The FTSE 100 ended the day 0.9 percent higher on Thursday, at 5,929.5. It was the fourth day of gains in a row for the blue-chip index, during which time it has gained 3.6 percent, or over 210 points. The FTSE 250 was also up on the day, gaining 0.8 percent to 9,362.
Earnings […]

The FTSE Eurofirst 300 was down for the day on Friday as well as lower for the week as a whole. The 300 lost 0.6 percent on the day to 1,260.8, a loss of 1.2 percent during the week as investors seemed to ignore positive economic data.
In the telecommunications sector, Telefonica declined by 1.6 […]

European equities did a bit better on Wednesday, despite new data on prices out of the US that only served to heighten worries that inflation is getting out of hand. The FTSE Eurofirst 300 was up 0.1 percent by the end of the trading day to 1,240.15.
Banking and finance was mixed on mergers and […]

Wall Street staged a slight recovery on Wednesday morning as investors paid less attention to concerns about inflation. By the middle of the session, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had added 0.6 percent to 10,764.73, while the Nasdaq Composite was up 0.5 percent to 2,082.01 and the S&P 500 gained 0.2 percent to 1,225.67.
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At midday on Wednesday, the New York equities markets had made back some of Tuesday’s losses, helped out by good news on the trade deficit and out of several corporations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was at 11,123.24 by mid-session, a gain of 0.3 percent, and the S&P 500 had gained 0.1 percent to […]

New York equities markets were up at midday on Monday as bids talk took center stage. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.1 percent to 11,086.26, the Nasdaq Composite was up 0.3 percent to 2,269.64, and the S&P 500 rose 0.2 percent to 1,284.39.
The announcement that McClatchy, owner of a group of newspapers in […]