Showing posts with label European stocks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label European stocks. Show all posts

June 12, 2015

European Stocks Little Changed After Rebound From Six-Day Drop

European stocks were little changed, after posting their biggest jump in a month, amid ongoing negotiations over Greece’s financial aid.

May 19, 2015

European Stocks Decline With BHP Billiton, Energy Producers Down

European stocks fell for a fourth time in five days.The Stoxx Europe 600 Index dropped 0.2 percent to 395.7 at 8:10 a.m. in London as energy producers fell 0.4 percent as a group.

November 12, 2014

European Stocks Extend Five-Week High as Vodafone Gains

European stocks rose, extending their highest level in more than five weeks, as companies from Vodafone (VOD) Group Plc to Henkel AG rallied on better-than-estimated financial results and improving forecasts.

September 26, 2014

European Stocks Decline With FTSE 100 After BOE’s Carney

European stocks fell to a four-week low, erasing earlier gains, as U.K. shares dropped after Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said the time to increase interest rates is getting closer.

August 26, 2014

European Stocks Climb After Draghi Signals More Stimulus

European stocks rose to their highest level this month, following two weekly increases, after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi signaled policy makers are ready to add stimulus.

July 17, 2014

European Stocks Climb on Chinese Economic Growth Report

European stocks advanced, rebounding from yesterday’s decline, as a report showed China’s economy expanded in line with the government’s target. U.S. index futures and Asian shares were little changed.

July 16, 2014

BES slide, tumbling German sentiment hit markets

(Reuters) - European stocks and the euro fell on Tuesday after shares in Portugal's biggest listed bank hit a record low, while a plunge in German economic sentiment pushed up borrowing costs for some peripheral euro zone countries.

March 22, 2014

Euro zone shares set for biggest weekly gain in 2014

LONDON, March 21 (Reuters) - A top European share index was set for its best week of the year on Friday although stocks exposed to Russia remained sensitive as investors assessed the impact of tit-for-tat sanctions over the Ukraine crisis.

February 25, 2014

Europe shares, euro rise as German morale brightens

LONDON (Reuters) - European stocks rose and the euro strengthened against the dollar on Monday as a surprise improvement in German business morale added to optimism over the euro zone's recovery, although worries over credit tightening in China kept investors wary.

January 28, 2014

Euro Jobless Record Not Whole Story as Italians Give Up

Euro-area data this week will probably show the region ended 2013 with a record jobless rate that reveals only part of the social legacy of the debt crisis.

January 21, 2014

European Stocks Little Changed Following Two-Week Advance

European stocks were little changed after a two-week rally pushed the Stoxx Europe 600 Index to a six-year high. U.S. equity-index futures were also little changed, while Asian shares dropped.

August 05, 2013

A stable euro is good news for all

DALLAS (MarketWatch) — A year ago, European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi promised to “do whatever it takes” to save the euro.

April 27, 2013

European Stocks Post Biggest Weekly Gain in Five Months

European stocks posted the biggest weekly gain in five months as investors speculated the region’s central bank will cut rates and as companies from BASF SE to Standard Life (SL/) Plc reported better-than-expected results.

March 08, 2012

European Stocks Gain Before Greek Debt-Swap Deadline; EADS Rises on Payout

European stocks rose for a second day as Japan’s economy shrank less than the government initially estimated and a deadline on Greece’s debt swap approached. Asian shares and U.S. index futures gained.

October 29, 2011

World stocks up on European rescue deal for Greece

World stock markets climbed again Friday, continuing to be buoyed by a European deal aimed at slashing Greece's massive debt and preventing the crisis from engulfing "too big to bailout" countries such as Italy.

October 18, 2011

European Stocks Fall on Debt Crisis, China

European stocks fell as concern that France may lose its top credit rating added pressure on the region’s leaders to find a solution to the debt crisis and as China’s economy grew at the slowest pace in two years. Asian shares dropped and U.S. index futures fluctuated.

BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP) and Rio Tinto Group led mining shares lower as metals dropped. BNP Paribas (BNP) SA and Societe Generale (GLE) SA sank more than 6 percent as Moody’s Investors Service said France’s Aaa rating is under pressure. Dexia SA (DEXB) tumbled 13 percent as the European Commission opened an in-depth probe into Belgium’s takeover of its local consumer-lending unit.

September 22, 2011

European stocks fall on Greek crisis

LONDON — European equities and the euro fell on Wednesday on fresh concerns over banks' exposure to indebted Greece, but losses were capped by expectations of more stimulus measures from the US Federal Reserve.

London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares slid 0.37 percent to 5,344.07 points in midday deals, Frankfurt's DAX 30 lost 0.98 percent to 5,517.05 points and in Paris the CAC 40 dropped 0.87 percent to 2,958.16.