(Alliance News) – London’s FTSE 100 was treading water heading into Tuesday afternoon, outperforming continental peers in a downbeat morning for European equities, which failed to stick to the script after stocks in New York surged overnight.
The FTSE 100 index was down 7.33 points, 0.1%, at 7,686.86. The FTSE 250 was down 109.00 points, 0.6%, at 19,284.80, and the AIM All-Share was down 1.12 points, 0.2%, at 749.70.
The Cboe UK 100 was flat at 767.97, the Cboe UK 250 was down 0.7% at 16,776.26, and the Cboe Small Companies was 0.1% lower at 14,937.10.
In European equities, the CAC 40 in Paris was down 0.4%, while the DAX 40 in Frankfurt was 0.3% lower.
Stocks in New York are called to open lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 are called down 0.4%, while the Nasdaq Composite is called to open 0.6% lower.
On Monday, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite rose 1.4% and 2.2%. The Dow, weighed down by a share price slide for…
