LONDON (AP) - European shares lost ground Thursday, weighed down by mining companies Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton on concerns China will hike interest rates, overshadowing positive margin news from mobile phone giant Nokia and hopes for pharmaceutical-sector earnings.
The German DAX Xetra 30 index declined 0.5 percent to 7,242.73, the French CAC-40 index lost 0.1 percent to 5,829.04 and the U.K. FTSE 100 index declined 0.1 percent to 6,440.60.
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