European indices are closing with modest gains for the day but solid gains for the week. Today’s gains were led by Italy’s FTSE MIB with a gain of 0.32%.
A snapshot of the closing levels shows:
German DAX, +0.25%France’s CAC +0.29%UK’s FTSE 100 +0.27%Spain’s Ibex +0.06%Italy’s FTSE MIB +0.32%
For the trading week,
German DAX, +3.19%France’s CAC + 1.75%UK’s FTSE 100 +1.90%Spain’s Ibex +3.47%Italy’s FTSE MIB +1.63%
As London/European traders head for the exits, with US stock traders not far behind at 1 PM ET, the major indices are higher led by the Dow industrial average:
Dow industrial average +0.68%S&P index +0.43%NASDAQ index +0.38%
This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.