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European shares hold near 14-month top, sterling strengthens  European stocks held near a 14-month high on Tuesday, following better-than-expected Chinese economic data, while Sterling rose after wage growth numbers also exceeded forecasts and supported expectations for a further Bank of England rate rise. Europe's broad STOXX 600 index rose 0.3%, trading just shy of its highest level since Feb 2022 hit a day earlier. It was kept in positive territory by European banking stocks that gained 1.4% ahead of results from U.S. big beasts Goldman ...
European shares hold near 14-month top, sterling strengthens
European shares hold near 14-month top, sterling strengthens
Source: Reuters
18/04/2023 3:37:42 PM
Bank shares across Europe fall sharply ank shares across Europe have fallen sharply as worries over the financial strength of the sector return, media reports said. Shares in Germany's Deutsche Bank saw the biggest fall, dropping 13 per cent, and there was also a sharp jump in the cost of insuring against losses on its debt, BBC reported. Investors have already been spooked by the collapse of two US banks and the rushed takeover of Swiss giant Credit Suisse by its rival UBS. Stock markets in London, Germany and France...
Bank shares across Europe fall sharply
Bank shares across Europe fall sharply
Source: IANS
25/03/2023 9:59:59 AM
European shares sit pretty, govt bond yields edge off recent lows European stocks were on track for a sixth successive week of gains on Friday and government bond yields globally traded near multi-week lows as investors reacted to positive data and signs central banks may not hike rates as aggressively as feared. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield dipped to 3.65% after the Thanksgiving holiday, its lowest since Oct. 5 and down from as high as 4.34% in mid October. Germany's 10-year yield, the euro zone benchmark, stood at 1.94%, up 9 basis points on the...
European shares sit pretty, govt bond yields edge off recent lows
European shares sit pretty, govt bond yields edge off recent lows
Source: Reuters
25/11/2022 8:18:05 PM
Oil prices slip before expected Fed rate hike, U.S. crude stockpiles seen falling Oil prices slipped in and out of positive territory on Wednesday before an expected rate hike by the Federal Reserve, but found a floor as market participants weighed falling U.S. crude stockpiles and European sanctions on Russian barrels starting in December. Brent crude dipped 15 cents, or 0.2%, to $94.50 a barrel by 1346 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was down 13 cents, or 0.2%, at $88.24 per barrel. Weighing on broader markets including European shares are expec...
Oil prices slip before expected Fed rate hike, U.S. crude stockpiles seen falling
Oil prices slip before expected Fed rate hike, U.S. crude stockpiles seen falling
Source: Reuters
2/11/2022 8:12:26 PM
European stocks hit six-week high on hopes for rate hike slowdown SOURCE: Media European stocks rose on Tuesday and the positive market sentiment was set to continue on Wall Street, supported by speculation among investors that central banks could come to the end of their rate-hiking cycles. Following mild losses on Wall Street on Monday, Asian shares strengthened on Tuesday and European shares opened higher, as investor focus shifted to the U.S. Federal Reserve's rate decision on Wednesday and the Bank of England meeting on Thursday. At 1153 GMT, the MSCI worl...
European stocks hit six-week high on hopes for rate hike slowdown SOURCE: Media
European stocks hit six-week high on hopes for rate hike slowdown SOURCE: Media
Source: Reuters
1/11/2022 7:14:10 PM
Tech wipeout woes offset central bank pivot hopes LONDON  - World share markets slipped for a second day running on Friday as a near $1 trillion weekly wipeout in top tech stocks outweighed hopes of a slowdown in Fed and ECB rate rises and news that the U.S. economy is not in recession. s and Wall Street futures [.N]were both 0.5% lower as Thursday's weak forecasts froEuropean sharem Amazon and Apple [.N] sent Europe's tech sector down more than 2% and the prospect of renewed COVID curbs in China hit mining and oil firms. ...
Tech wipeout woes offset central bank pivot hopes
Tech wipeout woes offset central bank pivot hopes
Source: Reuters
28/10/2022 7:29:09 PM
World shares turn up after better-than-expected U.S. data; dollar recovers WASHINGTON/LONDON  - Major U.S. stock indexes rose and European shares recovered losses on Thursday after strong U.S. economic data, while the British pound eased off mid-September highs. Asian markets benefited from speculation among investors that major central banks are considering slowing their aggressive interest hikes, given signs of an economic slowdown. U.S. treasury yields fell after data showed the country's economic growth rebounded more than expected in the third qu...
