FTSE 100 Opens Higher as DAX Leads European Markets
As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on September 30, 2026.
- 🇬🇧 FTSE 100+0.17%
- 🇩🇪 DAX+0.53%
- 🇫🇷 CAC 40+0.13%
Frankfurt is doing the heavy lifting in Europe today, with the DAX up 0.53% at the open against London's 0.17%. That gap is the cleanest read on where European risk appetite sits before US traders arrive.
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The FTSE 100 added 23.8 points at the open on September 30, keeping London in positive territory at a moment when broader European sentiment is being tested.
Frankfurt is doing more of the work this morning, with the DAX opening up 0.53% and signalling that continental European investors are showing more conviction than their London counterparts at the start of trade.
That divergence is worth watching before US markets come online. When New York opens, transatlantic money flows tend to reprice European risk quickly, and a gap this wide between London and Frankfurt can close fast in either direction.
The FTSE 100 has shed ground over the past two weeks, slipping to the current 14,093 level. Today's open arrests a run of consecutive down sessions and gives bulls a thin foothold heading into the afternoon.