India, June 13 -- The major European markets slumped on Friday as heightened Middle East tensions offset encouraging inflation data from Germany and France.
Israel launched strikes against Iran, targeting nuclear facilities and ballistic missile factories as part of efforts "to damage Iran's nuclear infrastructure, its ballistic missile factories and military capabilities."
The overnight strikes on the country killed at least three of its senior military leaders. Iran retaliated by launching more than 100 drones toward Israeli territory.
Germany's DAX stumbled 255.22 points or 1.07 percent to finish at 23,516.23, while the FTSE in London shed 34.29 points or 0.39 percent to close at 8.850.63 and the CAC 40 in France sank 80.43 points or ...