FTSE 100 Closes Up 0.46% as Germany's DAX Does the Heavy Lifting
As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on October 6, 2026.
- 🇬🇧 FTSE 100+0.46%
- 🇩🇪 DAX+1.07%
- 🇫🇷 CAC 40+0.27%
Dollar-based investors chasing Europe are being paid mostly by one market: Germany did the heavy lifting again, with the DAX up 1.1% while London and Paris lagged.
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The FTSE 100 closed at 13,946, a gain of 0.46% on the day, with buyers fading in the second half as the index drifted back from its intraday peak.
Germany led European equity markets, with the DAX finishing up 1.07% and comfortably outpacing both London and Paris. That left the FTSE 100 roughly in the middle of the three major European benchmarks.
For dollar-based investors rotating into European equities, the day's dispersion is worth noting. A broad Europe trade would have captured the DAX's strength, while London and Paris lagged. Index and country selection mattered in a way a single European ETF would have obscured.
The FTSE 100's strong open and fade into the close is a pattern that reflects caution ahead of the following day's macroeconomic calendar. The net advance was real, but the late-session give-back leaves follow-through to be tested at tomorrow's open.