European markets close slightly lower as investors await inflation data

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European markets closed lower on Monday, with investors turning their attention to regional inflation data and to Nvidia earnings due this week.

The pan-European Stoxx 600 provisionally closed 0.1% lower though it pared steeper losses toward the end of the day. Sectors were mixed, with retail stocks falling 0.88% as miners jumped closed 0.6% higher.

Markets had closed lower on Friday, with the Stoxx 600 recording its fourth consecutive weekly decline.

This week, investors will be looking to several key regional data points, including the latest inflation data out of the U.K. on Wednesday. The figures come after Friday's U.K. gross domestic product reading, which came in at 0.1% in the third quarter, falling short of expectations.

A final reading of the euro zone consumer price index is also due this week. A slew of purchasing managers' index reports from across the region are slated for Friday.

Before then, several central bank policymakers, including European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, are set to give remarks, which investors will be parsing through for hints about whether the ECB will announce another interest rate cut when it meets in December.

Asia-Pacific stocks mostly rose to start the week.

U.S. stocks saw a mixed open, with the Nasdaq Composite up 0.2% as automaker Tesla's shares gained 7%.

Attention stateside will this week turn to earnings from tech giant Nvidia, with investors especially looking for guidance about the company's Blackwell AI chips.

European stocks closed slightly lower on Monday, with the regional Stoxx 600 index ending 0.1% lower in its second straight decline.

That was despite the U.K.'s FTSE 100 climbing 0.57%, and with mining stocks