European markets ended mixed on Thursday as investors largely made cautious moves, reacting to the latest batch of economic data from euro area, and looked ahead to the upcoming U.S. non-farm payroll data, due on Friday.
The pan European Stoxx 600 ended 0.12% down. The U.K.'s FTSE 100 declined 0.61% and France's CAC 40 slid 0.21%, while Germany's DAX and Switzerland's SMI climbed up 0.19% and 0.35%, respectively.
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May 22, 2026 14:46 ET Minutes of the latest Fed policy session was the highlight of the week along with survey data on the U.S. housing market. In Europe, survey data signaled the trends in the euro area private sector. Further, consumer price inflation data from the U.K. was in focus. In Asia, various economic indicators from China drew attention to the health of the economy.