European shares traded lower on Tuesday with financials under pressure again and miners also firmly in the red. In earnings news, Rio Tinto shares fell 0.5%. The firm's first-half net profit more than doubled to $6.91 billion. The German DAX 30 index lost 0.4% to 6,270.17 and the French CAC-40 index lost 0.5% to 4,332.84. The U.K. FTSE 100 index dropped 1.4% to 5,426.80 on the first day of trading after a three-day weekend.
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