European stocks were steadying after falling at open as
semiconductor stocks slid , following sentiment from the U.S. and Asia.
In Paris, the CAC index bucked the trend as luxury stocks counted a slide for STMicroelectronics , and in London software stocks helped the FTSE index into green territory.
Software and semis have often moved with inverse proportionality this week.
U.S. labor market data at 1230 GMT is in focus Friday.











