Market Report - Europe Close
Europe close: Stocks add to recent gains ahead of US jobs report
European shares nudged record highs on Thursday, continuing their rally on strong earnings news and as investors waited on the monthly US jobs report due out the next day.
Europe close: Stocks finish week on a positive note after US jobs data
European markets were mostly higher at the end of the week following the release of a better-than-expected reading on the US jobs market.
Europe close: Corporate results help offset Delta concerns, US data
European shares remained near their record highs on Wednesday as upbeat corporate earnings offset investor worries about the rising number of Covid Delta variant cases.
Europe close: Corporate earnings buoy stocks
European shares stayed in record territory on Tuesday, boosted by another raft of strong corporate earnings and return of dividend payouts from the likes of BP.
Europe close: Stocks finish weaker after inflation data
European stocks closed in negative territory on Tuesday, as investors digested euro zone data showing inflation hit its highest level for a decade.
Europe close: Stocks pop after Powell remarks on tapering
European stocks managed a positive finish on Friday, after Fed chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank was on track to begin tapering by the end of the year.
Europe close: Stocks lower as investors look to Fed
European shares ended Thursday in the red, as investors took a cautious stance ahead of a key two-day meeting of US Federal Reserve policymakers, while a German consumer survey showed sentiment weakening.
Europe close: Stocks in holding pattern ahead of Jackson Hole
Wednesday's session saw stocks drift slightly higher across the Continent, as investors digested weak German business sentiment data and eyed a key gathering of US Federal Reserve officials on Thursday and Friday.
Europe close: Stocks little changed as investors bide their time
European shares drifted lower as investors bid their time ahead of the start of the eagerly-awaited Jackson Hole central banking symposium two days later.
Europe close: Stocks buoyed by gains on Wall Street
European stocks tracked gains on Wall Street after the previous week's drubbing, with UK supermarket chain Sainsbury's surging on takeover speculation.
Europe close: Stocks rally into the close after remarks from Fed's Kaplan
European shares rallied into the end of trading on Friday after a top US central bank official said he might need to reconsider his policy bias "somewhat", depending on the impact of the pandemic on economic growth.
Europe close: Stocks hit by multiple concerns amid low trading volumes
European shares continued to slump on Thursday as fears of a sooner-than-expected tapering in global monetary policy, concerns around Delta Covid-19 and the ongoing crackdown on tech firms by Beijing dampened sentiment.
Europe close: Stocks bounce back ahead of Fed minutes
European stocks were mostly higher on Wednesday as investors bid their time ahead of the release of the minutes of the US central bank's last policy meeting.
Europe close: Covid concerns continue to drag on stocks
European stocks ended the session on a mixed note although investors remained concerned about the potential impact on the global economic recovery of the Delta variant of Covid-19.
Europe close: Weak Chinese data drags on investor sentiment
European shares broke 10-day streak of gains on Monday after Chinese data revealed a slowdown in factory output, investment and retail sales in July.
Europe close: Stocks continue to take their cue from corporate earnings
European stocks continued to push into record territory at midday on Friday after a strong week of corporate earnings, shrugging off worries about Covid cases forcing the partial closure of a major Chinese container terminal.
Europe close: Stocks continue to grind higher
European stocks were mostly higher again on Thursday as strong corporate news from insurers offset a fall in stocks going ex-dividend.
Europe close: Stocks move higher on steady US CPI print
European shares renewed their upwards push on the back of a roughly as expected reading on US consumer price inflation.
Europe close: Stocks edge higher despite soft survey readings
European stocks edged higher on Tuesday even after a closely-followed survey revealed investors' concerns of a new wave of Covid-19 infections, including in China and the knock-on effect for exports.
Europe close: Stocks little changed despite weak China trade numbers
European stocks were off to a subdued start to the week on Monday as investors mulled the latest trade figures out of China and Germany.