FTSE 100 Opens Flat as DAX and CAC 40 Slide Lower
As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on October 19, 2026.
- 🇬🇧 FTSE 100+0.04%
- 🇩🇪 DAX-0.53%
- 🇫🇷 CAC 40-0.14%
UK investors get a rare session where the FTSE is the steadiest index in Europe, with the DAX down 0.53% at the open and the CAC 40 also lower.
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The FTSE 100 opened flat on October 19 while the DAX dropped 0.53% and the CAC 40 slipped into the red. That leaves London's benchmark as the steadiest index across major European markets.
For UK investors, holding ground while continental peers sell off is a relative outperformance worth acting on. The gap itself is the story.
The DAX's drop is the sharpest move of the three indexes at the open, pointing to pressure in German-listed equities that has not reached London. How the spread between the FTSE and DAX evolves through the session will show whether London's steadiness holds.
A flat open that holds through the morning signals real resilience, while a reversal means the calm was only a lag before the same selling pressure reached London.