News updates from December 16: Germany set for snap election; Canada's finance minister resigns in blow to Trudeau

Paris's Cac 40 closed down 0.7 per cent, while London's FTSE 100 lost 0.5 per cent. Frankfurt's Dax fell 0.5 per cent after Berlin announced it was heading for a snap election after Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a vote of confidence. ...Read more