European major indices end the day mostly lower. UK FTSE 100 as a small gain

German DAX -0.22%

The European major indices are ending the day mostly lower. The UK FTSE 100 is the outliner with a small gain.

The provisional closes are showing
  • German DAX, -0.22%
  • France’s CAC, -0.7%
  • UK’s FTSE 100, +0.1%
  • Spain’s Ibex, -0.6%
  • Italy’s FTSE MIB, -0.35%
In other markets as London/European traders look to exit:
  • Spot gold is trading sharply higher by around $26 or 1.41% to $1864.67. The I price reached $1868.60.
  • Spot silver is trading up $0.45 or 1.87% at $24.63
  • WTI crude oil futures are trading down $0.30 -0.65% of $45.96
  • Bitcoin on Coinbase is trading down $33 and $19,214.50.  The G7 financial ministers met on a conference call today and cited strong support on need to regulate digital currency’s
The US stocks are trading mixed, with the Dow down while the NASDAQ index is higher. The S&P index is trading marginally lower.  The NASDAQ is traded to an all-time new high price today at 12436.22
  • NASDAQ index up 56 points or 0.45% at 12519.73
  • S&P index down 3.52 points or -0.10% at 3695.62
  • Dow industrial average -118.07 points or -0.4% at 30098