European equity close: Third day of declines

Closing changes for the main European bourses:

• German DAX -0.3%
• UK FTSE 100 -0.7%
• Stoxx 600 -0.3%
• French CAC -0.4%
• Italy MIB +0.9%
• Spain IBEX -0.7%

Italy bucked the trend with a nice bounce but it was a third straight day of declines elsewhere.