Market Report - Europe
Europe midday: Stocks extend gains as Covid-19 infections in Italy continue to retreat
Stocks across the Continent are extending the previous session's rally amid optimism that authorities in Europe and the US are succeeding in getting the Covid-19 pandemic under control.
Europe open: Stocks extend rally on hopes pandemic under control
Stocks across the Continent are extending the previous session's rally amid optimism that authorities in Europe and the US are succeeding in getting the Covid-19 pandemic under control.
Europe midday: Stocks near session highs led by travel and leisure issues
Stock market indices across Europe are trading near their best levels of the session, boosted by news of falling death rates in France, Italy and Spain, together with a big drop in the rate of new infections in the latter.
Europe open: Stocks rally amid fall in Covid-19 fatalities
Stocks on the Continent were rallying at the start of the week, boosted by news of falling death rates in France, Italy and Spain, together with a noticeable drop in the rate of new infections in the latter.
Europe midday: Stocks slip as service sector surveys point to sharp GDP fall
Stocks across the Continent were sent sharply lower at the end of the week by services sector surveys that economists said pointed to an already steep and worse than expected drop in economic activity.
Europe midday: Stocks buoyed by rally in crude oil futures
Stocks on the Continent are keeping their heads above water following the previous day's thrashing, helped by a rebound in oil futures, even as investors kept a close eye on the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Europe midday: Stocks fall sharply at start of Q2 as factory data disappoints
Stocks on the Continent have gotten off to a poor start for the second quarter with analysts pointing to the still impending peak in coronavirus cases in the States and poor economic data as the reasons for the weakness.
Europe close: Stocks eke out slight gains at quarter's end
Stocks across the Continent managed to eke out some additional gains at the end of the first quarter, helped by reports of possible further fiscal relief in the States.
Europe midday: Stocks reverse early gains as investors question rally
Stocks across the Continent had reversed course come midday as some investors continued to question the staying power of the recent stock market rally.
Europe open: Stocks rise at quarter's end helped by better news out of Italy and Spain
Stocks across the Continent are trading higher again at the end of what has been a disastrous first quarter, helped by figures pointing to a possible peak in sight for the Covid-19 pandemic in Italy and Spain.
Europe midday: Stocks trade on mixed note as Brent drops after lockdown extensions
Stocks on the Continent were trading on a mixed note at the start of the week, helped by news of slower rates of fatalities and infections in Italy and Spain and a positive start to the trading day on Wall Street.
Europe midday: Stocks retreat as investors ponder next moves in pandemic fight
Stocks on the Continent are sharply lower following a falling out between European Union leaders over whether to issue common debt in order to raise funds to see through the Covid-19 pandemic.
Europe open: Stocks fall back after rally as EU leaders debate coronavirus bonds
Stocks on the Continent are moving lower amid a falling out between European Union leaders over whether to issue common debt in order to raise funds to see through the Covid-19 pandemic.
Europe midday: Stocks slip despite bond rally as ECB loosens shackles on debt purchases
Stocks across the Continent are slightly lower as investors gird themselves for data due out later in the day that is expected to show a historic jump in US weekly jobless claims, although the number of new Covid-19 infections in Italy continued to fall.
Europe open: Stocks dip despite fresh ECB moves, US relief package
Stocks across the Continent have started the session lower as investors gird themselves for what was expected to be a historic jump in US weekly jobless claims data later in the day.
Europe midday: Stocks rise amid hopes tide has turned in Italy
Stocks on the Continent are trading mostly higher following a historic day of trading Stateside, amid some positive headlines on the coronavirus front and as regards government relief measures.
Europe midday: Insurers, oil and gas shares pace gains
Stocks are holding near their best levels of the session, helped by reports that US Senate leaders have agreed on a spending plan and that Germany might ramp-up its own stimulus.
Europe open: Stocks bounce on stimulus hopes, oil and gas shares jump
Stocks are putting in a decent bounce across the Continent, buoyed by reports of further fiscal stimulus in the pipeline.
Europe midday: Stocks pare losses as Fed moves to 'QE Infinity'
Shares have pared earlier sharp losses after a shift by the US central bank to open-ended quantitative easing or what some analysts termed 'QE infinity'.
Europe open: Stocks drop amid deadlock on stimulus bill in US Senate
Shares have started the morning trading sharply lower after a vote overnight in the US Senate on an emergency stimulus plan failed to pass muster.