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Europe Fear & Greed Index — Friday, 2 October 2026

On Friday, 2 October 2026, the Europe Fear & Greed Index read 14 out of 100 (Extreme Fear), down 6 points from 20 on Thu 1 Oct.

Why it read 14

The gauge sits at 14 mainly because market-based signals are almost all at their most fearful readings: momentum, volatility, safe-haven demand, junk-bond demand and bank stress all read 0, and the news mood is also deeply negative, with BofA's call for the Stoxx 600 to fall to 610 and rising yields and oil weighing on sentiment. The only real counterweights are small caps holding up relatively well against broad Europe and strong AI-driven memory demand supporting European chip-equipment names.

The opening line of the app's daily read for this day, published here 7 days later. The full read, with every claim tied to its sources, is in the app.

Today

This page is the archive for one day. The live reading, the signals behind it and how the gauge is built are on the Europe Fear & Greed Index page.