By Barbara Kollmeyer
MADRID (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets turned mixed to higher in afternoon trading on Friday after U.S. non-farm payrolls dropped by 95,000 in September, against expectations for a fall of 8,000. Stocks pared losses after initially falling on the news, though banks continued to lead the declines in Europe, with shares of Barclays PLC (UK:BARC 296.85, -7.20, -2.37%) (BCS 18.95, +0.23, +1.23%) down 2.7%, dragging the FTSE 100 index (UK:UKX 5,632, -30.61, -0.54%) down 0.3% to 5,646.36. The French CAC-40 rose 0.2% to 3,771.92, while the DAX-30 index (DX:DAX 6,272, -4.66, -0.07%) rose 0.03% to 3,769.80. The Europe Stoxx 600 index (ST:SXXP 261.20, -1.11, -0.42%) fell 0.2% to 261.82. |
