2013.08.3006:01:44UTC+00Europe stocks fluctuate ahead of confidence, jobs data

European stock markets is having a hard time to find its rhythm for direction at the open on Friday, ahead of data on consumer and unemployment confidence in the euro zone. Investors also weighed the latest developments in the Syria conflict, after the U.K. parliament late Thursday rejected a preliminary vote on a military strike in the country. The Stoxx Europe 600 index modestly climbed at 300.17, on the right position for a 0.2% monthly advance. Shares of L'Oreal SA soared 3.7% after the cosmetics major confirmed its full-year guidance. Deutsche Bank AG bolster 2.1% after J.P. Morgan Cazenove pushed the bank higher to overweight from neutral. Among country-specific indexes, Germany's DAX 30 index inched down 0.1% to 8,185.91, while France's CAC 40 index backslide 0.1% to 3,981.26. The U.K.'s FTSE 100 index was marginally higher at 6,485.37.