India, July 4 -- European shares edged lower on Friday as regional data disappointed, and uncertainty prevailed over U.S. trade deals before the July 9 deadline.
German factory orders decreased 1.4 percent from a month ago in May as the sharp fall in domestic demand offset the rise in orders from non-euro area economies, Destatis reported.
Orders were expected to drop 0.2 percent after an upwardly revised 1.6 percent rise in April.
Elsewhere, French industrial output slid 0.5 percent month-on-month in May, confounding expectations for an increase of 0.4 percent, according to latest figures from the statistical office INSEE.
Nonetheless, the pace of decline was less severe than the 1.4 percent decline posted in April.
The pan European S...