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Week ahead: FOMC meeting, Italian presidential election in focus
The market spotlight over the coming week will be squarely on the US Federal Reserve meets to decide on policy.
Europe close: Major indices end week with big declines
European stocks were again registering sharp losses on Friday as stocks in the US and Asia fell back overnight triggered by rate rise fears and as poor corporate results dampened sentiment.
London close: Stocks end week on a down note
London stocks fell at the end of the week amid investors' jitters around the prospects for policy tightening by the US central bank and after the Office of National Statistics reported that UK retail sales cratered at the end of 2021.
Asia close: Stocks end lower tracking losses in the US
Stocks across the Asia Pacific region were mostly lower at the end of the week caught as they were by the ongoing correction in the US technology space.
Crunch time for US-Russia talks in Geneva
Russia's top diplomat to the European Union hopes that talks with the US on Friday in Geneva will help ease current tensions.
London midday: Stocks holding lower as profit-taking deepens
London stocks were holding lower come midday amid investors' jitters around the prospects for policy tightening by the US central bank and after the Office of National Statistics reported that UK retail sales cratered at the end of 2021.
London pre-open: Profit-taking set to continue amid downdraft on Wall Street
Stocks were set for a lower open tracking losses on Wall Street and as bracers positioned themselves ahead of the US central bank's policy meeting during the following week.
London open: Profit-taking deepens as losses on Wall Street mount, retail sales crater
London stocks were getting walloped at the open as investors' jitters around the prospects for policy tightening by the US central bank continued and after the Office of National Statistics reported that UK retail sales cratered at the end of 2021.
Friday newspaper round-up: Baltic Dry Index, BT Group, Unilever
In times of market dislocation, it rises sharply to reflect the difficulties in transporting goods — and during the pandemic it has done little else but rise, peaking at more than 5,700. [. ] That peak in the Baltic Dry Index was hit on October 7. Since then, the index has fallen sharply, halving within a month. Though it jumped in the run-up to Christmas, it has dropped back again since. Yesterday it fell further, its tenth consecutive daily decline, to 1,570.