Germany’s DAX 30 closes up 1.23% at 25,616.42

The breadth matters more than the DAX headline: gains across France, Italy and the UK, with Italian banks outperforming their own index, point to a broad European risk-on session rather than a single-index move. The UK's marginal advance stands out as the laggard, suggesting the rally was not uniform across the region. With these figures only provisional, whether the final closes confirm the same pattern — and whether Italian bank strength holds relative to the wider market — is the open question.