World shares turn up after better-than-expected U.S. data; dollar recovers
World shares turn up after better-than-expected U.S. data; dollar recovers
Source: Reuters
27/10/2022 9:11:39 PM
Wall Street pushes stocks down, dollar up on Fed hike fears U.S. stocks fell and the dollar rose on Friday, even as Treasury yields gained, with traders anxious about inflation and what the Federal Reserve will do to combat it. With higher rates looming, large technology stocks such as Amazon.com Inc and Alphabet Inc fell more than 2%. Major banks such as JPMorgan Chase & Co, Bank of America Corp , and Deutsche Bank AG declined more than 2%, a reversal of the sector's late-summer rebound. And an earnings miss by heavy equipment maker Deere ...
Wall Street pushes stocks down, dollar up on Fed hike fears
Wall Street pushes stocks down, dollar up on Fed hike fears
Source: Reuters
20/08/2022 9:54:37 AM
Earnings and gas worries keep Europe subdued European shares limped lower and the region's bond markets rallied on Tuesday as some disappointing earnings, this week's looming U.S. interest rate hike and an escalating gas crisis kept the mood cautious. Asia had been buoyed overnight by new Chinese plans to tackle its property crisis and by tech giant Alibaba applying for a primary listing in Hong Kong [.SS], but Europe couldn't keep it going. The pan-European STOXX 600 index stalled as higher commodity stocks [O/R] and ...
Earnings and gas worries keep Europe subdued
Earnings and gas worries keep Europe subdued
Source: Reuters
26/07/2022 3:19:17 PM
Stocks make recovery bid, hemmed in by weakening world economy European stocks rose on Friday and Wall Street was tipped for a firmer open as risks appeared to ease of an immediate political crisis in Italy and two Fed policymakers hosed down expectations of a more aggressive U.S. interest rate rise this month. Markets are still roiled by concerns that the world economy is headed for recession as central banks rush to get on top of galloping inflation, with steep interest rate rises seen this week in Canada, New Zealand, Chile, South Korea and the Phi...
Stocks make recovery bid, hemmed in by weakening world economy
Stocks make recovery bid, hemmed in by weakening world economy
Source: Reuters
15/07/2022 5:32:49 PM
European shares fall as rate hike bets keep investors cautious LONDON  - European shares fell on Thursday and the safe-haven dollar rose after the latest red-hot U.S. inflation reading increased investor fears about Federal Reserve rate hikes and a possible recession. Wednesday's data showed U.S. consumer prices jumped 9.1% year-on-year in June, up from May's 8.6% rise. The data was seen as firming the case for the Federal Reserve to raise rates aggressively. Policymakers might consider a 100 basis point increase at the July meeting, A...
European shares fall as rate hike bets keep investors cautious
European shares fall as rate hike bets keep investors cautious
Source: Reuters
14/07/2022 7:54:25 PM
Dollar reigns as investors fear recession pain Asian stocks fell and the dollar stood by a two-decade high on the euro on Wednesday as investors' fears deepened that the continent is leading the world into recession, while oil and European equity futures made a wobbly attempt to steady. Brent crude futures have slid this month on worries that a global slowdown will sap demand. Prices slumped 9.5% to a 2-1/2 month low of $101.10 on Tuesday, before bouncing slightly to $103.86 a barrel in the Asia session on Wednesday. [O/R] MSCI&...
Dollar reigns as investors fear recession pain
Dollar reigns as investors fear recession pain
Source: Reuters
6/07/2022 9:04:44 AM
Emergency ECB statement steadies European markets before Fed meeting LONDON  - European markets trimmed gains after the European Central Bank unveiled fresh measures on Wednesday to temper a market rout that has fanned fears of a new debt crisis before what is expected to be one of the sharpest U.S. rate hikes since 1994. Hopes of a quiet run in to what is forecast to be a three-quarter-point hike by the Federal Reserve later on Wednesday were quickly dashed as the ECB's unexpected meeting - less than week after its last scheduled one - prompted a ...
Emergency ECB statement steadies European markets before Fed meeting
Emergency ECB statement steadies European markets before Fed meeting
Source: Reuters
15/06/2022 9:12:10 PM
Stocks slide, short-end yields jump on hot CPI print NEW YORK - U.S. stock futures turned negative and European shares fell further on Friday after higher-than-expected U.S. consumer price data for May fueled inflation concerns and likely kept the Federal Reserve on track to aggressively hike interest rates. The consumer price index increased 1.0% last month after gaining 0.3% in April, the Labor Department said. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast the monthly CPI picking up 0.7%. Some economists and market participants had exp...
