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European shares are set to open flat on Friday, following a sharp fall in the previous session, and with trading set to be subdued as U.S. markets are closed for a holiday.
Financial spreadbetters expected Britain's FTSE 100 to open between 4 points higher and 5 points lower, Germany's DAX to open between 4 points higher and 4 points lower, and France's CAC to open between 3 and 6 points lower.
On Thursday, the FTSEurofirst 300 index of leading European fell 2.6 percent to 843.0 points.
The European benchmark index is still up more than 30 percent from its lifetime low of March 9, but the rally has stalled in recent weeks on lack of evidence of economic recovery.
Data released on Thursday showed the unemployment rate in both the United States and the 16-nation euro zone rising to 9.5 percent.
Markets may lack direction, with the United States exchanges closed on Friday ahead of Independence Day.
With a thin corporate diary, investors will focus attention on retail sales for the euro zone in May, due later in the session.
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