The FTSE Eurofirst 300 was 1.02 percent higher to 6,363.9 as European markets made gains on Thursday. Madrid’s IBEX gained 0.7 percent to 14,077.8, the Dax added 0.84 percent to 7,535.97, and the Paris CAC-40 was up 1.05 percent to 5,565.97. Steel-related shares were higher. ThyssenKrupp (FWB: TKA; LSE: THK) gained 1.97 [...]

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 [...]

London’s equities markets were up significantly on Tuesday. The FTSE 100 added 2.39 percent to 6,280.7, while the FTSE 250 gained 2.16 percent to 11,212.3. There were only two losers on the 100. Consumer electronics retailer DSG International (LSE: DSGI) dropped 0.2 percent to 146.9p. Pest control and facilities services group [...]

European markets were higher again Friday, helped by talk of a plan to allow the US Federal Housing Authority to guarantee loans for delinquent subprime mortgage holders so that they can refinance their loans at better rates and avoid foreclosure, on the theory that the plan will help relieve chaos in the mortgage marked and [...]

Asia-Pacific equities markets were mixed Tuesday after new data on existing homes sales out of the United States Monday posed new concerns about the state of the US economy. Among those indices seeing gains were the Taiex, which added 0.11 percent to 8,727.55 in Taiwan. India’s Sensex gained 0.52 percent to 14, 919.19, [...]

The New York equities markets were higher in early afternoon trade on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.84 percent to 13,617.78. The Nasdaq Composite was 1.92 percent higher to 2,610.69, while the S&P 500 had added 1.15 percent to 1,493.72. The gains came on comments from the Federal Reserve on [...]

Asia-Pacific equities markets were mixed on Tuesday as investors waited to see what the US Federal Reserve would do about interest rates and how it would characterize the current mess in the subprime market. Decliners included Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index, which fell 0.13 percent to 21,907.99 and the Straits Times index in Singapore [...]

Asia-Pacific equities markets were mixed on Friday, although there were more gainers than losers on the session, and most gains were much bigger than the few losses. In Australia, the Sydney Ordinaries added 0.09 percent to 6,055.9, while the S&P/ASX200 gained 0.15 percent to 6,021. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index was [...]

Most Asia-Pacific equities markets were higher on Tuesday. The exception was the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo, which dropped 0.2 percent to 17,248.89. The Topix index, however, closed barely higher at 1,706.18 and the Mothers market was 1.38 percent higher to 864.7. Earnings results and other news drove gains and losses on the [...]

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 [...]