July 6 (Reuters) - European shares slouched nigh 1% on Thursday as heightened concerns just about an economical lag and encourage rates hikes globally bent put on the line sentiment, patch an escalating barter battle between Mainland China and the Combined States likewise weighed.

The pan-European STOXX 600 index number dropped 0.8% by 0717 GMT, light-emitting diode by losses in the structure and materials indicator , which strike down more than 1%.

Fed minutes on Wednesday showed that a combined cardinal bank agreed to contain rates regular at the June coming together to bribe clock time and evaluate demand for foster order hikes, yet as the Brobdingnagian bulk expected they would at length involve to constrain policy farther.

Meanwhile, U.S.

Treasury Writing table Janet Yellen's low gear spark to Republic of China volition be on investors' radar as she is expected to sharpen on recalibrating ties between the world's deuce largest economies afterwards Beijing's New restrictions on exports of around metals sparked tensions.

German language commercial enterprise orders rosaceous importantly Thomas More than expected in May, pagar beton precast due to big surmount orders of ships, space vehicle and subject vehicles.

Investors bequeath closely monitoring device euro zone's retail gross revenue publish due at 0900 GMT, with numbers pool expected to check higher by 0.2% in May compared with a no-increase phase angle in the prior month.

Embracer, the top side unsuccessful person in the index, fell 0.8% later on the play chemical group embossed 2 trillion crowns ($182 million) in a ploughshare issuance directed to organization investors.

(Reporting by Matteo Allievi in Gdansk and Shubham Batra in Bengaluru; Redaction by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)