumbled 7.1% after saying it was targeting an equity raise by the end of February to tackle debt.
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