FTSE 100 Climbs 0.3% at the Open as Europe Splits on Direction
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MARKET OPEN
Europe
- 🇬🇧 FTSE 100+0.31%
- 🇩🇪 DAX-0.07%
- 🇫🇷 CAC 40+0.35%
London opened 0.31% higher and Paris joined it, while Frankfurt slipped, splitting Europe before US futures get their turn. Anyone trading European exposure today starts with no clean regional signal.
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The FTSE 100 opened Thursday at 14,206, and the gain is modest enough that one headline flips the session.
Paris rose with the CAC 40 up 0.35% while Frankfurt's DAX slipped, so the continent opened without a clean direction.
That split leaves broad European index fund and ETF holders without momentum to lean on this morning.
The New York open decides whether London's early gain holds or fades, so keep an eye on that handoff.