It's August and European offices are cleared out for holidays.

  • UK FTSE 100 flat
  • Stoxx 600 -0.1%
  • German DAX +0.2%
  • French CAC-0.1%
  • Italy MIB +0.3%
  • Spain IBEX -0.7%

There was some strength baked in after the strong US close on Friday but it didn't hold up.