Major European stock markets opened slightly lower on Friday as investors took profits after Thursday’s rally and digested another round of monetary tightening by global central banks.
The pan-European STOXX 600 fell around 0.2% in early trading. The DAX lost 0.42%, the EURO STOXX 50 declined 0.19%, the CAC 40 fell 0.34%, and the FTSE 100 slipped 0.18%.