European stocks were little changed, after a two-week rally pushed the Stoxx Europe 600 Index to a six-year high, as a decline in bank shares offset a rally in luxury-goods companies. China’s economic growth slowed in the fourth quarter as gains in factory output and investment spending eased last month, data showed today. Gross domestic product rose 7.7 percent from a year earlier, compared with 7.8 percent in the third quarter. Industrial production increased 9.7 percent in December from a year earlier, slower than the 9.8 percent median forecast of analysts and a 10 percent jump in November.

National benchmark gauges fell in 11 of the 18 western European markets. The U.K.’s FTSE 100 added less than 0.1 percent. Germany’s DAX slid 0.4 percent. France’s CAC 40 lost 0.2 percent.

Deutsche Bank fell 5.5 percent to 37.19 euros. The lender posted a pretax loss of 1.15 billion euros in the fourth quarter because of 528 million euros in litigation-related expenses, costs tied to its reorganization and charges to adjust credit, debt and funding valuations. Analysts in a Bloomberg survey had called for a 628.5 million-euro pretax profit. The bank announced results 10 days ahead of schedule.

Banks, insurance companies and financial-services providers posted the biggest losses among the 19 industry groups in the Stoxx 600. Commerzbank AG declined 4.5 percent to 12.93 euros, while Credit Suisse Group AG retreated 2.5 percent to 29 Swiss francs. ICAP Plc, the inter-dealer broker, slid 4.5 percent to 432 pence.

Peugeot dropped 11 percent to 10.23 euros. The board approved a capital-increase plan that includes China’s Dongfeng Motor Corp. and the French state each investing at least 750 million euros, according to a person familiar with the matter. The automaker would also make a rights offering of about 1.4 billion euros.

Lanxess AG retreated 3.1 percent to 48.21 euros. Nomura Holdings Inc cut its rating on the specialty-chemicals maker to reduce from neutral. The brokerage cited Lanxess’s pricing power as the main risk.

Air France-KLM Group declined 4.7 percent to 8.86 euros. UBS AG downgraded Europe’s biggest airline to neutral from buy, citing the recent rally in the shares. Air France rallied 23 percent (AF) from the start of the year through Jan. 17.

Luxottica climbed 4 percent to 38.89 euros after Deutsche Bank raised its rating on the company to buy from hold. Hermes International SCA rose 1.2 percent to 247 euros after the brokerage upgraded the company to hold from sell.

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV gained 1.2 percent to 76.09 euros. The world’s biggest brewer agreed to pay $5.8 billion to buy back Oriental Brewery Co. Ltd. from KKR & Co. and Affinity Equity Partners Ltd. The deal has an enterprise value of $5.8 billion, according to a statement. AB InBev will pay for the acquisition from internal resources.

European stocks were little changed after a two-week rally pushed the Stoxx Europe 600 Index to a six-year high. U.S. equity-index futures were also little changed, while Asian shares dropped.

The Stoxx 600 fell less than 0.1 percent to 335.71 at 9:16 a.m. in London. The benchmark jumped 1.8 percent last week, extending its gain since the start of the year to 2.3 percent, as mining companies rallied and the World Bank raised its global-growth forecasts.

Asian equities dropped, snapping three days of gains, after China reported slowing economic growth in the fourth quarter. Gross domestic product in the world’s second-biggest economy grew 7.7 percent from a year earlier, slowing from 7.8 percent a year ago. That still exceeded economists’ estimate for a 7.6 percent expansion.

Deutsche Bank fell 4.3 percent to 37.64 euros. The lender posted a pretax loss of 1.15 billion euros ($1.56 billion) in the fourth quarter because of 528 million euros in litigation-related expenses, as well as costs tied to its reorganization and charges to adjust credit, debt and funding valuations. Analysts had called for a 628.5 million-euro pretax profit.

Peugeot lost 5.5 percent to 10.85 euros. The company was said to have obtained board approval for a capital increase of 3 billion euros ($4.1 billion). China’s Dongfeng Motor Group Co. would invest at least 750 million euros and Peugeot would seek to raise 1.4 billion euros through a rights offering. The French state would also invest 750 million euros.

Lanxess AG fell 3 percent to 48.27 euros. Nomura Holdings Inc cut its rating on the specialty-chemicals maker to reduce from neutral. The brokerage citing Lanxess’s pricing power as the main risk.

Air France-KLM (AF) dropped 3.8 percent to 8.95 euros. UBS AG downgraded Europe’s biggest airline to neutral from buy, citing the recent rally in the shares. Air France rallied 23 percent since the start of the year through Jan. 17.

FTSE 100 6,832.48 +3.18 +0.05%

CAC 40 4,327.07 -0.43 -0.01%

DAX 9,726.56 -16.40 -0.17%

Asian stocks fell after China’s economic growth slowed in the fourth quarter as gains in factory output and investment spending eased.

Nikkei 225 15,641.68 -92.78 -0.59%

S&P/ASX 200 5,295.05 -10.82 -0.20%

Shanghai Composite 1,991.25 -13.70 -0.68%

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., the nation’s biggest lender by market value, dropped 1.4 percent in Hong Kong.

Nintendo Co. sank 6.2 percent in Tokyo, the second-biggest decline on the regional benchmark index, after the maker of Wii video-game consoles forecast a surprise full-year loss.

Ssangyong Motor Co. rose 1.4 percent after controlling shareholder Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. announced plans to invest 1 trillion won ($939 million) in the South Korean carmaker.