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 [...]

European equities markets were higher Friday, helped by data on consumer spending from the United States and by corporate results from both sides of the Atlantic, but trade volumes were low as London markets were closed for celebrations of the royal wedding there. The FTSE Eurofirst 300 was up 0.24 percent to 1,156.42 while the [...]

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 Wednesday, although London’s markets were mixed, with the FTSE 100 was 0.02 percent lower to 6,068.16 in London, while the FTSE 250 added 0.22 percent to 11,895 as the Office of National Statistics announced that the UK’s gross domestic product was up 0.5 percent in the first quarter of 2011 [...]

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 [...]

European equities markets were mostly higher on the last day of trade before most of the region takes a four-day weekend in observance of the Easter holiday, but London markets were mixed as the FTSE 100 dropped 0.07 percent to 6,018.3 but the FTSE 250 added 0.46 percent to 11,810.5. The telecommunications sector was mostly [...]

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 overcame mixed corporate results to see gains Tuesday. The FTSE 100 added 0.46 percent to 5,896.87 in London, while the FTSE 250 was up 0.73 percent to 11,574.5, with the energy sector and miners mostly higher, the retail sector mixed although Citigroup issued a sector-wide upgrade, but banks were lower. The [...]

European markets declined Monday after Standard & Poor’s reduced its long-term outlook for US credit from “stable” to “negataive” although it reiterated its current AAA credit rating, while markets were also hurt by a statement from the International Monetary Fund that called Greece’s debt unsustainable. The FTSE 100 dropped 2.1 percent to 5,870.08, with just [...]

European equities markets were mixed Friday on a gain in consumer confidence, but gains in some markets were held back as new data from China showed that inflation was up more than expected there last month and as Moody’s Investors Service cut its rating on Ireland’s bonds by two notches and issued a negative outlook [...]