European stocks slip amid poor eurozone data

Europe's main stock markets fell Wednesday as investors took profits from recent gains and digested downbeat industrial production data in the eurozone, dealers said.
Asian equities also turned mixed following the previous day's healthy gains, as profit-taking offset another record overnight Wall Street performance.
London's benchmark FTSE 100 index dipped 0.14 percent to stand at 6,863.40 points just after midday, despite upbeat unemployment data and a growth forecast upgrade from the Bank of England.
Frankfurt's DAX 30 slid 0.16 percent to 9,738.31 points, dented partly by poor RWE results, and in Paris the CAC 40 lost 0.16 percent to 4,497.80 compared with Tuesday's closing values, according to AFP.