France’s CAC falls -2.4%
The major European indices are closing sharply lower with the France’s CAC the biggest decliner at -2.4%. A look at the provisional closes shows
- German DAX, -1.3%. The low was at -2.16%
- France’s CAC, -2.43%. The low was at -3.09%
- UK’s FTSE 100 -1.5%. The low was at -2.48%
- Spain’s Ibex, -0.8%. The low was at -1.81%
- Italy’s FTSE MIB, -1.6%. The low was at -2.44%
In other markets as London/European traders look to exit:
- Spot gold is down $4.40 or -0.25% at $1783.
- Spot silver is down $0.23 or -1% at $23.26.
- WTI crude oil futures are down $1.25 or -1.93% at $63.34
- The price of bitcoin is trading up $1000 at $45,803
In the US debt market, yields are ticking back to the downside:

In the European debt market, the benchmark 10 year yields rose marginally:
