Europe's listed sector, as represented by the GPR 250 Europe Index - closed 1.3% lower in January.
Only three countries showed positive returns last month, namely Spain (5.3%), the Netherlands and Switzerland.
Returns for the individual countries in January were as follows:
- Spain 5.3%
- the Netherlands 1.9%
- Switzerland 0.7%
- France -0.5%
- Austria -1.2%
- Belgium -1.2%
- Sweden -2.0%
- UK -2.1%
- Germany -2.9%