London's FTSE 100 index, the DAX in Frankfurt and the CAC 40 in Paris were all down more than five percent in afternoon trading.

伦敦金融时报100指数，法兰克福DAX指数和巴黎CAC - 40指数在下午的交易中均下跌超过百分之五。

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The DAX index in Germany fell 3.25 percent and the CAC-40 index in France lost 3.41 percent.

德国的DAX指数下跌3.25个百分点，法国的CAC - 40指数下跌3.41个百分点。

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By lunchtime, Germany's Dax index and France's Cac 40 were both up more than 3%.

到中午，德国Dax指数和法国Cac40指数都上升了超过3%。

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The US fall also hit Europe's main markets in the first 20 minutes of Wednesday trade, with London's FTSE 100 index down 36.2 to 5, 905 and the Paris Cac 40 index down 55 points to 5, 382.5.

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In Germany, the DAX 30 index added 1.8% to 6539.85 in Germany, while the French CAC 40 index rose 1.5% to 3363.23 and London's FTSE 100 moved 1.3% higher to 5795.20.

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Led by losses for Sanofi, the French CAC 40 index fell 0.4% to 3438.26.

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