Mixed news from earnings reports kept the New York equities markets down slightly on Wednesday morning. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was less than a point lower to 11,103.16, while the Nasdaq Composite was down 0.3 percent to 2,067.64 and the S&P 500 also down less than a point, to 1,268.30. In a report released [...]

The FTSE Eurofirst 300 was 0.4 percent higher on Wednesday to close at 1,320.81. Oil stocks helped the gains. The semiconductor sector saw declines on the day. ASML dropped 0.8 percent to €14.92 and Infineon was down 2.4 percent. STMicroelectronics fell 3.1 percent to €11.63. While its second-quarter report reached expectations, forecasts for the third [...]

In Europe on Tuesday the FTSE Eurofirst 300 was up a slight 0.1 percent to 1,315.53 after having gone as high as 1,321.01 during the day. Even though the day’s advance was so small, Citigroup issued an over-all positive statement on European equities markets, saying that it expects a slowdown but not a recession, and [...]

The London equities markets were higher again on Tuesday, with the FTSE 100 gaining 0.3 percent to 5,851.2 and the FTSE 250 also up 0.3 percent to 9,248.5. Volume was up from Monday, with 2.6 billion shares changing hands during the session. Boots Group and Alliance UniChem were each 2.1 percent higher, to 766p and [...]

A falling transportation sector led the New York equities markets lower by midday on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3 percent to 11,018.64, while the Nasdaq Composite and the S&P 500 each had dropped by 0.2 percent, to 2,058.46 and 1,258.22 respectively. United Parcel Service fell 14.5 percent to $68.44, its worst ever [...]

Equities markets in Tokyo were slightly lower on Monday on declines in the securities and steel sectors. Semiconductors were down as well, while electronics were mixed and paper and pulp saw increases during the day. The Nikkei 225 fell 0.2 percent to 14,794.5, while the Topix index was down 0.1 percent to 1,514.22. The steel [...]

News and rumors involving bids activity lifted the FTSE Eurofirst 300 by 1.9 percent on Monday to 1,314.30, almost 7 percent higher than its low for the year, reached in June. The forestry and paper sector was helped by Oji Paper’s move to acquire Hokuetsu Paper Mills, as investors looked for signs of similar consolidation [...]

In London on Monday the FTSE 100 was 2 percent higher, to 5,833.9 as quarterly reports continued to come in. The 100 as a whole was helped by the news that US hospital chain HCA is being purchased by a consortium that includes Bain Capital and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts for $21 billion. Meanwhile, the FTSE [...]

European equity markets saw ups and downs during the week, thanks to the unrest in the Middle East and the continuing string of quarterly reports being issued in various sectors. The FTSE Eurofirst ended the week 1 percent higher than it began, closing on Friday at 1,290.17. Technology stocks were mixed during the week. Among [...]

While both the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 saw declines during the day on Friday, both managed to end the week slightly higher. The 100 dropped 0.9 percent to 5,719.7, while the 250 was 1 percent lower to 9,114.2 on a volume of 2.7 billion shares traded. The 100 was up by 0.2 percent on [...]