LONDON, July 15 (Reuters) - European stock markets fell onFriday, with the shares of travel and leisure companies droppingafter an attack in the French city of Nice that killed more than80 people.
A gunman at the wheel of a heavy truck ploughed into a crowdcelebrating Bastille Day in Nice late on Thursday, killing atleast 84 people and injuring scores more in what FrenchPresident Francois Hollande called a terrorist act.
The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.3 percent,with France's CAC equity index down by 0.5 percent.
Shares in French hotels operator Accor fell 4percent, while shares in airlines such as Air France-KLM, easyJet and British Airways' ownerInternational Consolidated Airlines Group also fell bybetween 1.6 to 3 percent.
Shares in Swiss luxury goods companies Swatch andRichemont also slumped after Swatch issued a profitwarning, with Swatch shares sliding 12 percent. (Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Gareth Jones)