European equity close: Solid but not spectacular gains

Closing changes for the main European bourses

  • UK FTSE 100 +0.1%
  • German DAX +0.5%
  • French CAC +0.3%
  • Italy MIB +0.9%
  • Spain IBEX +0.1%

Italian stocks have made a nice move and a bit of a gap today. There's a lot of blue sky above in Italian stocks but the economy needs to get on the path to growth. The P/E is 11.76 with a trailing dividend of 4%. That compares to 18.5 and 1.95% in the S&P 500.

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