European markets were mixed again Tuesday, with the Dax again being the major decliner with a drop of 0.38percent to 7,777.56. Otherwise, indices saw gains. The FTSE Eurofirst 300 added 0.27 percent to 1,516.42, while the Paris CAC-40 gained 0.06 percent to 5,538.91 and Madrid’s IBEX was up 0.25 percent to 15,814.8. [...]

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 [...]

European markets were mixed Thursday, with more losers than gainers. The gainer was Madrid’s IBEX, which added 0.5 percent to 15,507.1. Elsewhere, the pan-European FTSE Eurofirst 300 was down 0.78 percent to 1,572.92. In Frankfurt, the Dax dropped 0.8 percent to 7,921.4. The Paris CAC-40 fell 0.89 percent to 5,767.24. [...]

Shares in the Asia-Pacific region were mixed Wednesday. Gainers included Taiwan’s Taiex index, which was 0.8 percent higher to 9,700.07. The Kospi index was up 2.62 percent to 2,014.09 in South Korea, while the Shanghai Composite gained 2.64 percent to 5,552.3. In India, the Sensex was up 2.99 percent to 17,847.04. [...]

Asia-Pacific equities markets were mixed Wednesday. Gainers included the Taiex index in Taiwan, which added 0.17 percent to 9,018.12. The Straits Times index gained 0.33 percent to 3,506.09 in Singapore, while the Shanghai Composite was 1.15 percent higher to 5,172.63 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was up 1.49 percent to 24,310.14. On [...]

European markets were lower Thursday on intensifying worries concerning the subprime sector. The FTSE Eurofirst 300 fell 1.82 percent to 1,526.04. In Madrid the IBEX dropped 1.11 percent to 14,838.3, while the Dax was 2 percent lower to 7,453.59 in Frankfurt and the Paris CAC-40 dropped 5,624.78. Banks declined after BNP Paribas [...]

Equities markets in the Asia-Pacific region were mostly lower on Wednesday, but there were a couple of notable exceptions to the declining trend. In South Korea, the Kospi index added 0.6 percent to 2,004.22, the first time it has closed above the 2,000 level. The gains came after Moody’s raised South Korea’s debt [...]

Equities markets in the Asia-Pacific region were higher on Friday. In India, the Sensex added 0.1 percent to 15,565.55, while in Australia the Sydney Ordinaries gained 0.6 percent to 6,457.7. The Hong Kong and Singapore markets saw even bigger gains, with the Hang Seng index 1.2 percent higher to 23,291.9 while the Straits [...]

Asia-Pacific equities markets were almost universally higher on Thursday. The main exception was the Straits Times Index in Singapore, which fell 0.06 percent to 3,604.62. In India, the Sensex added 1.63 percent to 15,550 to reach an all-time high as it added 249 points on the session. Elsewhere, the Hang Seng index [...]

Global equities markets had a better day on Thursday, where some indices saw their first day of positive results in several days. In the Asia-Pacific region, the Sensex added 0.51 percent to 14,504.57. The Straits Times index in Singapore gained 0.64 percent to 3,538.23, while the Hang Seng index added 1.07 percent to [...]