European stocks are higher as we kick off the day

  • Eurostoxx +0.3%
  • Germany's DAX +0.7%
  • UK's FTSE +0.3% (touches fresh record highs)
  • France's CAC 40 +0.6%
  • Italy's FTSE MIB +0.5%
  • Spain's IBEX +0.4%

A very bright start for the European cash equity markets. This follows of course US trading whereby we saw record closes for the Dow, S&P, and Nasdaq. And that spilled over to Asian markets as well where most major equity indices were higher and the Nikkei closed at its highest level since January 1992.