Europe Markets: European stocks and Dow futures trade lower amid earnings deluge and on worries about slow recovery

European stocks traded lower on Thursday on the busiest day of second-quarter earnings season, with concerns mounting about a sluggish economic recovery and a possible second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

European stocks traded lower on Thursday on the busiest day of second-quarter earnings season, with concerns mounting about a sluggish economic recovery and a possible second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.