European stocks fell on Tuesday as heavyweight energy and healthcare shares declined, while investors assessed the potential impact of the U.S. government shutdown that could delay the release of closely watched monthly jobs data.

The pan-European Stoxx 600 index dropped 0.2 percent to 554.7 points by 0709 GMT, despite being on track for a third consecutive monthly gain and rising more than two percent for the quarter.

Heavyweight oil and gas shares fell 0.8 percent amid falling oil prices. French TotalEnergies and British BP shares each declined by more than one percent.

Healthcare shares slipped 0.3 percent after Danish Novo Nordisk and British AstraZeneca shares fell about one percent each.

On the economic data front in Europe, the UK economy grew 0.3 percent in the second quarter, preliminary data showed inflation in France at 1.1 percent in September, and German retail sales unexpectedly fell in August.

British online fashion retailer ASOS shares dropped 11.4 percent after the company warned its annual revenues would miss market expectations.