Europe's stock markets were mixed on Thursday, as downbeat US corporate news kept investors wary of buying heavily sold-off shares.

In Britain, the FTSE 100 was down 1.2 percent. But Germany's DAX closed slightly higher at 4,626. The CAC-Quarante in France was 0.91 percent.

Experts say Germany has officially sunk into recession as government figures show Europe's biggest economy contracting for the second quarter in a row during the third quarter.

(CCTV November 14, 2008)