Market Report - Europe Close
Europe close: Stocks little changed at quarter's end
European shares were little changed in the final session of the quarter, albeit following a three-month run that had seen benchmarks in Germany and France advance by nearly 10%.
Europe close: Stocks extend gains, Dax hits fresh record high
European shares held gains at lunchtime on Tuesday as investors shrugged off worries over the troubles at Archegos Capital and focused on the prospects of a post Covid pandemic economic recovery.
European close: Stocks edge higher as investors brush off fallout from Archegos
European shares started the week on the front foot despite Credit Suisse and Nomura warning of significant losses after a US hedge fund client defaulted on margin calls.
Europe close: Stocks head into weekend with gains on recovery hopes
European shares held onto their moderate gains on Friday, driven by hopes of a strong US recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and positive UK retail sales data.
Europe close: Stocks recover from heavy selling to end higher
European shares recovered from early selling on Thursday to finish a tad higher even as investors fretted over a potential threat to AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine supply chain amid a contractual row between the EU and UK.
Europe close: Stocks edge higher despite Covid-19 concerns, vaccine spat
Shares on the Continent finished the day mostly higher as positive Eurozone business survey readings offset the hit from new lockdowns across the Continent and a dispute over Covid-19 vaccine supplies between the European Union and AstraZeneca.
Europe close: Shares end mixed due to continued drag from Travel names
European shares ended on a mixed note on Tuesday after Germany confirmed an extended lockdown into Easter as it tried to combat the third wave of Covid-19 infections currently spreading across the Continent, sparking fears of a delay to economic recovery.
Europe close: Stock markets for the most part look past lockdowns to recovery
European shares finished on a mixed note at the start of the week despite news of lockdown measures being reimposed or extended across much of Europe.
Europe close: Stocks end week on a down note as lockdowns reimposed
European stocks finished lower on Friday as fresh regional lockdowns in France hit investor sentiment.
Europe close: Stocks extend gains, Dax hits fresh high tracking advancing yields
Germany's DAX hit a record high on Thursday as European shares gained broadly on the back of a US Federal Reserve pledge to keep interest rates low.
Europe close: Stocks end on slightly mixed note ahead of Fed decision
European stocks finished on a mixed note on Wednesday as investors took a cautious view ahead of the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy decision that was scheduled for later in the day.
Europe close: Stocks extend gains ahead of Fed on reopening hopes
European stocks continued pushing ahead on Tuesday as Wall Street rallied overnight on hopes of an economic recovery and a $1. 9trn US stimulus package.
Europe close: Stocks end mixed despite gains for Travel and Leisure issues
European shares finished on a mixed note on Monday, with hopes of a swift economic recovery and calmer bond markets vying with negative and negative headlines around vaccination efforts on the Continent and similarly mixed economic data in China, according to traders.
Europe close: Light selling ahead of Fed rate meeting next week
European shares finished a very strong week on a mixed note as longer-term government bond yields in the US snapped higher again.
Europe close: Periphery stocks gain as ECB accelerates bond purchases
European shares continued grinding higher, paced by gains in the periphery and among Technology issues after the European Central Bank announced its intention to "significantly" accelerate its emergency asset purchases during the second quarter.
Europe close: Stocks extend advance helped by strong corporate earnings
European shares were higher as strong corporate results from Quilter and Adidas offset falls in mining stocks due to weaker commodities prices.
Europe close: Stocks extend gains after OECD raises short-term growth forecasts
European shares extended the previous day's gains after the OECD upgraded growth forecasts for the global economy, citing the ongoing success of the vaccine rollout and the US’s mammoth $1. 9trn stimulus package.
Europe close: Stocks jump, Dax hits record on optimism for US stimulus and 'herd immunity'
European shares bounded ahead at the start of the week with the German Dax breaking out to a new record high in the process partly in anticipation of fresh fiscal stimulus in the US.
Europe close: Stocks slip, Travel and Leisure names pace declines
European shares slipped at the end of the week dragged down by Travel and Leisure names, amid mounting Covid-19 case counts in many countries, especially in Eastern Europe and Italy.
Europe close: Stocks shake off early losses, but led by Oil and Gas, and Utilities
European shares were mostly higher on Thursday reversing early losses triggered by worries over rising government bond yields on both sides of the Atlantic.