While financial markets have been anxiously awaiting the outcome of the stress tests on 91 European banks, which were published at 16.00 GMT today, it seems Financial News readers had their finger on the pulse all along.

According to a survey by Financial News, held on the website between Monday and Thursday, just under a half, 48.8%, of readers from across the financial services industry believed European regulators would let only five to 10 banks fail the tests - and that the capital raisings will be manageable.