Market Report - Europe Close
Europe close: Stocks end week firmly higher
European shares were higher at midday on Friday as the never-ending deluge of corporate earnings continued with investors also cheered by better-than-expected economic growth in the eurozone.
Europe close: Italian shares outperform as Unicredit ups guidance
European shares were higher on Wednesday amid a deluge of corporate results as cautious investors eyed the energy supply situation and awaited a rise in US interest rates.
Europe close: Stocks fall back as natural gas futures leap
European stocks fell back on Tuesday as natural gas futures leaped higher on the back of Russia's announcement the day before of a further cut to its gas supplies to Germany, claiming maintenance issues.
Europe close: Stocks end the session higher, outside of the German Dax
Most of Europe's main stock market indices shares rallied from early losses as investors braced themselves for the never-ending deluge of corporate news and a policy meeting of the US Federal Reserve later in the week.
Europe close: Stocks end week on an up note, despite poor data
European shares finished the week on a slightly positive note Friday even after the results of two key surveys pointed to a contraction in the euro area's economy in July - albeit alongside a marked cooling in price pressures.
Europe close: Stocks come off lows to end the day mixed
Stocks finished on a mixed note on Thursday, but off their lows of the session in all cases, as the European Central Bank's surprise 50 basis point rate hike and new policy tools offset news of Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi's resignation.
Europe close: Stocks slip as geopolitical tensions run high
European stocks ended the day a tad lower after Russia's foreign minister said the scope of its invasion of Ukraine would be expanded should the West provide Kyiv with long-range weaponry.
Europe close: Stocks jump after report gas supplies through Nordstream 1 to resume
European shares pushed higher on Tuesday following a report from Reuters that Moscow would resume natural gas exports to Europe through the Nordstream 1 pipeline at the same limited volumes as before this year's annual maintenance began on 11 July.
Europe close: Stocks extend bear market rally
European shares extended gains on Monday, taking their cues from a positive session in Asia, as investors eyed a European Central Bank policy meeting on Thursday and Moscow's decision that same day as to whether to restart gas exports through the Nordstream 1 pipeline.
Europe close: Stocks rise heading into the weekend
Stocks ended the week on an up note, as traders pared their bets for interest rates hikes by the US central bank at their next meeting.
Europe close: Markets weaker on economic, political jitters
Stocks on the continent ended in the red on Thursday, as political troubles continued to percolate in Italy, and following modest losses overnight in US stock markets.
Europe close: Stocks slumps after hotter-than-expected US June CPI print
Stocks fell on Wednesday following the release of data on the other side of the Pond showing the fastest rise in annual headline consumer prices in the US since late 1981.
Sector movers: Cyclicals top gains on FSTE 350, but alongside defensives
General Industrials and Retailers led gains on the FTSE 350 in the middle of the week, but similar gains for some of the more defensive segments of the stock market, such Electricity and Tobacco, betrayed latent caution.
Europe close: Stocks mostly higher, Spanish issues hit by tax on windfall profits
Stocks in Europe finished on a mixed note but for the most managed to reverse early losses, despite continued market chatter around new Covid-19 cases in China and the release of a weaker-than-expected survey on economic confidence in Germany.
Europe close: Germany's Dax paces losses amid angst over natural gas supplies
Most major European stock market indices finished off their lows of the session but not Germany's Dax, due to concern that its supplies of natural gas from Russia might soon be cut.
Europe close: Stocks end week mostly on an up note
European shares were mostly higher on Friday as investors digested the latest and apparently stronger-than-expected monthly US jobs data and political developments in London after the ill-tempered resignation, but not departure, of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Europe close: Shares extend gains on economic data, China stimulus talk
European shares extended gains on Thursday, with Basic Resources and Autos&Parts following a recent string of better-than-expected data in the US and talk of fiscal stimulus in China.
Europe close: Stocks rise as bond yields ease but analysts cautious
European shares recouped some of the previous day's losses on Wednesday, although recession talk continued to make the rounds, prompting caution on the part of analysts.
Europe close: Stocks hit by recession worries, Oil and Gas names pace losses
European shares reeled on Wednesday, surrendering early gains as global recession worries supplanted the positive mood among investors early on thanks to reports that the US could ease tariffs on China.
Europe close: Stocks end mixed, but oil majors' shares sought out
European shares opened higher on Monday driven by energy stocks, but gave back early gains, in part following data showing that Germany's trade balance fell into a surprise deficit in May.