Stocks slide, short-end yields jump on hot CPI print
Stocks slide, short-end yields jump on hot CPI print
Source: Reuters
10/06/2022 7:43:11 PM
Shares slide as sentiment ebbs on rate fears, yields rise NEW YORK -U.S. and European stocks slid on Wednesday as the outlook for rate hikes sullied sentiment, while bond yields rose after euro-zone gross domestic product beat expectations, adding to bets of a more hawkish European Central Bank. Trading was choppy as investors awaited an ECB meeting on Thursday and U.S. consumer price data on Friday that will highlight the dilemma they face. As central banks tighten policy to tame inflation, it could spark an economic slowdown. The White ...
Shares slide as sentiment ebbs on rate fears, yields rise
Shares slide as sentiment ebbs on rate fears, yields rise
Source: Reuters
9/06/2022 8:03:43 AM
Stocks rally as euro leaps on likely rate hikes NEW YORK/LONDON  - U.S. and European stocks mostly rallied on Monday, with the S&P 500 trading just above bear market territory, while the euro jumped after the European Central Bank said it was likely to lift its deposit rate out of negative territory by September. Oil prices slid and gold extended recent gains, but the dollar fell further as investors cut their bets on more advances in the greenback based on market expectations of yields moving higher still from Federal Reserve ...
Stocks rally as euro leaps on likely rate hikes
Stocks rally as euro leaps on likely rate hikes
Source: Reuters
23/05/2022 8:42:43 PM
Stock markets struggle as fears over economy grow LONDON  -European stocks slipped on Monday and Wall Street was set for a lower open, as investor sentiment struggled to recover from last week's sell off amid fears of a slowdown in economic growth. Global shares hit their lowest point in 18 months last week, with investors worried that rising interest rates to counter high inflation will damage the global economy. Unexpectedly weak economic data kept from China kept those worries in centre stage on Monday. April retail sales p...
Stock markets struggle as fears over economy grow
Stock markets struggle as fears over economy grow
Source: Reuters
16/05/2022 8:32:59 PM
Dollar pause, China economy support pledge lift markets LONDON  - A dollar pullback from 20-year highs and Chinese authorities' pledge to support economic growth offered respite to battered equity markets on Friday, though Wall Street remained poised to open lower after lacklustre earnings from retail giant Amazon. World stocks remain on course for their worst month since March 2020 with a 5.8% loss, and while Asian and European stocks clawed their way higher, Nasdaq futures were down 1% by 1020 GMT and S&P 500 futures fell 0.7%. ...
Dollar pause, China economy support pledge lift markets
Dollar pause, China economy support pledge lift markets
Source: Reuters
29/04/2022 8:43:36 PM
Global shares rise as earnings boost, U.S. dollar hits 20-year high WASHINGTON/LONDON - The U.S. dollar touched a two-decade high against rivals on Thursday, as Wall Street rallied and European shares rose from six-week lows with strong earnings reports offseting gloomy U.S. economic data. The yen dropped to a 20-year low after the Bank of Japan vowed to buy unlimited amounts of 10-year bonds daily to defend its yield target. The bank's strengthening of its commitment to ultra-low interest rates sent the U.S. dollar to a fresh high, weakened emerging m...
Global shares rise as earnings boost, U.S. dollar hits 20-year high
Global shares rise as earnings boost, U.S. dollar hits 20-year high
Source: Reuters
29/04/2022 8:29:41 AM
Economic fears hit global equities, commods; Twitter lifts Wall St WASHINGTON/LONDON - European stocks slid to a one-month low and commodity prices dropped on Monday on renewed concerns about rising interest rates and China's sputtering economy, while Wall Street shares rose, reversing losses after Twitter agreed to be bought by billionaire Elon Musk. Fears over China's COVID-19 outbreaks spooked investors already worried that higher U.S. interest rates could dent economic growth. U.S. shares were lower throughout most of the session, extending la...
