The Tokyo equities markets were down on Wednesday as chip-related shares followed their American counterparts lower. The Nikkei 225, which is heavily weighted for technology stocks, dropped 0.7 percent on the day to 15,762.54, while the Topix index dropped only 0.2 percent, helped out somewhat by rising steel shares. Nippon Steel, Japan’s largest steel maker, [...]

European equities markets were up on Wednesday, helped significantly by good news in the breweries sector. The FTSE Eurofirst 300 gained 0.3 percent to 1,353.84, while Frankfurt’s Xetra Dax was up 0.5 percent to 5,828.65 and France’s CAC 40 was up 0.6 percent to 5,022.35. Utilities, which were up on Tuesday over bid rumors, saw [...]

Reversing recent declines, domestic sectors in Japan posted huge gains on Tuesday, sending the Nikkei 225 and Topix indicies up to their sharpest rises in three weeks. The Nikkei was up a full 3 percent to 15,894.94, while the Topix index gained 2.5 percent to 1,612.56. The real estate sector had the largest gains, up [...]

European equities markets were up on Tuesday, mainly on gains in the energy sector spurred on by a bidding war for Spain’s Endsea. The FTSE Eurofirst 300 was up 0.7 percent to 1,355.05. In Frankfurt, the Xetra Dax fained 0.7 percent as well, to 5,836.56, while in Paris the CAC 40 was up to 5,013.78. [...]

The equities markets in London were up in mid-day trading on Tuesday, led by advances in the energy sector brought on by bidding wars on the continent. The FTSE 100 was up 0.3 percent to 5,882.3 and the FTSE 250 advanced by the same percentage to 9.481.0. While Eon and Gas Natural fought it out [...]

The New York equities markets were down in mid-day trade on Tuesday on a mixed but mostly lower retail sector and declines in the computer hardware sector. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1.3 percent in the middle of the day to 11,070.74, the Nasdaq composite had dropped 1 percent to 2,260.27, and the [...]

Equities markets in Europe saw advances on Monday on the strength of gains the oil sector as the FTSE Eurofirst gained 0.2 percent to 1,345.92, a new four and a half year high. The oil sector was up on higher crude oil prices. Statoil gained 3.5 percent to €178. Meanwhile Saipem, the largest oil field [...]

The Tokyo markets fell substantially on Monday as declines continued in domestic sectors, with foreign selling a huge factor in the drops. The Nikkei 225 was down 1.8 percent to 15,437.93, while the Topix index dropped 2.1 percent to 1,572.11. The banking sector as a whole was down 3 percent after Mitsubishi UFJ cut its [...]

The London equities markets ended the day and the week at high levels on Friday, as the mining, banking, and energy sectors saw gains but retail and newspapers were hit by declines. The FTSE 100 was up 0.3 percent on the day and 1.4 percent on the week to 5,846.2, its highest closing since June [...]

In Tokyo on Friday, the equities markets were down on declines in domestic stocks, including the real estate sector, which fell as foreign investors continued to pull out of the Japanese market. The Nikkei 225 was down 2.1 percent on the day to 15,713.45, a three-week low, and the Topix index dropped 1.6 percent to [...]