Europe's leading stock markets closed today's trading session in the red, with investors waiting to see the next steps of major central banks in terms of interest rates, CBS reported.

London's FTSE 100 lost 46.15 points, or 0.61 percent, to 7,521.39.

In Frankfurt, the DAX fell 104.42 points, or 0.72 percent, to 14,343.19.

The Paris CAC 40 was down 9.17 points, or 0.14 percent, at 6,687.79.

The week starts in the red for the stock markets in Europe

The pan-European Stoxx 600 registered a 0.6 percent decline, with most sectors and exchanges in the red.

Technology stocks led losses, down 1.5 percent, followed by financial services, which lost 1.4 percent, and health care companies, which fell 1.1 percent.

The declines follow a similar development on the stock exchanges in Tokyo and Wall Street, with expectations for a new increase in key interest rates by the UFR at its meeting this month, although "only" by 50 basis points, BTA notes.

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