Economic fears hit global equities, commods; Twitter lifts Wall St
Economic fears hit global equities, commods; Twitter lifts Wall St
Source: Reuters
26/04/2022 8:44:35 AM
European shares edge up ahead of ECB meeting LONDON/BEIJING  - Stock markets made slim gains on Thursday ahead of a European Central Bank meeting that could herald tighter policy, as U.S. Treasury yields eased and the dollar retreated on hopes that inflation may be close to peaking. Traders were waiting for a European Central Bank meeting for possible clues on a clearer schedule for unwinding its extraordinary stimulus, as worries over record-high inflation trump concerns about a war-related recession. Ahead of the ECB's ...
European shares edge up ahead of ECB meeting
European shares edge up ahead of ECB meeting
Source: Reuters
14/04/2022 7:00:19 PM
European stocks rebound, dollar index hits 100 LONDON - European shares rebounded on Friday, playing catch-up with a modest bounce the previous day on Wall Street, and the dollar index hit 100 for the first time in nearly two years as U.S. bond yields hovered near multi-year highs. World stocks edged higher but were still on track for their first weekly loss in four as the prospect of aggressive global rate hikes and geopolitical uncertainty kept investors wary. Risk appetite declined during the week as minutes from the Federal Rese...
European stocks rebound, dollar index hits 100
European stocks rebound, dollar index hits 100
Source: Reuters
8/04/2022 4:49:28 PM
European stocks set for biggest quarterly drop since 2020 LONDON - European stocks edged lower on Thursday and were set for their biggest quarterly drop since the start of 2020, while oil prices fell and eastern Ukraine braced for fresh attacks. The MSCI World Equity index was down 0.3% on the day, while Europe's STOXX 600 eased 0.2% to sit just below a one-month high hit on Tuesday. European indexes strengthened earlier in the week as investor sentiment became more positive about Ukraine peace talks. But optimism petered out after Uk...
European stocks set for biggest quarterly drop since 2020
European stocks set for biggest quarterly drop since 2020
Source: Reuters
31/03/2022 7:08:00 PM
Stocks steady near one-year lows; oil and commodities climb higher LONDON  - European stocks and Wall Street futures edged slightly higher on Tuesday, but markets remained volatile as the prospect of a ban on Russian oil imports pushed oil prices higher and added to investor fears over inflation. Since the conflict in Ukraine began on Feb. 24, Western sanctions have cut off Russia from international trade and financial markets. U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is willing to move ahead with a U.S. ban on Russian oil imports even if Eur...
Stocks steady near one-year lows; oil and commodities climb higher
Stocks steady near one-year lows; oil and commodities climb higher
Source: Reuters
8/03/2022 7:37:13 PM
Stocks slide on Ukraine woes, oil storms back above $100 LONDON - European stocks sagged and oil jumped back above $100 a barrel on Tuesday as markets struggled with massive uncertainty caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, although the rouble steadied as Moscow scrambled support for its beleaguered markets. Russia's stock markets remained suspended and some bond trading platforms were no longer showing prices, but dealing in the major financial centres both in Europe and in Asia overnight was orderly, albeit jittery. Losses for the...
Stocks slide on Ukraine woes, oil storms back above $100
Stocks slide on Ukraine woes, oil storms back above $100
Source: Reuters
1/03/2022 7:27:01 PM
Nervous stocks dip with focus on Russia-Ukraine LONDON  - U.S. stock futures and European stocks fell into the red on Monday, with markets remaining nervous that Russia could invade Ukraine despite attempts to defuse the crisis. U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed in principle to hold a summit on the Ukraine crisis. A summit would be held only if Russia did not first invade Ukraine, which Western countries have said it could do at any moment despite repeated denials. The Kremlin said ther...
Nervous stocks dip with focus on Russia-Ukraine
Nervous stocks dip with focus on Russia-Ukraine
Source: Reuters
21/02/2022 7:42:29 PM
Stocks rebound after selloff as Russia says withdrawing some troops LONDON - Stocks and other risky assets made a modest recovery on Tuesday, halting a market selloff over several days on fears that Russia would invade Ukraine, as investors took confidence from Russia saying that some of its troops were returning to their bases. After three consecutive days of declines, European shares opened slightly higher on Tuesday, after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov suggested on Monday that Moscow should continue along the diplomatic path to resolve the tens...
Stocks rebound after selloff as Russia says withdrawing some troops
Stocks rebound after selloff as Russia says withdrawing some troops
Source: Reuters
15/02/2022 7:54:11 PM
Stocks drop on fears of Russian invasion of Ukraine, oil scales 7-year peak LONDON  - World shares skidded on Monday as warnings that Russia could invade Ukraine at any time drove oil prices to seven-year peaks, hit the euro and sent investors scuttling back to the safe-haven government bonds they have been dumping all year. The ratcheting concerns sent Europe's STOXX 600 share index tumbling 2.7% and pushed Wall Street futures down nearly 1% before comments from Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that diplomatic efforts should continue helped wi...
