Closing changes for the main European bourses:

  • German DAX -0.3%
  • UK FTSE 100 -0.7%
  • Stoxx 600 -0.3%
  • French CAC -0.4%
  • Italy MIB +0.9%
  • Spain IBEX -0.7%

Italy bucked the trend with a nice bounce but it was a third straight day of declines elsewhere.