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European stock markets drop at open

London's benchmark FTSE 100 index falls 0.4% to 6,530.84 points

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 08 Dec 2020 4:21PM

European stock markets drop at open
Traders are continuing to track Covid-19 and Brexit developments. – Pixabay pic, December 8, 2020

LONDON – European stock markets dropped slightly at the open today as traders continued to track Covid and Brexit developments.

London's benchmark FTSE 100 index fell 0.4% to 6,530.84 points.

In the eurozone, the Paris CAC 40 index lost 0.2% to 5,563.51 points and Frankfurt's DAX 30 was almost flat at 13,266.54. – AFP, December 8, 2020

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