Most equities markets around the globe were lower Thursday, hurt by new declines in crude oil and metals prices, which fell significantly again on Wednesday. Europe’s equities markets were also hurt by new data from the European Union that showed industrial production in the region down unexpectedly in March. The FTSE 100 was down 0.52 [...]

Most equities markets in Europe were higher Friday on the news that the US economy added 244,000 non-farm jobs last month, many more than the 185,000 jobs expected to be added, although the US unemployment rate was also up for the first time since November, to 9 percent in April from 8.8 percent in March [...]

European equities markets were mostly lower Thursday after quarterly reports in the banking sector disappointed. The FTSE 100 was down 1.07 percent to 5,919.98 in London, while the FTSE 250 dropped 0.53 percent to 11,845.7 as the Bank of England kept UK interest rates steady at 0.5 percent, just as expected, as banks, miners and [...]

Equities markets declined in Europe Wednesday on disappointing quarterly results in the region and after new data from the Institute for Supply Management showed that the US services sector expanded at its slowest rate in eight months. The FTSE 100 was down 1.62 percent to 5,984.07 in London, while the FTSE 250 dropped 0.88 percent [...]

Most equities markets in Europe were lower Tuesday, but London’s markets saw gains as they returned to work after a four-day weekend to celebrate the royal wedding and a bank holiday, with the FTSE 100 up 0.21 percent to 6,082.88 while the FTSE 250 added 0.01 percent to 12,014.8 as most miners and most of [...]

European markets were mostly higher Monday on the news that a special operations unit of the US military had killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, and after a new report showed that factory activity was up in April in the Eurozone. The Dax was up 0.24 percent to 7,532.81 in Frankfurt, with gains led by [...]

Equities markets in Europe were up Wednesday after it was reported that factory output in the Eurozone gained 0.4 percent in February, for the fifth month in a row of advances. The FTSE 100 added 0.77 percent to 6,010.44 in London, while the FTSE 250 was up 0.64 percent to 11,615.8, with banks seeing gains [...]

European equities markets were lower Tuesday as a Japanese regulator raised its assessment of the severity of the nuclear crisis there and after the US corporate results season began with disappointing results. The FTSE 100 was down 1.47 percent to 5,964.42 in London, while the FTSE 250 dropped 1.27 percent to 11,541.6. Miners and the [...]

European equities markets were helped to gains after the US Labor Department reported that employers added 216,000 jobs in March, well over analyst estimates, sending US unemployment to 8.8 percent, down from 8.9 percent last month, with the only dark spot in the report coming from a decline of 14,000 government jobs during the month. [...]

Asia-Pacific equities markets headed lower on Monday as investors worried that not only the US economy but also the Japanese economy are headed for recession. In India, the Sensex ended the session 1.14 percent lower at 18,152.78. Taiwan’s Taiex index fell 3.28 percent to 7,845.79 while the FTSE Straits Times Index was down 3.75 percent [...]