China is expected to overtake Japan as the world's second largest economy as GDP growth in Japan slowed to 0.1% in the second quarter.
The FTSE 100 regained some of the ground it lost today in late trading, but still closed down 0.8% lower at 5,211 points.
Fidelity will launch an income share class on Sam Morse's £3bn European fund, which will provide an estimated yield of 3.2%.