European markets mixed at close; Dax down 0.19%

Forex Pros – pros - European stocks were mixed after the closing bell on Monday.

At the close of European trade, Germany’s DAX fell 0.19%, London’s FTSE 100 gained 0.43%, France’s CAC 40 climbed 0.31% and the EURO STOXX 50 was up 0.30%.

Earlier in the day, official data showed that U.S. personal spending remained unchanged unexpectedly at a seasonally adjusted 0.0% last month from 0.3% in the preceding month whose figure was revised down from 0.4%.

Analysts had expected personal spending to rise 0.1% last month.

Meanwhile, on Wall Street, equity markets were up after the open. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.91%; the S&P 500 index gained 0.87%, while the Nasdaq 100 index climbed 1.57%.

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