Market Pulse - Europe
London close: Stocks jump on US optimism, weaker pound
Shares finished the session higher, after a report stoked optimism that the White House might be making headway in its tax reform efforts and helped along by well-received results from the likes of Persimmon and BHP Billiton, although subprime lender Provident Financial nosedived after another profit warning.
Europe midday: Stocks retrace losses, hedge fund managers skittish
Stocks are retracing their losses from the previous day with the aid of a dip in the single currency's value as investors bide their time ahead of the start of the US central bank's annual Jackson Hole symposium on Thursday.
Sphere Medical plunges after warning it could run out of cash
Shares of Sphere Medical plunged after the company said it would likely be forced into insolvency, unless it could fresh financing which was conditional on its delisting from AIM.
Weaker exports, auto scandal weigh on German economic confidence, ZEW says
Experts' outlook for the German economy soured in August amid a weaker than-expected export performance by the country and a widening scandal in the automobile sector.
Europe open: Stocks retrace previous day's losses
Stocks are retracing their losses from the previous day as investors bide their time ahead of the start of the US central bank's annual Jackson Hole symposium on Thursday.
BHP Billiton puts US shale assets on the block
BHP Billiton gave into pressure from shareholders, putting its US onshore oil assets on the block and deferring plans to move forward in potash.