The London equities markets fell victim to profit-taking on Friday, with the FTSE 100 dropping 0.8 percent to 5,964.6 and the FTSE 250 losing 0.1 percent to 9,850.3. Despite the losses, both indices were up in the first quarter of the year, with the FTSE 100 gaining 6.2 percent, while the FTSE 250 was […]

Early afternoon on Friday saw the New York equities markets mixed, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq Composite up a bit but the S&P 500 had dropped slightly. The Dow was up 0.1 percent to 11,157.58 and the Nasdaq had added 0.2 percent to 2,344.59. The S&P was down 0.1 […]

The FTSE Eurofirst 300 was down 0.9 percent this week to 1,370.43. However, it added 2.6 percent during the month and gained 8 percent during the first quarter of 2006. The week’s losses were put to profit-taking amid worries about rising interest rates in both the eurozone and the United States.
Among gainers on […]

In London on Thursday, the FTSE 100 again rose above the 6,000 level to close at 6,015.2, a gain of 0.9 percent that allowed the index to finish recouping the 100 points it lost earlier in the week. The FTSE 250 was also up on the day, gaining 0.4 percent to 9,855.1. Trading […]

In Tokyo on Thursday, the Nikkei closed above the 17,000 level for the first time in over five years, ending the session up 0.6 percent to 17,045.34. The Topix index was up as well, by 0.9 percent to 1,726.68. Banking and export companies accounted for most of the upward movement.
Real estate saw gains […]

The New York equities markets were mostly down by early afternoon on Thursday despite gains in the telecommunications and metal-mining sectors. The Nasdaq Composite was about even after declines earlier in the day, at 2,338.64. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.6 percent to 11,153.18 on concerns in several sectors over interest […]

The London equities markets were up on Wednesday after losses over the two previous trading sessions. The FTSE 100 added 0.5 percent to 5,959.2, earning back nearly a fourth of the ground it had lost on Monday and Tuesday. Meanwhile, the FTSE 250 was up by 0.1 percent to 9,820.8. 3.3 billion […]

Equity markets in Tokyo were up on Wednesday as the yen weakened but confidence in Japan’s economic recovery strengthened. The Nikkei 225 closed out the day up by 1.5 percent to 16,938.41, its highest ending level in five years, while the Topix index added 1.1 percent to end the session at 1,711.54.
The real estate […]

The London equities markets were down on Tuesday, with the FTSE 100 losing 0.6 percent to 5,935.7 and the FTSE 250 down 0.4 percent to 9,816.1 on a volume of 3.8 billion shares traded. The declines did not seem to bother traders very much, however, as they put off much of the losses to […]

In Europe on Tuesday, the FTSE Eurofirst 300 was down 0.5 percent to 1,364.9 on worries that both US and eurozone interest rates could be going up again soon. The likelihood that eurozone rates could go up again was increased by new data on German business confidence that was up more than had been […]