European equity close: Nearly flat on the day

• Stoxx 600 -0.1%
• German DAX +0.1%
• France's CAC, -0.1%
• UK's FTSE 100 -0.1%
• Spain's Ibex -0.7%
• Italy's FTSE MIB -0.1%

This was the fourth day in a row of declines for the Stoxx 600 but it finished well above the lows.