[Middle East Situation Escalates, European Stocks Open Sharply Lower] According to Deep Tide TechFlow, on March 2, European stocks opened with significant declines. The German DAX Index and the Euro Stoxx 50 Index both fell by more than 2%, the French CAC40 Index dropped 1.34%, and the UK FTSE 100 Index declined 0.68%. Spain's IBEX35 fell 3.15% intraday. (Jin10)