Stocks drop on fears of Russian invasion of Ukraine, oil scales 7-year peak
Stocks drop on fears of Russian invasion of Ukraine, oil scales 7-year peak
Source: Reuters
14/02/2022 8:05:41 PM
Riksbank's calm over inflation hurts Swedish crown; yen struggles LONDON  -The Swedish crown was hurt by the Riksbank's dovish stance on Thursday, while other currency market moves were small as investors awaited key data on U.S. inflation for clues on the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy-tightening trajectory. Investors' appetite for riskier assets has been hurt so far this year by expectations that the Federal Reserve will begin tightening monetary policy, starting with a rate hike at its March meeting. Strong earnings helped global st...
Riksbank's calm over inflation hurts Swedish crown; yen struggles
Riksbank's calm over inflation hurts Swedish crown; yen struggles
Source: Reuters
10/02/2022 7:14:49 PM
Bumper BP profits lift European stocks, euro stalled by cautious Lagarde LONDON  - Bumper profits from oil giant BP helped lift European stocks on Tuesday, while the euro was pegged back as the head of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, tried to rein in interest rate hike expectations. Oil and mining shares were among the biggest gainers on the pan-European STOXX 600, after FTSE-listed BP reported a $12.8 billion annual profit, its highest in eight years, boosted by soaring gas and oil prices. [.EU] It worked out a staggering $24,353 a m...
Bumper BP profits lift European stocks, euro stalled by cautious Lagarde
Bumper BP profits lift European stocks, euro stalled by cautious Lagarde
Source: Reuters
8/02/2022 8:25:58 PM
Strong earnings eclipse surging euro zone inflation for now LONDON   - Strong earnings from tech giant Google gave shares a shot in the arm on Wednesday, helping to counter jitters over the pace of interest rate hikes as record high euro zone inflation piled more pressure on the European Central Bank. The STOXX index of 600 European companies rose 0.6%, up for a third straight session, to recoup nearly half its losses during January's global rout in shares. Crude oil eyed seven-year highs and the dollar eased, while on Wall Street,...
Strong earnings eclipse surging euro zone inflation for now
Strong earnings eclipse surging euro zone inflation for now
Source: Reuters
2/02/2022 7:03:01 PM
Stocks struggle to settle as January rout rumbles on LONDON   - European stocks fell heavily again on Friday as worries about a sudden halt to central bank stimulus and rising tensions between Western powers and Moscow drove one of the worst ever starts to a year for world stock markets. Strong earnings from Apple provided some encouragement for battered tech and U.S. markets [.N], but traders were struggling to draw a line under a global selloff that has now firmly taken root. The pan-European STOXX 600 tumbled nearly 1.5%, on ...
Stocks struggle to settle as January rout rumbles on
Stocks struggle to settle as January rout rumbles on
Source: Reuters
28/01/2022 8:15:39 PM
Wall Street futures down, markets spooked by Ukraine fears, Fed hawkishness LONDON  - European stocks picked up on Tuesday but Wall Street futures were down amid nervousness about tensions between Russia and the West and the prospect of the U.S. Federal Reserve tightening monetary policy soon. Those two factors combined have put world stocks on course for their biggest monthly drop since the pandemic hit markets in March 2020. A build-up of Russian troops on Ukraine's border has triggered fears in the West that Russia will invade. NATO said on Monday i...
Wall Street futures down, markets spooked by Ukraine fears, Fed hawkishness
Wall Street futures down, markets spooked by Ukraine fears, Fed hawkishness
Source: Reuters
25/01/2022 7:39:56 PM
Wall Street futures mixed ahead of Fed meeting minutes LONDON   - European stock indexes rose after a shaky start on Wednesday and Wall Street futures were mixed, as the optimism with which markets started the year showed some signs of waning while investors waited for key Federal Reserve meeting minutes to be released. Equities fell in the Asian session, following a 1.3% drop in the Nasdaq on Tuesday, as higher U.S. Treasury yields hurt technology stocks. With investors expecting the Federal Reserve to begin hiking interest rates...
