European stocks downbeat on Nice attack

Europe's main stock markets ended the week on pause Friday, with downbeat sentiment over the deadly Nice truck attack offsetting Wall Street records and positive Chinese data.

Airline stocks slid. Accor Hotels led losers on the Paris market in shedding three percent as the French tourism industry fretted at the latest in a slew of recent attacks while transport firms and luxury goods makers also fell back.

Overall, the Paris market closed the session off 0.3 percent at 4,372.51 points.