Europe's main stock markets dropped at the start of trading on Wednesday, with London's FTSE 100 index of top companies down 0.35 percent at 5,766.22 points.
Frankfurt's DAX 30 slipped 0.17 percent to 7,156.34 points and in Paris the CAC 40 lost 0.20 percent to 3,423.58 points.
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