• Spain up 4.8%
  • Italy up 5.5%
  • France up 6.2%
  • Germany up 5.1%

Bank stocks are soaring, helping give the euro a very broad lift. The banks were the source of the problem for the euro on the way down to 1.3150 and they are helping the recovery to 1.4150… Here is the Stoxx bank stock index in Europe over EUR/USD…