• FTSE +0.7%
  • Dax +0.3%
  • Cac +0.5%
  • Ibex +0.5%
  • FTSE Mib +0.5%

European bonds

  • Italy 4.53% +11bp
  • Spain 4.61% +10bp
  • Portugal 6.99% +22bp
  • Germany 2.04% +10bp
  • France 2.62% +9bp

What started as a rise in German bunds on the back of a European recovery spread into big rises for the rest of Europe.