European markets have closed for the evening, and after the day's bloodbath investors must be quite relieved. The uncertainty created by the Italian election result has sent them scurrying for the hills, as the eurozone crisis rises from the dead.

• The FTSE 100 has finished down 84.93 points or 1.34% at 6270.44

• Germany's Dax is down 2.27%

• France's Cac has closed 2.67% lower

• Italy's FTSE MIB has ended a volatile day 4.89% lower, its biggest daily fall for nearly a year

• Spain's Ibex is off 3.2% on renewed contagion worries

• In Athens the market is down 0.38%

But in the US the Dow Jones Industrial Average is currently 0.7% higher after Federal Reserve boss Ben Bernanke was dovish about the prospects of continuing bond buying to stimulate the world's largest economy.

Back with Italy, and the country's borrowing costs have climbed sharply, with 10 year yields rising from 4.37% last night to 4.91%. The two year is up 47 basis points to 2.17%.

The euro has fallen 0.1% against the dollar to $1.308 but rose 0.2% against the pound to 86.2p.

And with that, it's time to shut up shop for the evening. Thanks for all the comments, and we'll be back tomorrow for all the fallout from this latest develpement in the eurozone crisis.