FTSE 100 closes at 10,789 while the DAX gains 0.6%
As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on August 13, 2026.
- 🇬🇧 FTSE 100-0.40%
- 🇩🇪 DAX+0.61%
- 🇫🇷 CAC 40-0.13%
Europe closed split: German equities gained 0.6% while London finished at 10,789.93. Treating "European exposure" as one trade means missing the divergence inside it.
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The FTSE 100 shed 43 points to close at 10,789.93, a loss of about 0.4% from the previous session.
The DAX finished the session up 0.6%, so treating European equities as a single undifferentiated trade cost you: London and Frankfurt moved in opposite directions on the same day.
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The CAC 40 also closed lower, down about 0.1%, leaving the DAX's gain as the real outlier worth scrutinising when assessing continental European sentiment at the close.
For investors with broad European exposure, a day like this is a reminder that the region's major indexes can and do diverge sharply. A German tilt finished in positive territory while UK large-cap weighting lagged.