European equity close: On the backfoot

It wasn’t a pretty one for European stock markets today:

• Stoxx 600 -0.5%
• German DAX -0.9%
• Francis CAC -0.3%
• UK’s FTSE 100 -0.7%
• Spain’s IBEX -0.6%
• Italy’s FTSE MIB -1.0%

This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.