Wall Street futures mixed ahead of Fed meeting minutes
Wall Street futures mixed ahead of Fed meeting minutes
Source: Reuters
5/01/2022 8:21:16 PM
Wall Street downplays worries in wishful start to 2022 By Lawrence Delevingne BOSTON  - Wall Street's New Year optimism overpowered concerns about the coronavirus and inflation on Monday, with U.S. and European equity markets advancing in parallel with rising oil prices and U.S. Treasury yields. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 246.76 points, or 0.68%, to 36,585.06; the S&P 500 gained 30.38 points, or 0.64%, to 4,796.56; and the Nasdaq Composite added 187.83 points, or 1.2%, to 15,832.80. Leading the way were Apple Inc,...
Wall Street downplays worries in wishful start to 2022
Wall Street downplays worries in wishful start to 2022
Source: Reuters
4/01/2022 9:00:44 AM
Wall Street set to follow Europe to new year highs LONDON - World markets got 2022 off to a confident start on Monday, with European stocks striking a record high, Wall Street expected to follow and oil prices and benchmark government bond yields moving higher too. London's traders were enjoying their final day of festive rest, but mainland Europe made a lively start, notching an all-time peak for the STOXX 600 index after an encouraging flurry of euro zone and eastern European data. The euro zone's Manufacturing Purchasing Mana...
Wall Street set to follow Europe to new year highs
Wall Street set to follow Europe to new year highs
Source: Reuters
3/01/2022 8:02:48 PM
Wall Street set for mixed open as investors weigh up Omicron impact LONDON  - European shares edged higher on Wednesday and U.S. stock futures pointed to a mixed open for Wall Street, as more countries announced restrictions to reduce the spread of the Omicron variant but investors bet that the impact would be limited. Europe's STOXX 600 was up 0.1% on the day 1232 GMT and the MSCI world equity index, which tracks shares in 50 countries, was up 0.2%. But Wall Street futures were mixed, with S&P 500 e-minis up 0.1% but Nasdaq futures in the ...
Wall Street set for mixed open as investors weigh up Omicron impact
Wall Street set for mixed open as investors weigh up Omicron impact
Source: Reuters
22/12/2021 6:56:01 PM
Stocks, oil slide on Omicron, Biden plan setbacks LONDON   - U.S. stock futures and European stocks fell and oil slid 3% on Monday as surging Omicron COVID-19 cases triggered tighter curbs in Europe and a $1.75 trillion U.S. domestic investment bill suffered a potentially fatal blow. The spread of the Omicron variant saw the Netherlands go into lockdown this weekend and put pressure on others to tighten restrictions. Britain's cabinet will meet later on Monday as the country faces record cases, while the World Economic Fo...
Stocks, oil slide on Omicron, Biden plan setbacks
Stocks, oil slide on Omicron, Biden plan setbacks
Source: Reuters
20/12/2021 6:42:25 PM
Stocks cling to gains ahead of slew of cenbank meetings LONDON  - European shares clung to gains on Tuesday while Wall Street looked set to fall, as investors nervously eyed the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and sat on the sidelines before numerous central bank decisions due this week. Despite fears that Omicron is spurring another round of government restrictions that will slow economic growth, stock markets have held up well and rebounded fast - the S&P 500 last week enjoyed its strongest week since early February....
Stocks cling to gains ahead of slew of cenbank meetings
Stocks cling to gains ahead of slew of cenbank meetings
Source: Reuters
14/12/2021 7:47:56 PM
As caution returns, equity rally stalls LONDON - World stock markets stalled at two-week highs on Thursday as increased restrictions in parts of the world to contain the spread of COVID-19 including the new Omicron variant tempered optimism on the vaccine front. European shares turned lower after opening higher, U.S. stock futures were in the red and Japan's blue-chip Nikkei stock index slipped almost half a percent. That left MSCI's world stock index hovering near two-week highs but struggling to make much headway af...
As caution returns, equity rally stalls
As caution returns, equity rally stalls
Source: Reuters
9/12/2021 6:27:41 PM
European, U.S. stocks stage tentative rebound LONDON  - European stocks opened higher on Monday while U.S. futures also traded in the black in a tentative rebound from last week when the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant and expectations of tighter U.S. monetary policy rocked global markets. Optimism in Europe overcame ongoing stress on the tech sector and a rough session in Asia where the MSCI index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan lost 1%. China's central bank said it would cut the amount of cash banks must hold...
