• UK FTSE +0.5%
  • German DAX -0.3%
  • French CAC -0.1%
  • Spain IBEX -0.5%
  • Italy MIB -0.2%

On days like this I picture Gerry looking across the English Channel with a smug sense of superiority.

On the week, most continental exchanges were slightly lower while the UK FTSE closed at a 4.5 year high.