European equity close: German and Italian stocks outperform

<p>European stocks had some big gains to start the week but flattened out today.</p><p>Closing changes:</p><ul><li>Stoxx 600 +0.1%</li><li>German DAX +0.2%</li><li>UK FTSE 100 -0.1%</li><li>French CAC -0.3%</li><li>Italy MIB +0.4%</li><li>Spain IBEX flat</li></ul><p>The FTSE 100 has spent the past 8 months carving out a range… the spring is certainly coiling.</p>

This article was written by Adam Button at www.forexlive.com.