Equities markets in the Asia-Pacific region were mixed on Thursday. Among losers on the session, Australian markets were down for the 9th consecutive session, their longest losing streak in more than a decade. The S&P/ASX200 was down 0.23 percent to 5,796.1 while the Sydney Ordinaries fell 0.24 percent to 5,857. During the [...]

Asian and Pacific region equities were lower Friday. The Shanghai Composite was 0.12 percent lower to 5,818.05, while in Taiwan the Taiex was down 0.26 percent to 9,611.72. Australian markets declined on losses in the banking and mining sectors. The Sydney Ordinaries fell 0.85 percent to 6,723.3 and the S&P/ASX200 dropped 0.91 [...]

Wall Street was mixed in midday trade after bad news from Boeing, a forecast on home sales for the year that was revised downward, and warnings from more than one company. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was 0.74 percent lower to 14,060.32 as it lost nearly all of the 120 points it gained on [...]

European markets were higher again Friday, helped by talk of a plan to allow the US Federal Housing Authority to guarantee loans for delinquent subprime mortgage holders so that they can refinance their loans at better rates and avoid foreclosure, on the theory that the plan will help relieve chaos in the mortgage marked and [...]

Global equities markets were mixed on Friday, with Asia Pacific markets mostly up, but Europe well mixed and the US lower at midday and over the week.
Markets were mostly up in the Asia Pacific Region. The main exception was the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong, which dropped 0.11 percent to 19,800.93. The [...]

The Asia and Pacific region equities markets were mostly up on the session on Thursday. In Australia, the Sydney Ordinaries added 0.51 percent to 5,943.4. The Straits Times index in Singapore gained 0.61 percent to 3,220.27, while in India the Sensex was 0.74 percent higher to 12,979.66. Meanwhile in Hong Kong, the [...]

The Tokyo equities markets were lower on Friday as trade volumes were low ahead of another holiday weekend. The Nikkei 225 dropped 1.51 percent to 17,091.51, while the Topix index was 1.4 percent lower to 1,675.33.
The automobile manufacturing sector saw losses as investors took profits after recent gains. Toyota was down 2.4 percent [...]

The FTSE Eurofirst 300 ended the week at 1,445.39 on Friday, adding 0.3 percent for the session and brining its gains since the beginning of the year to 13 percent. The day’s close was its highest since early June 2001.
Several sectors saw gains over the week. The forestry and paper sector did very [...]

After seeing losses on Tuesday, the FTSE Eurofirst 100 added 0.9 percent on Wednesday to 1,441.48 on several bits of positive news.
Automobile manufacturer Fiat was 5.7 percent higher to €13.53 on rumors that it wants to sell its truck making division. It didn’t hurt that JPMorgan issued positive comments, saying that Fiat stands to [...]

In Tokyo on Monday, equities markets were higher after the latest Tankan Survey by the Bank of Japan. The Nikkei 225 was 0.8 percent higher to 16,254.29, while the Topix index gained 0.9 percent to 1,625.12.
Some export-oriented stocks were also helped by a weaker yen. Matsuhsita Electric Industrial was 1.2 percent [...]