Closing changes:
- Stoxx 600 +0.4%
- German DAX +0.5%
- UK FTSE 100 +0.8%
- French CAC +0.8%
- Italy MIB +1.3%
- Spain IBEX +0.5%
There was a strong opening gap higher in the DAX but it faded in US trade and we ended up closing in the gap.
Italian stocks rebounded slowly after the government scaled back a plan to put windfall taxes on banks.