India, Feb. 18 -- European stocks slipped into the red on Tuesday after opening on a firm note earlier amid Ukraine war developments.
The U.K. unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.4 percent in the fourth quarter, while France's consumer price inflation climbed to a five-month high of 1.7 percent in January from 1.3 percent in December amid higher costs for energy and services, separate set of data showed today.
Elsewhere, German ZEW sentiment data is expected to signal improving outlook despite lingering economic uncertainty.
The pan European STOXX 600 was marginally lower at 555.38 after gaining half a percent in the previous session.
The German DAX slipped 0.1 percent, France's CAC 40 shed 0.2 percent and the U.K.'s FTSE 100 was ...