The pan-European Stoxx 600 provisionally ended the session down about 0.6%, with utilities stocks falling 1.4% to lead losses as most sectors and major bourses slipped into negative territory.
The first reading of June’s activity in the services and manufacturing sectors in the euro zone showed business growth accelerating at its quickest rate in 15 years, as pent-up demand is unleashed by the easing of lockdown measures across the single currency bloc.