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Traders work at the offices of IG markets in the City of London on January 16, 2019. - The pound held its ground today and London's FTSE opened higher after the record defeat of British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plan, as investors consider the next developments in the long-running saga. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)
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.
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.