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June 21 (Reuters) - European shares opened lower on

Friday, with technology shares at the helm of the selloff, while

Danish brewer Carlsberg Group slumped after British soft drinks

maker Britvic ( BTVCF ) rejected its $3.9 billion revised takeover

proposal.

The pan-European STOXX 600 was down 0.2%, as of

0715 GMT, with the technology sub-index losing 0.6%

after rising nearly 2% in the previous session.

The construction and materials sector slipped 0.7%,

while retail shed 0.5% as British discount chain B&M

fell 1.8% after Morgan Stanley lowered its rating to

"underweight" from "equal-weight".

The European benchmark was still on track for modest weekly

gains, following a more than 2% drop last week when markets were

rattled after French President Emmanuel Macron had called for a

snap parliamentary election.

Among other stocks, Denmark's Zealand Pharma,

jumped 23.1% after an early-stage study showed a high dose of

its drug helped reduce weight by an average 8.6% after 16 weekly

doses.

Carlsberg Group dropped nearly 6% after Britvic ( BTVCF )

rejected its takeover bid, citing that the proposal

"significantly undervalued" the group and its prospects. Shares

of Britvic ( BTVCF ) jumped 14.4%.