LONDON -- European markets fell Friday as investors awaited a key report on U.S. job losses and financial stocks pulled indexes down after the Royal Bank of Scotland reported a bigger first-half loss and issued a subdued outlook.
In afternoon European trading, Britain's FTSE 100 tumbled 1.1 percent to 4,637.22, Germany's DAX slipped 0.6 percent to 5,339.85 and France's CAC dropped 0.9 percent to 3,445.97.
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Wall Street was set to open lower. Dow Jones industrial average futures fell 0.4 percent to 9,197.00 and Standard & Poor 500 futures were 0.3 percent lower at 991.80.
Asian markets ended mixed after Wall Street's decline Thursday, when investors were disappointed by U.S. unemployment and retail data released Thursday.
