FTSE 100 Opens Higher as Europe Brushes Off Tokyo's Slide

As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on October 13, 2026.

MARKET OPEN

Europe

3:00am ET

🇬🇧 FTSE 100+0.11%
🇩🇪 DAX+0.23%
🇫🇷 CAC 40+0.16%

Europe shrugged off Tokyo's sharp drop, with Frankfurt leading at 0.23% higher. That split hands US traders a calmer setup than the overnight tape suggested.

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The FTSE 100 opened about 15 points higher on October 13, 2026, shrugging off the pressure that came out of Asian markets overnight.

Frankfurt and Paris opened green alongside London, so the continent is not following Tokyo lower.

That puts the index back at its best levels of the recent recovery.

For US traders, a green European open trims the overnight anxiety priced into US futures.

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CLOSING BELL

Asia

4:00am ET

🇭🇰 Hang Seng+0.17%
🇨🇳 SSE Composite+0.08%

Hong Kong refused to follow Tokyo down, closing 0.17% higher. Greater China held the line on a session Asia spent in the red.

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SOL Solana

Oct 12, 8:00pm ET

$105.63

-5.02%

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MARKET OPEN

Nikkei 225 🇯🇵 JPX

Oct 12, 8:00pm ET

-1.49%

429.61

Tokyo opened 1.49% lower, the first risk signal of the global session with the yen and Bank of Japan rate path still unsettled. US futures traders get their cue here hours before New York opens.

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