These figures could be decisive for the Federal Reserve's (Fed) upcoming decisions, especially after the minutes of its last meeting revealed its leaders' concern about the potential negative impact of President-elect Donald Trump's measures in the fight against inflation.
The Fed's comments added to recent signs of strength in economic activity and persistent inflation in the world's leading potential, factors that triggered a wave of selling in the debt market on Wednesday.
The situation worsened following CNN's report that Trump may declare a national economic emergency to justify the imposition of universal tariffs.
Against this backdrop of uncertainty, reasons for upside in equities are scarce, and the market remains in anticipation of U.S. employment data. According to the latest Reuters poll, a net increase of 160,000 jobs is expected in December, down slightly from 227,000 in the previous month, with an unemployment rate of 4.2%.
At 08:05 GMT on Thursday, Spain's selective IBEX 35 stock market index was down 41.10 points, or 0.35%, to 11,757.00 points, while the FTSE Eurofirst 300 index of large European stocks was down 0.45%.
In the banking sector, Santander lost 1.09%, BBVA fell 1.17%, Caixabank advanced 0.33%, Sabadell fell 1.19%, Bankinter dropped 0.59%, and Unicaja Banco lost 0.54%.
Among the large non-financial stocks, Telefónica fell 0.46%, Inditex dropped 0.55%, Iberdrola gained 0.04%, Cellnex fell 0.52%, and the oil company Repsol rose 1.23%.
(Information by Tomás Cobos; editing by Javi West Larrañaga)