FTSE 100 Edges Up at the Open While DAX Slips 0.8%

As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on October 22, 2026.

MARKET OPEN

Europe

3:00am ET

🇬🇧 FTSE 100+0.13%
🇩🇪 DAX-0.77%
🇫🇷 CAC 40+0.15%

London and Paris opened higher while Germany's DAX dropped 0.8%, the widest split across Europe's three big benchmarks in this session. Anyone treating Europe as one trade is already on the wrong side of it.

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The FTSE 100 opened 0.13% higher on October 22, and the direction matters because Europe's biggest markets are no longer moving together.

Paris opened fractionally higher alongside London, while Germany's DAX fell 0.77% to become the clear laggard among Europe's three flagship indexes at the open.

Treating European equities as a single bloc breaks down in a session like this one, with London and Paris pulling one way and Frankfurt pulling the other.

The spread between the DAX and the other two indexes is the number to keep an eye on as the session develops. A widening gap out of Frankfurt signals country-specific pressure.

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CLOSING BELL

Asia

4:00am ET

🇭🇰 Hang Seng-3.05%
🇨🇳 SSE Composite-1.21%

Hong Kong gave up 3.05% after opening flat, a full-session unwind that hands Europe and the US a weak baseline. Shanghai's smaller 1.21% loss shows the selling was concentrated offshore.

MARKET OPEN

Asia

Oct 21, 9:30pm ET

🇭🇰 Hang Seng—
🇨🇳 SSE Composite—

Hong Kong opened within a point of its prior close at 3,014.77, a standstill that says traders want proof on China stimulus before committing. Shanghai opened just as flat, so Asia is handing US investors no directional cue today.

MARKET OPEN

Nikkei 225 🇯🇵 JPX

Oct 21, 8:00pm ET

+0.24%

408.13

Tokyo opened 0.24% higher, the first read global investors get before US futures wake up. With economists pencilling in a Bank of Japan hike to 1.50% in December, every yen tick now runs straight through exporter earnings.

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OPEN Opendoor Technologies

Oct 21, 6:00pm ET

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MFC Manulife Financial

Oct 21, 6:00pm ET

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NFLX Netflix

Oct 21, 6:00pm ET

New 52-week low $65.04 -3.0% vs prior low · 2026-10-02

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MAR Marriott International

Oct 21, 6:00pm ET

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FVRR Fiverr International

Oct 21, 6:00pm ET

New 52-week low $8.39 -0.9% vs prior low · 2026-10-06

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FAST Fastenal Company

Oct 21, 6:00pm ET

New 52-week high $52.49 +0.2% vs prior high · 2026-08-11

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A Agilent Technologies

Oct 21, 6:00pm ET

New 52-week high $177.75 +1.3% vs prior high · 2026-10-15

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