London's FTSE 100 index retreated 1.9%, Frankfurt's DAX tumbled 2.7% and Paris's CAC-40 fell 2.5%.
The broader FTSE 250 index has been doing better, in dollar terms, for a while.
Britain's FTSE 100 lost 0.3%, Germany's DAX index dropped 1.0%, and France's CAC-40 fell 0.6%.
The Dax index in Frankfurt and the FTSE 100 in London each fell more than 4%.
The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was 0.7 percent higher at 6, 326.
The iShares FTSE China ( FXI) exchange traded fund rose a half percent on Thursday.
"Over the year to July 2010, the FTSE All-Share index rose by 15.4%, " the PPF said.
Admiral Group is the only FTSE 100 listed company with its headquarters in Wales.
The U.K.'s FTSE 100 index closed up 0.5%, at 5777.11, edging up 0.1% on the week.
In the past two months, the FTSE 250 index is up just over 5%.
The Stoxx Europe 600 index fell 0.7%, while the U.K.'s FTSE 100 ended down 0.6%.
Maybe now the iShares FTSE China (FXI) exchange traded fund will stop being such a bore.
Tokyo's Nikkei fell around four percent - that's around the same for London's FTSE.
Paris' CAC-40 rose 2 percent, London's FTSE 100 1.2 percent and Frankfurt's DAX 1.9 percent.
The FTSE 100 was trading down 430.6 points at 4, 549.7, its lowest point since September 2004.
Italy's FTSE MIB index declined 0.6% after its November industrial output fell more than expected.
The Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF ( VWO) is now down 2% in 2013.
While the FTSE 100 slipped and U.K. gilts fell back, sterling ticked higher against the dollar.
In the 1970s the FTSE 100 was made up largely of parochial companies serving British customers.
The FTSE 100 index lost 1% to 5513.69, but was up 0.6% on a weekly basis.
The FTSE Nareit Americas REIT Index, by comparison, has a current yield of 2.9%.
The U.K.'s FTSE 100 advanced 0.3% to its highest closing level since December 2007.
Italy's FTSE MIB index slid 0.7%, and the country's government bond prices fell, pushing yields higher.
Italy's FTSE Mib increased 0.7% to 13391.30, while Spain's IBEX 35 closed 0.8% higher at 6721.70.
The iShares FTSE China ( FXI) exchange traded fund declined over 1% on the news.
Britain's FTSE 1000 tumbled 8.7% after it reported its third-quarter gross domestic product fell 0.5%.
Over the last month, the iShares FTSE China Xinhua 25 (FXI) ETF is up 27.9%.
Within the euro zone, Italy's FTSE MIB skidded 3.1% and Germany's DAX slid 1.9%.
One firm PwC on its own received a staggering 47% of FTSE audit fees.
Britain does better, but not much: five of the FTSE-100 firms have female bosses.
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