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The pan-European STOXX 600 (STOXX) was down 0.2% by 0708 GMT, with travel and leisure (SXTP) and insurance (SXIP) stocks leading early declines.
Although trading in most country indexes was muted, a weaker pound lifted London’s FTSE 100 (FTSE) by 0.2% ahead of a UK-imposed Oct. 15 deadline on Brexit negotiations. Growing political friction about the impact of new local COVID-19 restrictions has also hit sentiment.
The European Union would prefer to have a deal, but it is ready in case no agreement can be reached, the Commissioner for the EU’s single market said.
The Italian bourse (FTMIB) was flat as Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte imposed new restrictions on gatherings, restaurants, sports and school activities.
