CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - The U.S. dollar drifted higher against its major trading partners in the European session on Thursday, after a data showed that the nation's private sector job growth accelerated
European Stocks Closed On Mixed Note As Investors Look For Direction
BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT/PARIS (dpa-AFX) - European markets ended mixed on Thursday as investors largely made cautious moves, reacting to the latest batch of economic data from euro area, and looked ahead to the upcoming U.S. non-farm payroll data, due on Friday.
The pan European Stoxx 600 ended 0.12% down. The U.K. s FTSE 100 declined 0.61% and France s CAC 40 slid 0.21%, while Germany s DAX and Switzerland s SMI climbed up 0.19% and 0.35%, respectively.
Among other markets in Europe, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Poland and Sweden closed higher.
Belgium, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain and Turkey drifted lower, while Czech Republic and Norway ended flat.
IHS Markit said its index of activity in UK factories jumped from 60.9 in April to 65.6 in May - the highest score on the purchasing managers index since the survey started in 1992.