European equities opened lower on Friday, July 17: Euro STOXX 50 down 66.36 pts
(-1.06%) at 6,217.25; Germany’s DAX down 145.87 pts (-0.59%) at 24,720.59;
France’s CAC 40 down 57.99 pts (-0.69%) at 8,319.87; Italy’s FTSE MIB down
506.46 pts (-0.97%) at 51,867.50; Spain’s IBEX 35 down 55.44 pts (-0.29%) at
19,182.96; UK’s FTSE 100 down 1.67 pts (-0.02%) at 10,570.57.