European stocks fell Thursday, with caution still lingering as tension between US and North Korea escalated, and as German consumer goods company Henkel AG & Co. was among the companies whose shares pulled the market toward a second consecutive decline, MarketWatch reports.

The Stoxx Europe 600 fell 0.3% to 378.56, led by losses in the industrial group. The utility and healthcare sectors were the only ones showing gains. The pan-European benchmark on Wednesday fell 0.7% in a sell-off prompted by tensions between the US and North Korea escalated.