Closing changes:
- Stoxx 600 -0.6%
- German DAX -0.6%
- FTSE 100 -0.6%
- French CAC -0.4%
- Italy MIB -0.4%
- Spain IBEX -0.1%
Weekly:
- Stoxx 600 –2.3%
- German DAX -1.5%
- FTSE 100 -3.4%
- French CAC -2.3%
- Italy MIB -1.8%
- Spain IBEX -1.8%
The FTSE 100 is a bad day away from breaking the lows of the year. Bids in the last 90 minutes of trading today spared a close on the lows but that looks like position squaring rather than conviction buying.