Equities markets in Asia and the Pacific were mixed on Wednesday, with most major markets seeing declines on the session. The most notable decline came in India, where the Sensex dropped 1.76 percent to 18,715.82 after dropping nearly 10 percent at one point in the day, forcing trade to stop for an hour. The declines [...]

Tokyo’s markets were mixed on Monday. The Nikkei 225 added 0.16 percent to 17,358.15, but the Topix index dropped 0.12 percent to 1,657.44 and the Mothers market was down 1.57 percent to 867.62. Carmakers were lower after HSBC Holdings said that Toyota (TYO: 7203.T; NYSE: TM; LSE: TYT) will likely see profits weaken in the [...]

Europe’s equities markets were mixed Friday. The Dax added 0.09 percent to 8,041.26 in Frankfurt, while Madrid’s IBEX jumped 1.07 percent to 15,261.3. On the other hand, the FTSE Eurofirst 300 was 0.08 percent lower to 1,598.14 while the Paris CAC-40 dropped 0.32 percent to 5,843.95. EADS (Euronext: EAD; FWB: EAD) did the best on [...]

Asia-Pacific region equities markets were mixed on Monday. In Australia, the S&P/ASX200 was 0.74 percent higher to 6,654.3 while the Sydney Ordinaries added 0.75 percent to 6,667.2. South Korea’s Kospi index was up 0.84 percent to 2,012.82. The Taiex index gained 1.04 percent to 8,717.17 in Taiwan, while the Shanghai Composite jumped 2.53 percent to [...]

Miners led the way in London as the FTSE 100 added 0.73 percent to 6,595.8 and the FTSE 250 gained 0.18 percent to 11,390.4. Anglo American (LSE: AAL) was up 2.92 percent to £33.43 and Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) was 3.25 percent higher to 826p, while Kazakhmys (LSE: KAZ) turned in the best performance on the [...]

In Europe, equities markets were higher on the session. The FTSE Eurofirst 300 was 0.65 percent higher to 1,539.28. Frankfurt’s Dax was up 0.45 percent to 7,804.15, while the CAC-40 added 0.87 percent to 5,690.77 and the IBEX jumped 1.59 percent to 14,540.5 in Madrid. Utilities saw gains. In Frankkfurt, RWE (FWB: RWE) and Eon [...]

In Australia on Monday the Sydney Ordinaries added 1.41 percent to 6,461.1 and the S&P/ASX200 was up 1.47 percent to 6,451.5. The gains came on a report that miner BHP Billiton (ASX: BHP; NYSE: BHP; LSE: BLT) will soon say that it has found a large new deposit of gold in South Australia. BHP added [...]

Tokyo’s markets were lower in limited trade Friday ahead of another three-day weekend. The Nikkei 225 was down 0.62 percent to 16,312.61, while the Topix index fell 0.94 percent to 1,552.07 and the Mothers market was 0.37 percent lower to 625.93. Exporters were lower as the yen gained value versus the US dollar and investors [...]

Equities markets in the Asia-Pacific region were mixed Tuesday, but mostly lower than higher. India’s Sensex added 0.28 percent to 15,465.4, while in Australia the Sydney Ordinaries gained 0.39 percent to 6,297.1 and the ASX/S&P200 was up 0.41 percent to 6,293.3. Otherwise, markets were lower. The Hang Seng index was 0.08 percent lower to 23,886.07 [...]

Most Asia-Pacific equities markets were lower again on Wednesday on reports of declining consumer confidence in the United States and on the sharp drop in US markets on Tuesday. In Australia, the S&P/ASX200 and the Sydney Ordinaries dropped by an identical 1.23 percent to 6,100.3 and 6,101.4 respectively. The declines there came in the banking [...]