European markets edged lower this Wednesday, after United States data release, which indicated a decline in the country's retail sales for the last two months. The Stoxx Europe 600 index lost 0.7 per cent to 241.71. Germany's DAX 30 index dropped 0.5 per cent to 6,132.85 and the French CAC 40 index slipped 0.3 per cent to 3,036.73.