Closing changes for the main European bourses:
- Stoxx 600 +0.6%
- French CAC +1.0%
- UK FTSE 100 +0.6%
- German DAX
- Italy MIB +0.9%
- Spain IBEX -0.9%
I'm not sure what's behind the big underperformance in Spain but French stocks touched above some major resistance to hit a new all-time high.