Solid economic data give positive backdrop
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:33:36 GMT
Global Markets Overview: Record rise in eurozone industrial production help global stocks build on Wall Street’s overnight advance, but gains tempered by uncertainty
Bid talk helps lift London equities
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:43:42 GMT
BSkyB gained on market speculation that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, its 39 per cent shareholder, could take the broadcaster private
US stocks flat despite strong retail figures
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:03:12 GMT
US stocks were flat in spite of surprisingly strong retail sales data and positive employment figures from Canada
Oil falls after energy watchdog lifts forecasts
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:04:42 GMT
Crude oil prices fell after disappointing US consumer confidence data while sugar prices managed a partial rebound after their pounding this week
Greek debt crisis boosts single currency
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:48:20 GMT
The yen was in focus this week due to speculation that the Bank of Japan would take steps next week to ease monetary policy even further
Is this the lull before the storm for US mortgages?
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:14:35 GMT
What exactly is happening in the bowels of the American mortgage market? asks Gillian Tett
Wood pulp shortage lifts UPM-Kymmene
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:16:22 GMT
Volkswagen shares rallied 4.3 per cent to €74.43 after the German carmaker said it would use a convertible bond issue and a share sale to fund acquisitions
Tokyo surges on BoJ easing hopes
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:12:24 GMT
Tokyo stocks powered to their best weekly gains in more than three months as expectations the Japanese central bank may take extra monetary easing steps raised the prospect of a weakening yen boosting exporters
Hatoyama says yen is too strong
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:04:19 GMT
The prime minister has told the Japanese parliament that the yen is too strong given the state of the country’s economic recovery
End of the affair for AIM and China
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:20:46 GMT
China’s small companies are looking for opportunities away from AIM on Hong Kong and Singapore exchanges which offer higher volumes of share trading and higher valuations