European equities markets saw gains Thursday on lower unemployment in Germany and after the US Federal Reserve decided Wednesday to hold US interest rates steady and said that rates will remain low for some time to come. The FTSE 100 was up 0.03 percent to 6,069.9 in London, while the FTSE 250 gained 1 percent [...]

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, while the [...]

Equities markets in the Asia-Pacific region were mixed Friday as investors worried again about the state of the global economy. India’s Sensex was the biggest mover of the day after the Congress Party and the Communist Party there came to an agreement to jointly study a proposed nuclear energy deal with the United States, averting [...]

In early afternoon trade on Wednesday the New York equities markets were up even though many banks were lower again. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was 0.59 percent higher to 13,167.93, while the Nasdaq Composite had added 0.67 percent to 2,538.25 and the S&P 500 had gained 0.49 percent to 1,454.17. Banks were lower after [...]

Asian and Pacific equities markets were mixed again on Wednesday. The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong dropped 0.22 percent to 20,798.97, while the Sensex was 0.63 percent lower to 14,363.26 in India. In Australia, however, the Sydney Ordinaries added 0.34 percent to 6,372. The Straits Times index in Singapore gained 0.77 percent to 3,552.31. [...]

In the Asia and Pacific regions on Tuesday, equities markets were again mixed. The Sydney Ordinaries were lower, dropping 0.31 percent to 6,173.3. Elsewhere, the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong closed 0.08 percent higher to 20,572.52, while in India the Sensex gained 1.5 percent to 14,136.72. In Tokyo, the markets saw very little movement, [...]

The Asia and Pacific markets were mixed on Tuesday, with most markets higher but Tokyo seeing declines. In India, the Sensex added 0.09 percent to 13,189.54. The Singapore Straits Times index was 0.67 percent to 3,422.62, while the Hang Seng index gained 0.68 percent to 20,347.87 in Hong Kong. In Australia, the Sydney Ordinaries added [...]

In Asia on Monday the markets that were open saw significant gains on the session. In Singapore, the Straits Times index was 1.57 percent higher to 3,400. Meanwhile in India, the Sensex gained 2.5 percent to 13,177.74. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 added 1.5 percent to 17,743.76, while the Topix index gained 1.2 percent to [...]

After losses early in the session, the Nikkei 225 managed to add 0.3 percent on Friday to close at 17,104.96. The Topix index was up as well, but only by 0.1 percent to 1,672.10 Miners with exposure to copper were lower on the day after copper prices fell overnight. Dowa Holdings dropped 2 percent to [...]

The New York equities markets were up on Friday and on track to have their best week in over six months. At midday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1.1 percent to 11,219.32, an advance of 3.2 percent during the week. The Nasdaq Composite had gained 1.3 percent to 2,081.67, gaining 3 percent on [...]