Europe's main stock indices and bond benchmarks dipped on Tuesday amid reports of new U.S. fines on banks and dimming prospects for an asset purchase programme from the European Central Bank, Reuters reported. Bank shares weighed on European equity indexes, compounding losses after a two-session drop, as Germany's largest lenders were said to be negotiating a settlement with U.S. authorities over their dealings with countries blacklisted by Washington following a huge fine for French lender BNP Paribas. At 0740GMT, the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index .FTEU3 was down 0.1 percent at 1,380.33. Germany's Dax was down 0.3 percent, France's CAC was down 0.1 percent and the UK's FTSE 100 was down 0.1 percent.
