India, July 31 -- European stocks were flat to slightly higher on Thursday as investors digested a slew of earnings and reacted to a flurry of trade and tariff-related announcements from U.S. President Donald Trump on the eve of his Friday deadline.
In economic releases, preliminary data showed inflation remained unchanged month-on-month in two important German states in July.
The number of people out of work in Germany increased by 2,000 in July, significantly below analyst expectations, labor office figures revealed.
The pan European STOXX 600 edged up by 0.2 percent to 551.47 after ending flat with a negative bias on Wednesday.
The German DAX rose 0.4 percent, France's CAC 40 was marginally higher and the U.K.'s FTSE 100 gained 0.3 p...