European shares steadied in early trade on Monday, with investors looking ahead to data on the region's services sector after comparable numbers from China pointed to a sharp slowdown in growth there. The data due includes Germany's services PMI, seen at 54, and France's services PMI, seen at 47.4. At 0809 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares was down 0.1 percent at 1,311.50 points, while the euro zone's blue-chip Euro STOXX 50 index was down 0.1 percent at 3,072.56 points.
