Stock Exchange: Europe starts slightly up, London + 0.4%

Equity markets of the Old Continent up slightly at the start of the day: the London Stock Exchange rose by 0.4%, Frankfurt and Amsterdam by 0.2%.

    Madrid up 0.1%, Paris and Moscow flat. 

The Chinese stock exchanges closed the session with heavy losses: the Shanghai Composite index lost 1.16%, to 3,199.92 points, while that of Shenzhen lost 2.34%, slipping to 2,051.79.