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By Elizabeth Howcroft PARIS (Reuters) -European stock markets fell slightly in early trading on Thursday, hovering just below recent highs, as traders avoided making big moves and waited for the Federal Reserve's three-day annual Jackson Hole symposium.
Traders were selling ahead of the possibility that Fed Chair Jerome Powell's highly anticipated speech Friday could disappoint investor hopes for a signal that interest rate cuts are coming.
The Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq are falling as the stock market looks ahead to the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole Symposium.
Britain's FTSE 100 closed at a record high for the third straight day on Thursday with healthcare stocks leading the gains, while fresh economic data reinforced signs of resilience in the UK economy.
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