The pan-European STOXX 600 index slipped 0.2% by 0810 GMT, extending losses from Friday when the benchmark index snapped a four weeks of gains.
A better-than-expected quarterly rebound for China’s economy failed to excite investors who feared that soaring COVID-19 cases and tight restrictions in continent could dent growth in the first quarter.
Carrefour fell 5.9% in early deals after its takeover talks with Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard failed and the two sides decided to work on partnership opportunities.
The stock had shed nearly a third of its gains after the French government opposed the deal last week.
Shares in carmaker Stellantis rose almost 3% in its first day of trading in the Paris stock market on the completion of merger between Fiat Chrysler and PSA.
