Market Report - Europe Close
Europe close: Stocks dip, euro continues to gain strength
European markets finished the week on a down note as the single currency continued gaining altitude with disappointing data from France and Germany pulling the Continent’s benchmark indices lower.
Europe close: Stocks fall after Fed confirms shift towards easier policy
Stocks in Europe fell as investors booked profits after the head of the US central bank confirmed, as had been widely anticipated, that monetary policy would remain easier for longer.
Europe close: Stocks back at multi-month highs led by technology sector
Stocks in Europe clocked in with sharp gains, finishing the day at their session highs and in the case of some benchmarks at their best levels in several months.
Europe close: Weak US consumer confidence knocks stocks off their perch
Stocks surrendered early gains on Wednesday, finishing on a mixed note following the release of weaker than expected data for US consumer confidence.
Europe close: Stocks end sharply higher, tech and oil issues lead
Stocks held onto their big early gains after news that US health regulators had cleared a potentially key treatment for Covid-19, convalescent plasma, for emergency use and might do something similar with the vaccine being developed by Oxford University.
Europe close: Stocks slip after weak euro area services sector data
Stocks across the Continent finished slightly lower on Friday, despite data showing a sharp slowdown in services sector growth inside the single currency block.
Europe close: Stocks slip as investors weigh outlook for US Fed policy
Stocks across the Continent are falling with some investors pointing the finger to the "calm and measured" stance adopted by US central bankers at their last policy meeting, as per the minutes of their deliberations released overnight, as the approximate cause of Thursday's move lower.
Europe close: Stocks move higher tracking gains Stateside
Europe's main stock market gauges clocked in with solid gains, helped by fresh record highs for stocks on Wall Street.
Europe close: Stocks slip as travel and technology issues erase early gains
Stocks across the Continent finished lower as early gains in the travel and leisure space, alongside gains in technology names, petered out, amid depressed summer trading volumes and what with the key US stock markets index, the S&P 500, pushing up against record highs.
Europe close: Stocks end mixed but off early lows
European stocks ended on a mixed note but off the lows seen at the start of trading after China's central bank boosted short-term liquidity and thanks to positive 'market chatter' regarding the phase one trade deal between the US and China.
Europe close: Travel stocks battered by UK quarantine turmoil
European shares finished the week in the red as Britain's ongoing coronavirus travel quarantine confusion hammered travel shares while disappointing data out of China and deadlocked US stimulus talks also dampened the mood.
Europe close: Stocks finish weaker as Washington aims at Airbus
European shares closed in the red on Thursday, as investors pored over a surprise from the latest US jobless claims data, with Airbus hit by continuing tariffs from Washington.
Europe close: Stocks finish higher despite UK recession
European shares continued their strong run on Wednesday as investors shrugged off UK recession woes and US fiscal stimulus worries as Liberty Global's takeover of Sunrise Communications boosted sentiment.
Europe close: Shares close higher on Russia Covid vaccine hopes
European stocks closed the day strong but off intra-day highs driven by hopes of more US stimulus and reports of a new coronavirus vaccine developed by Russia, which in turn spurred sentiment in heavyweight travel stocks.
Europe close: Stocks finish higher on US stimulus, China inflation
European shares managed to finish just above the waterline on Monday, as momentum from an easing of China factory deflation kept markets in positive territory and investors eyed more positive stimulus news from the US.
Europe close: Stocks gain after US jobs report
Stocks in Europe finished mostly higher following the release of a better-than-expected monthly US non-farm payrolls report.
Europe close: Stocks fall as investors wait on result of stimulus talks in US
European stocks finished lower on Thursday as investors kept an eye on talks on Capitol Hill on a fourth fiscal stimulus package and despite reports of some concessions from Republicans.
Europe close: Mining and travel stocks pace gains
Stocks on the Continent finished higher as miners' shares pushed to three-month highs and thanks to positive corporate updates and some better-than-expected economic data.
Europe close: Stocks rise as investors keep tabs on US stimulus talks, Covid-19 outbreaks
Stock markets across the Continent finished mostly higher on Tuesday as investors kept tabs on the ongoing haggling on Capitol Hill around a proposed fourth round of fiscal stimulus spending in the US.
Europe close: Stocks start August in good form, earnings in focus
Stocks across the Continent snapped higher in the first trading session of August, bolstered by better-than-expected readings on manufacturing sector activity in Europe, China and the US.