Europe’s main stock markets fall further at open

Europe's main stock markets extended losses at the open on Thursday as investors await a key US jobs report that could shed light on the state of the US economy.

London's FTSE 100 index dipped 0.2 percent to 8,257.44 points, reports BSS/AFP.

In the eurozone, the Paris CAC 40 index shed 0.5 percent to 7,466.63 and Frankfurt's DAX retreated 0.2 percent to 18,549.

Friday's US non-farm payroll figures could give signals about the health of the world's biggest economy and the size of Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts set to begin this month.