FTSE 100 Closes Up 0.3% as London Outpaces Frankfurt and Paris
As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on November 13, 2026.
- 🇬🇧 FTSE 100+0.32%
- 🇩🇪 DAX-0.20%
- 🇫🇷 CAC 40-0.20%
London finished higher while Frankfurt and Paris both slipped about 0.2%, a split that rewards UK exposure over the eurozone again. If you own Europe through a broad fund, that half-point gap is doing quiet work on your returns.
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London closed 0.3% higher while the rest of Europe went the other way, and that gap is where the money is being made right now.
Both the DAX and the CAC 40 finished in the red, leaving London ahead of its two largest continental neighbours by about half a percentage point. The pattern has begun to favour UK-weighted exposure over broader eurozone holdings.
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For investors holding Europe through a diversified fund, that divergence compounds quietly: the London allocation carries the day while Frankfurt and Paris drag in the opposite direction.
London's gain came on steady buying through the session rather than a drift higher on thin activity, which is the kind of move that tends to persist.