European stocks slipped on Friday, with losses for travel and leisure stocks, even as economic data showed the single-currency area was seeing a growth pickup.
Shares of Tencent fell 2.6% in Hong Kong, the first loss in three sessions and following a 10% rebound on Thursday. The tech company was reportedly ordered by the Chinese government on Friday to fix problems including pop-up ads and data storage. The country’s ongoing crackdown on specifically Internet and tech companies has rattled investors.
Tencent shares have lost nearly 18% for July, its worth monthly performance since October 2018, according to FactSet research. Prosus shares have dropped 9%, the worst monthly performance for the company that went public in September 2019. On the economic front, data revealed there region pulling out of a double-dip recession in the second quarter with better-than-expected gross domestic product of 2% over the previous quarter. Still, Germany’s economic growth fell short of expectations.