Mubasher: European shares trimmed their losses in Tuesday's early trading, boosted by positive economic data.
The EU's unemployment rate was 9.0% in December 2015, stable compared to November 2015, and down from 9.9% in December 2014.
Producer Price Index in December declined 0.8% compared to forecasts of 0.6% and previous reading of 0.2%, according to the data released by Eurostat on Tuesday.
In addition, Eurozone inflation rate dropped to 10.4% in December, compared with forecasts of 10.5%.
UK's FTSE 100 Index fell 1.59% to 5965 points, and Spain's IBEX 35 dropped 1.83% to 8628.
German's DAX slid 1.31% to 9630, and France's CAC was down 1.85% to 4311.
Italy's FTSEMIB fell 1.86% to 18142, and Stoxx600 index retreated 1.64% to 336.
