Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:38:26 GMT
European shares open lower
Most European stocks markets opened lower on Thursday as markets gave back part of yesterdays excessive gains that were encouraged by central banks' announcement about reducing dollar borrowing costs. Stoxx Europe 600 lost 0.2% to 239.46, pushed by mining and drug stocks. French CAC 40 and German DAX declined both edged down 0.4% to 3,141.94 and 6,062.69 respectively. FTSE 100 was the