Europe stock markets struggle for direction on Monday, with volumes hampered by a lack of trading in London. Retail sales data for Europe will be among the few focal points, while shares of Linde AG rise after upbeat results.

Europe stock markets struggle for direction on Monday, with volumes hampered by a lack of trading in London. Retail sales data for Europe will be among the few focal points, while shares of Linde AG rise after upbeat results.

European stock markets struggle for direction on Thursday, after earnings from some of the region’s heavyweights add pressure, offsetting hopes for a rate cut at the European Central Bank’s policy-setting meeting next week.

Italian and Spanish stocks extend losses on Wednesday, with banks driving the charge south amid worries that the Cypriot banking crisis could spread to other euro-zone countries.

Italian and Spanish stocks extend losses on Wednesday, with banks driving the charge south amid worries that the Cypriot banking crisis could spread to other euro-zone countries.

European stock markets move lower on Friday, as investors monitor efforts in Cyprus to avoid a financial breakdown. Lawmakers are scrambling to come up with a new bailout proposal to present to the nation’s international lenders.

European stock markets open sharply lower on Monday, after a bailout for Cyprus, including a controversial levy on bank deposits, announced over the weekend prompts uncertainty in global financial markets.

European stock markets fall on Wednesday, with banks and autos among those compounding weak global sentiment as investors questioned the recent run for equities. Inditex and Enel were leading decliners.

Europe stocks struggle for direction on Tuesday, outside of a rebound for some periphery markets, with U.K. manufacturing output data in focus for investors.

Stocks in Europe pull lower Monday as investors take in data out of China that shows some weaker economic signals, while a downgrade for Italy at the end of last week weighed on peripheral markets.