Europe's stock markets opened mixed Thursday as investors took on board the European Central Bank's $800-billion bond-buying stimulus programme aimed at containing the economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak. In initial deals, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index fell 0.7 percent to 5,045.53 points and Frankfurt's DAX also dropped 0.7 percent at 8,383.38. In Paris, however, the Paris CAC 40 rebounded 1.2 percent to 3,799.01 points. rfj/bmm