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Sept 16 (Reuters) - European shares fell on Monday after
four straight sessions of gains as attacks on crude facilities
in Saudi Arabia and weak China data dented investors' risk
appetite.
The drone attacks in the weekend, which cut more than 5% of
the global oil supply, sent crude prices soaring as much as 19%,
pushing the oil & gas index .SXEP 3% higher. Airline stocks were down, with Ryanair Holdings RYA.I , Air
France KLM SA AIRF.PA and EasyJet PLC EZJ.L falling more
than 4%.
Data showed China's economic slowdown deepened in August,
with industrial production growing at its weakest pace in 17-1/2
years amid rising U.S. trade pressure and softening domestic
demand. The pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX fell 0.5% at 0710
GMT, with trade-sensitive German shares .GDAXI falling 0.6%.
London's FTSE .FTSE logged the smallest losses, with a
0.07% dip, helped by a rise in shares of oil majors BP BP.L
and Shell RDSa.L .