PHOTO: REUTERSEUROPE’S benchmark share index gave up early gains to close lower on Thursday, weighed by a selloff in technology stocks as results from Germany’s SAP and US-based Microsoft failed to impress investors. Investors have been scrutinising tech results for clues on how companies are monetising artificial intelligence, having spent billions on developing the technology in recent years. On Wall Street, investors sold shares of Microsoft and ServiceNow after their respective results also fell short of expectations. Still, Veitmane said investors should not diversify out of the US and out of technology stocks because that’s one area where profitability is unmatched. Deutsche Bank fell 1.2 pre cent despite posting its largest annual profit since 2007 as investors weighed the implications of an ongoing probe into alleged money laundering.