European shares traded lower on Thursday as investors cashed in on a four-day rally after the U.S. Federal Reserve stopped short of announcing a more aggressive form of monetary stimulus and China and Germany unveiled another batch of weak economic data.
The Fed extended an existing bond programme aimed at bringing down long-term borrowing costs and stimulating growth, a move the market had largely priced in, but held fire on a new round of quantitative easing that some investors had hoped for.
"The rally that we have seen recently has been built on QE expectations; you are obviously going to see a degree of profit taking," said Ishaq Siddiqi, market strategist at ETX Capital.
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Leaders from the Middle East and North Africa in business, economics and politics will focus on the aftermath of the Arab Spring as they gather for the World Economic Forum in Jordan this weekend.