Asian and Pacific region equities were lower Friday. The Shanghai Composite was 0.12 percent lower to 5,818.05, while in Taiwan the Taiex was down 0.26 percent to 9,611.72. Australian markets declined on losses in the banking and mining sectors. The Sydney Ordinaries fell 0.85 percent to 6,723.3 and the S&P/ASX200 dropped 0.91 [...]

Equities markets were mixed in Asia and the Pacific on Friday, with more losers than gainers on the session. Gainers included the Sensex, which added 0.03 percent to 14,303.41 in India, and the Straits Times index in Singapore, which was 0.21 percent higher, to 3,512.4. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index dropped [...]

London equities markets were higher on Thursday, with the FTSE 100 1.3 percent higher to 6,282.2 on a session where it saw all of its listed stocks finish in the black. The FTSE 250 was 1.1 percent higher to 11,221.5. Trade was brisk, with 4 billion shares trading hands.
Homebuilders were higher on [...]

The Tokyo equities markets were lower on Thursday after the Bank of Japan chose to maintain interest rates at their current level. The Nikkei 225 dropped. 0.5 percent to 16,163.87, while the Topix index was 0.6 percent lower to 1,582.04. Declines came in both domestic and export-focused sectors.
Real estate was one exception to [...]

The London equities markets were mixed on Monday, as the FTSE 100 added 0.7 percent to 6,067.0 but the FTSE 250 declined by 0.4 percent to 9,878.9.
Miners once again were among the gainers on the day. Antofagasta was up 3.4 percent to £23.39, while Kazakhmys and Anglo American each gained 2.9 percent, to £12.35 [...]