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Markets: 12th November

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:17:30 +0100

European shares ended lower after having lost most of their earlier gains late in the session as Wall Street turned negative. There had been a…

Markets: 13th November

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:53:22 +0100

European shares finished Friday's session little changed having swung between gains and losses all day. Among the factors, the US trade gap…

Markets: 11th November

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:39:02 +0100

European shares finished at their highest in three weeks, led by financials after better than expected results from France's Credit Agricole, ING of…

Markets: 10th November

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:42:44 +0100

European shares fluctuated through the day and ended slightly lower. Among the factors HSBC reported its profit so far this year is higher…

Markets: 9th November

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:33:59 +0100

European shares finished up for a fourth straight session at a two-week high, boosted by G20 finance ministers and central bankers pledging to…

Markets: Thursday 5th November

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:52:22 +0100

European shares finished up over one percent after the release of data showing new claims for unemployment benefit in the US fell to a 10-month low…

Banks and carmakers lead markets rally

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:15:29 +0100

European markets closed up with banks and carmakers doing particularly well in an improving economic climate. The Cac 40 in Paris showed the…

Markets seem relaxed over CIT case

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:15:49 +0100

The bankruptcy case of CIT Group has been assigned to a new judge after the one appointed earlier disqualified himself. The bankruptcy filing…

Stocks slide as traders show restraint

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:23:34 +0100

European stocks recorded significant losses on Friday and the second weekly decline in a row. It was something of a hangover from Thursday,…

European shares boosted by US growth data

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:22:55 +0100

European shares were given a boost on Thursday by the positive data on US economic growth. In London the FTSE closed 1.13 percent up,…

European shares fall

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:11:32 +0100

European shares have fallen to their lowest level in three weeks after data showed an unexpected fall in the sales of new homes in the United States…

European share gains limited by US consumer gloom

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:06:20 +0100

Gains in European shares were limited in afternoon trading by news of deteriorating U.S. consumer confidence this month. The European FTSE 300…

European stocks have retreated

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:17:07 +0100

The FTSE index of top European shares was down 0.8% Heavyweight energy shares surrendered early gains as oil prices fell and the dollar…

Markets: 21st October

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:02:44 +0200

After spending most of the day in the red, European shares finished at a new high. Sentiment was boosted by gains on Wall Street where…

Markets: 23rd October

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:12:46 +0200

As the rally ran out of steam, European shares slipped late in the trading session on Friday and ended over 0.5 percent lower. Some said that…

Markets: 22nd October

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:56:04 +0200

European shares finished down one percent with Ericsson's poor results hitting the technology sector; Ericsson itself fell seven percent. There…

Markets: 20th October

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:05:28 +0200

Tuesday was an up and down day for European shares. They started lower, before popping back up to one-year highs, boosted by solid US company…

Markets: 19th October

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:11:33 +0200

European shares bounced back to one year highs, with banks, food producers and drugmakers leading the advance. Financials were the best…

Markets: 15th October

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:32:07 +0200

European shares started well, hitting a fresh 12-month high, but they slipped after quarterly results from US banking giants Goldman Sachs and…

Markets: 13th October

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:45:28 +0200

The US dollar has continued its slide, hitting a 14-month low against the euro. Investors have been selling to move to relatively high-yielding…

Markets: 12th October

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:43:06 +0200

European stocks finished at three week highs up over one percent. Philips unexpectedly good results fuelled hopes over results due out this…

Cautious market-Britain set to exit recession

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:39:39 +0200

European shares closed higher with banks gaining following BNP Paribas drive to repay the French state the 5.1 billion euros it borrowed when the…

European markets see gains

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:30:34 +0200

Europe's markets rose for the first in three days, boosted by a pick up in mergers and acquisitions. Heavyweight banks were among the top…

Markets-Germany and France show slight falls

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:44:45 +0200

Global stocks fell as the markets held back on risky bets as the US showed a fall in new orders for durable goods. The FTSEurofirst 300…

Markets 23 September

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:29:35 +0200

European shares closed slightly higher having erased much of their earlier gains. Banks were stronger performers. Shares in UniCredit, Italy's…

Markets 22 September

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:09:00 +0200

European shares finished ahead, reversing two days of loses. Banks were among the top gainers, along with drugmakers and the commodity sector.…