Equities markets in Europe were mixed Wednesday, with London markets declining after the Bank of England said inflation could be as high as 5 percent later in the year. The FTSE 100 was down 0.71 percent to 5,976 in London, while the FTSE 250 dropped 0.31 percent to 12,017.9 as Pace plc (LSE: PIC) made [...]

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 [...]

European equities markets were higher Tuesday as traders returned after the four-day weekend in observance of Easter. The FTSE 100 added 0.85 percent to 6,069.36 in London, while the FTSE 250 was up 0.5 percent to 11,869.4, with miners and the energy sector mixed while the technology sector was mostly higher, airlines saw gains on [...]

Equities markets were higher globally on Wednesday. In Europe, the FTSE Eurofirst 300 was up 1.74 percent to 1,136.55 while the IBEX added 1.53 percent to 10,535.4, the CAC-40 was 2.46 percent higher to 4,004.62 with only three decliners and the Dax gained 2.98 percent to 7,249.19 with no losers. London’s FTSE 100 added 2.13 [...]

Equities markets in Europe were down Thursday on reports that inflation was up in the Eurozone this month, Moody’s Investors Service said it could still issue more credit ratings cuts in the region, Portugal’s budget deficit was at 8.6 percent of its GDP last year, and regulators in Ireland said that stress tests on four [...]

Most equities markets in the Asia-Pacific region were lower on Monday as analysts and investor worried about the possibility of recession in the US. Last week, the US Labor Department issued disappointing employment data for December, and reports from the Institute for Supply Management showed that manufacturing had contracted in the month and the service [...]

Most Asia-Pacific equities markets were higher on Friday. The main exception were Tokyo’s markets, where the Topix had its worst opening day of the year in history, falling 4.32 percent to 1,411.91. The Nikkei also saw substantial declines, dropping 4.03 percent to 14,691.41, while the Mothers market of small and mid-caps fell 4.67 percent to [...]

Most equities markets in the Asia-Pacific region were higher on Monday, helped by healthy sales on “Black Friday” in the United States, the traditional beginning of the Christmas shopping season and the traditional day when retailers turn to profit for the year. The exception to gains in the region came on the Shanghai Composite, which [...]

Most Asia-Pacific equities markets were lower on Monday after bank regulators in China instructed banks there to hold back on lending until year’s end. The only major exception was in Australia, where the S&P/ASX200 added 1.13 percent to 6,535.2 and the Sydney Ordinaries gained 1.15 percent to 6,601.3 on speculation that the worst of the [...]

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. Airlines saw gains [...]