European stock markets were mixed at the open on Friday, as investors await a key U.S. jobs report.
The regional Stoxx 600 index opened 0.06% lower, with sectors spread between losses and gains.
Oil and gas stocks moved 1.6% higher after analysts raised oil price forecasts for the first time in four months in a Reuters poll released Thursday.
Autos stocks fell 1.26%, however, after a survey from Germany's ifo Institute flagged a deterioration in sentiment among automakers; almost half said a lack of orders was impeding production.
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