LONDON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - European shares slipped for the seventh day in a row on Tuesday as jitters remained ahead of major U.S. non-farm payroll data later in the week, with miners the main fallers, led by Kazakhmys on a stake sale.
Miners featured among the worst performers, with Kazakhmys down 2.3 percent. The company said its chairman Vladimir Kim sold about 11 percent of the shares in issue and may list in Hong Kong.
By 0713 GMT, the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index of top shares was down 0.2 percent at 1,048.96 points.
"Investors are still nervous ahead of the earnings season and Friday's U.S. non-farm payrolls," said Henk Potts, strategist at Barclays Wealth.
"But, a surprise move by the Bank of Japan shows the authorities will be working hard to ensure a recovery will be supported."
However, providing the index with some support was Europe's largest travel firm TUI Travel which gained 3.2 percent. The company said bookings for winter and summer are doing well and net debt should be lower than expected. (Reporting by Joanne Frearson)