European stocks retreated from six-week highs on Thursday, with miners leading the declines on renewed concerns about China’s property sector, while mixed quarterly updates from companies dampened risk appetite. The Europe-wide STOXX 600 index fell 0.2 percent due to a dour mood in global markets following the collapse of a $2.6 billion asset sale at indebted developer China Evergrande Group. European miners, which have a large exposure to China, shed 2.5 percent. UK-listed shares of Anglo American fell 3.7 percent even though it reported a 2 percent rise in overall production in the third quarter. Worries about China’s plan to bring down coal prices hit high-flying metal prices on Wednesday. “China’s macro cycle has troughed, but growth remains subdued,” said Andreas Bruckner, Bank of America’s European equity strategist, who earlier this month set a year-end target of 420 for the STOXX 600, implying a fall of about 10 percent from …