European stock markets diverge at open

LONDON: Europe’s main stock markets diverged at the open Tuesday following a strong start to a week dominated by the battle to become the next president of the United States.

London’s FTSE 100 index fell 0.3 percent to 8,175.88 points.

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In the eurozone, the Paris CAC 40 index lost 0.1 percent to 7,617.23 points and Frankfurt’s DAX grew 0.6 percent to 18,523.42.