India, Feb. 24 -- European stocks were flat to slightly lower on Tuesday, with a resurgence in trade uncertainty coupled with artificial-intelligence disruption concerns keeping investors on edge.
Amid anxieties over Iran, tariffs and the economic outlook, investors now await U.S. President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech to Congress for direction.
The pan-European Stoxx Europe 600 was marginally lower at 627.34 after falling half a percent on Monday.
The German DAX slipped 0.1 percent, France's CAC 40 was little changed with a negative bias and the U.K.'s FTSE 100 was down 0.3 percent.
Banks traded lower, with Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas falling 1-2 percent on concerns about the expected long-run effects of AI o...