European stock markets retreat 0.4%, waiting for corporate earnings

The major European stock markets posted losses Monday, following the Wall Street Friday, and with operators attentive to corporate results.

Markets are facing a week rich in trading results, key macro data and central bank meetings. It comes amid alerts generated by the latest accidents of social networking companies.

Investors are cautiously awaiting all the references that will be released this week, such as meetings of the Fed, the Bank of Japan and the Bank of England; in the macro domain, data such as the CPI and the American strike; and in the business section, the results, among others, of more than 140 companies of the S & P 500.

• Tokyo

The Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 0.7% Monday, in a session marked by caution on the eve of monetary policy decisions of the Bank of Japan (BoJ). The Nikkei index of the 225 main titles produced 167.91 points to finish at 22,544.84 points.

At the same time, the dollar was worth 111.05 yen, against 111.10 yen on Friday, and the euro was it was also stable, around 129.45 yen.