The New York equities markets were up on Thursday on some good performances by individual stocks as well as on the news that unemployment claims were down last week from the week before. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.8 percent to 10,552.78, the Nasdaq composite added 1.2 percent to 2,141.22, and the S&P [...]

The equities markets in London were down on Thursday, with the FTSE 100 losing 0.3 percent to 5,478.2 and the FTSE 250 declining by 0.1 percent to 7,925.1. There were 3.1 billion shares traded on the day.
In its debut, online gaming company 888 Holdings started with a share price of 175p, gained [...]

In the European equities markets, the FTSE Eurofirst 300 lost 0.4 percent to 1,224.74 on profit-taking based on higher oil prices.
The mining and retail sectors, as well as the automobile manufacturing sector, were down on the day.
The biggest winner in terms of percentage on the day was Neste Oil, which gained 3.4 [...]

In Tokyo on Thursday, the Nikkei 225 was up 1.4 percent to 13,617.24, its highest close since May 2001. The Topix index rose even more, gaining 1.9 percent to 1,428.13 on the day.
The gains came on figures showing retail sales in Japan up 1.5 percent from August of last year, a confirmation [...]

Tokyo:
Tokyo equities markets hit new 4-year highs on Wednesday as the Nikkei 225 gained 1 percent to 13,435.91 and the Topix index rose an even larger 1.8 percent to 1,401.47.
Investors were in a buying mood as they look forward to the release on Monday of the Bank of Japan’s Tankan survey of business [...]

Tokyo:
The Tokyo equities markets were down on Tuesday on profit-taking after four-year highs reached on Monday. The Nikkei 225 dropped 0.6 percent to 13,310.04, while the Topix fell 0.7 percent to 1,376.70.
The steel and banking sectors were up on the day, however, and so was Sony. The consumer electronics group gained [...]

London:
In London on Friday the FTSE 100 gained 0.2 percent to 5,397.8, while the FTSE 250 was up by 0.2 percent as well, to 7,853.7.
The markets were up on advances in the telecommunications sector and on the downgrade of Hurricane Rita to Category 4. In the telecommunications sector, O2 gained 2.3 percent [...]

London:
Equity markets were down on Wednesday in London. The FTSE 100 lost 0.9 percent to 5,369.7, while the FTSE 250 was down 1 percent to 7,849.1. Volume on the day, was 3.3 billion shares traded.
At least one analysts blamed the poor performance, the worst since the July 7 terrorist bombings in [...]