European, U.S. stocks stage tentative rebound
European, U.S. stocks stage tentative rebound
Source: Reuters
6/12/2021 6:39:54 PM
Equity rally wavers as Omicron keeps investors humble LONDON -Stocks markets wavered on Friday, with European shares just holding onto gains as the possibility of more COVID-linked activity curbs and an accelerated pace of stimulus tapering by the U.S. Federal Reserve kept investors on edge. Wall Street futures were a tad weaker and Asian tech stocks took a hit from news that Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi will move its stock market listing from New York to Hong Kong. European shares could not make up their minds, flitting between positiv...
Equity rally wavers as Omicron keeps investors humble
Equity rally wavers as Omicron keeps investors humble
Source: Reuters
3/12/2021 6:32:00 PM
European shares drop as Omicron keeps markets volatile LONDON  - European stock indexes fell on Thursday, reversing gains from the previous session as a lack of information about the Omicron coronavirus variant left markets volatile, but Wall Street futures pointed to a slightly stronger open in the U.S. session. Markets first dropped on fears over the Omicron variant on Friday last week, and since then have see-sawed as investors weighed up the possible impact of countries imposing new travel restrictions, amid signs that the new variant...
European shares drop as Omicron keeps markets volatile
European shares drop as Omicron keeps markets volatile
Source: Reuters
2/12/2021 6:26:16 PM
Tech reboots shares, dollar takes Thanksgiving breather By Marc Jones LONDON - A tech shares bounce carried European equities higher on Thursday, following similar gains on Wall Street and Asia and helped also by a small pullback in the dollar from a 17-month high. With U.S. markets closed for Thanksgiving, focus was trained on Europe where a surge in COVID-19 cases is raising the prospect of lockdowns going into the Christmas shopping season. Those concerns had knocked the pan-European STOXX 600 index to a three-week low on Wednesday, bu...
Tech reboots shares, dollar takes Thanksgiving breather
Tech reboots shares, dollar takes Thanksgiving breather
Source: Reuters
26/11/2021 8:43:07 AM
Stocks slide on rate hike fears, gold prices gain By Herbert Lash and Pete Schroeder NEW YORK/WASHINGTON - European stocks notched record closing highs on Wednesday but Wall Street ended the day lower on worries that rising inflation could push the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise interest rates sooner than expected, an outlook that boosted gold. All three major U.S. indices ended the day lower, as investors processed whether strong consumer activity in the face of rising inflation could spur the Fed to ease back on stimulus faster than o...
Stocks slide on rate hike fears, gold prices gain
Stocks slide on rate hike fears, gold prices gain
Source: Reuters
18/11/2021 8:44:36 AM
Stocks rally, led by growth names, dollar eases NEW YORK - Global equity markets rallied on Friday, with European shares hitting new highs on strong earnings, while the dollar eased but posted its biggest weekly gain since late August. Gold rose to notch its best week in six months and extend a winning streak to seven sessions. The advance has been spurred by surging U.S. consumer prices that bolstered the metal's appeal as an inflation hedge and rattled bond investors. The 6.2% year-over-year rise in inflation in October, the bi...
Stocks rally, led by growth names, dollar eases
Stocks rally, led by growth names, dollar eases
Source: Reuters
13/11/2021 9:16:33 AM
Global Markets: Stocks set record highs as bond yields slide NEW YORK - European shares, the S&P 500 and an index of global stock performance scaled new peaks while yields on U.S., Japanese and European government debt fell on Friday as investors embraced the easy monetary policies of major central banks. Investor sentiment rose in Europe after the European Central Bank raised its growth and inflation projections on Thursday, and also renewed a pledge to keep stimulus flowing. The pan-regional STOXX Europe 600 index rose 0.7% to a record...
Global Markets: Stocks set record highs as bond yields slide
Global Markets: Stocks set record highs as bond yields slide
Source: Reuters
12/06/2021 10:23:01 AM
European stocks near record high, NZ dollar rises LONDON/SHANGHAI  - European stocks approached record highs on Wednesday after U.S. Federal Reserve officials soothed investors' inflation worries, though the New Zealand dollar rose as the country's central bank hinted at a rate hike next year. European stocks were up 0.29%, close to the previous day's record peak, while Germany's DAX gained 0.2% and Britain's FTSE 100 ticked up 0.17%. U.S. stock futures pointed to a higher open for the S&P 500, also within ...
European stocks near record high, NZ dollar rises
European stocks near record high, NZ dollar rises
Source: Reuters
26/05/2021 3:10:52 PM