European stocks were mixed on Thursday, with U.K. markets underperforming due to losses in heavyweight banking stocks.
On a light day on the economic front, German exports dropped 0.5 percent in August from July, confounding expectations for an increase of 0.3 percent, data from Destatis revealed. This followed a decline of 0.2 percent in July.
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May 08, 2026 15:50 ET Manufacturing and services sector survey results and labor market data from main economies were the highlight on the economics news front this week. Factory orders and jobs report dominated the news flow in the U.S. Similarly, industrial production data from German garnered attention in Europe. In Asia, purchasing managers’ survey results from China and the central bank decision from Australia were in focus.