Portugal: Current Account deficit narrows to €-2.557B in December

The German DAX 30 (-1.88%), the French CAC 40 (-1.75%), the Italian FTSE MIB (-2.83%) and the Spanish IBEX 35 (-1.65%) fall in reaction to still weakening PMI data in the Eurozone (despite rising consensus), as well as to a lack of consensus on extending US QE by key FOMC members, and the introduction of Chinese property price controls. All European equity indexes are down on this “red” Thursday.