Doha: European stock markets opened mixed on Thursday as investors await the US employment report for June and the signals it may carry about the future trajectory of interest rates. Among major European markets, France's CAC 40 index in Paris rose by 0.30%, while Britain's FTSE 100 index in London dropped by 0.11%.

According to Qatar News Agency, the European STOXX 600 index fell 0.1% to 638.27 points. In Germany, the DAX index in Frankfurt declined by 0.08%, whereas Italy's FTSE MIB in Milan recorded a slight increase of 0.09%.