By Sara Sjolin, MarketWatch

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets were mostly higher on Thursday, as upbeat global factory data encouraged investors to take on more risk, offsetting disappointing earnings from Apple Inc.

The Stoxx Europe 600 index , however, dropped 0.1% to 288.09, weighed by shares of Nokia Corp. (NOK).

The Finnish handset maker slumped 10.7% after it said it swung to a profit of 5 euro cents a share in the fourth quarter, beating consensus earnings of 2 euro cents a share. Sales fell 20% to 8.041 billion euros, falling short of estimates. The company also scrapped its dividends for 2012.

Frances Hudson, global thematic strategist at Standard Life Investments, said that the overall trading mood struggled for direction as "the clues we're getting have not been terribly helpful and are not conclusive in one direction or the other."

"From a macro point of view we're in glass-half-full mode. We got better PMIs and people are taking that as a positive. But even when the data has not been terribly supportive, like the Japanese trade data, there's a feeling that the market is willing to be quite optimistic," she said.

But market participants were also preoccupied with the earnings season in the U.S., where a disappointing earnings report from Apple (AAPL) weighed on the broader risk sentiment globally, sending both Asian and some U.S. markets lower.

"We've seen other less impressive results and it's clear that it's still a difficult business environment. Apple was a trigger to see that," Hudson said.

"It's the biggest company in the world," she added. "But to maintain that leadership you need to keep innovating and have the next new product waiting and we don't know what that next new product is."

U.S. markets had closed in positive territory on Wednesday, after the Republican-controlled House of Representatives approved a suspension of the debt ceiling until May 19.

On the data front in the U.S. on Thursday, the preliminary reading of the manufacturing purchasing managers' index rose to a 56.1 reading in January from 54.0 in December, marking a 22-month high.

Meanwhile, initial jobless claims dropped by 5,000 to 330,000 and remained at a five-year low.

Among notable movers in Europe, of shares of Logitech International SA sank 11.4%, after the computer-equipment firm said it swung to a net loss of $195 million in the third fiscal quarter compared with a profit of $55 million the year-ago period.

On a more upbeat note, U.K. mining firms showed upbeat moves, after HSBC's so-called "flash" manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index for January climbed to a 24-month high of 51.9, indicating business conditions for Chinese manufacturers improved further.

Shares of Anglo American PLC gained 0.5%, while heavyweight Rio Tinto PLC (RIO) was up 1.1%. That helped the FTSE 100 index rise 0.6% to 6,237.19.

The broader stock markets further trimmed losses, after the Markit composite purchasing-managers' index for the euro zone signaled the economic downturn in the region eased in January. The index rose to 48.2 from a December reading of 47.2, beating expectations of a 47.6 print. A reading below 50 signals contraction.

France's CAC 40 index was up 0.3% to 3,736.93, after trading as low as 3,711.55 earlier in the session.

Shares of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton gained 1.3% to 140.25 euros. J.P. Morgan Cazenove raised the luxury-goods maker's price target to EUR142 from EUR132 previously.

Outside the main index in Paris, shares of CGG Veritas slumped 2.5%, after Goldman Sachs cut the oil-services firm to sell from neutral.

Germany's DAX 30 index put on 0.2% to 7,724.13, up from an intraday low of 7,661.96.

Shares of Commerzbank AG gained 0.9%, after the bank confirmed plans to cut between 4,000 and 6,000 jobs.

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