Benchmark Europe|

Benchmark Euro

Benchmark Euro
Major equity Indices in Euro Region?

In european session, while trading forex or any commodity futures, Which equity market or Indices serves as a benchmark support role as an outsider .I mean, while trading commodity futures or forex in US session, we watch DJIA as a refernce benchmark.Understand what i am saying sir?is it FTSE 100? OR DAX OR CAC 40 OR DOW JONES EURO STOXX 600 OR ANYTHING ELSE?which one the trader tracks as a outsider support role during europen session?Can you say me clearly?

There are 3 major equity markets to use as a benchmark in the Euro region:

United Kingdom: FTSE 100
Germany: Eurex DAX 30 Index
France: CAC40 Index

And of secondary importance:

Switzerland: Swiss Market Index
Italy: S&P/MIB Index
Spain: IBEX35 Index
Sweden: OMX Stockholm 30 Index

A complete list of European indices can be found on Bloomberg's website here: http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/wei_region2.html

Euro Mixed Against Majors
(RTTNews) - The euro showed mixed trading against other major currencies, in early European session on Thursday. The euro fell to a 9-day low against the franc, but recovered from more than a 2-week low against the yen. Meanwhile, the euro recouped its recent losses against the dollar.