Tokyo’s equities markets were mixed on Tuesday, with the Nikkei 225 0.3 percent higher to 16,399.39 but the Topix index dropping 0.2 percent to 1,617.42 on the session.
The banking sector was 1.2 percent lower as a whole as the possibility of interest rates going up again has declined amid domestic economic data which hasn’t lived [...]

In Europe on Tuesday, the FTSE Eurofirst 300 dropped 0.6 percent to 1,444.16 as banks saw losses.
UBS dropped 5.1 percent to SFr74.30 after it said it saw net profits drop by 21 percent in the third quarter. It still insisted, however, that sentiment has improved and it will fulfill expectations for full-year profits. [...]

The London equities markets were higher on Tuesday, but barely so, with the FTSE 100 adding a bare 0.04 percent to 6,129.2 and the FTSE 250 ending the session 0.6 percent higher to 10,372.2.
Friends Provident helped the 100 with its 6.7 percent gain to 207p after its third quarter report did better than had been [...]

Wall Street was flat to slightly lower at mid-session on Tuesday on new data showing that US consumer confidence dropped to 105.4 in October, down from a revised reading of 105.9 in September. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was 0.3 percent lower to 12,048.71, while the Nasdaq Composite was virtually flat after losing only [...]

Declines in the oil and automobile manufacturing sectors sent the FTSE Eurofirst 300 0.3 percent lower on Monday to 1,445.8. Carmakers were lower on profit taking, while oil stocks dropped on falling crude oil prices.
In the automobile manufacturing sector, BMW dropped 1.2 percent to €44.64 and Fiat declined 1.3 percent to €13.68. Peugeot [...]

The London equities markets were lower on Monday, with the FTSE 100 dropping 0.5 percent to 6,126.8 and the FTSE 250 falling 0.4 percent to 10,308.6.
In the pharmaceuticals sector, Shire dropped 2.8 percent on the session to 940p on profit-taking. Shire is up 45 percent on the year so far.
Wolfson Microelectronics dropped 3.9 percent [...]

In Tokyo on Friday equities markets were lower as new consumer price information showed that the Japanese economy might not have completely emerged from deflation, with core consumer prices in September up by only 0.2 percent. The new data makes it fairly certain that the Bank of Japan will not raise interest rates anytime [...]

The FTSE Eurofirst 300 was up 0.2 percent over the week to 1,448.46 for its fifth week in a row of positive movement.
The automobile manufacturing sector was up on pleasing quarterly reports. Fiat added 0.3 percent over the week to €13.86, while Renault gained 1.3 percent to €90.90 and DaimlerChrysler was 4.5 percent higher [...]

Despite gains in the telecommunications sector, the FTSE Eurofirst 300 was lower on Thursday, dropping 0.2 percent to 1,452.33.
Telefonica added 1.6 percent to €14.85, while Deutsche Telekom gained 2.1 percent to €13.22 and Cosmote of Greece was 2.6 percent higher to €18.98. France Telecom was up 3.6 percent to €20.10 on a gain of [...]

The New York equities markets were mixed at midday on Thursday on new concerns that the housing market in the United States is continuing to slow. The Dow Jones Industrial Average had dropped 0.1 percent to 12,120.19 and the S&P 500 was 0.02 percent lower to 1,381.98. The Nasdaq Composite was 0.03 percent [...]