The regional Stoxx 600 index ended down 1.1%, with all sectors and major bourses in negative territory.
The debt-heavy utilities sector dropped 2.7% with higher-for-longer rates in focus, while mining stocks were down 2.6%.
In Asia-Pacific markets overnight, Hong Kong stocks fell about 3%, leading wider losses in the region.
U.S. stocks were lower as traders closely monitored rising Treasury yields, which hit a 16-year high.
The 10-year Treasury yield, a benchmark for mortgage rates and guage of investors' economic confidence, briefly touched its highest level since 2007.
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