Market Report - Europe Close
Europe close: Stocks put in small bounce at quarter's end
Stocks on the Continent put in a small bounce on the final trading session of the third quarter with some investors heartened by possible signs of a modicum of stability in financial markets.
Europe close: Stocks hit by weakness in retailers, strong inflation data
European stocks were in the red again on Thursday as relief sparked by the Bank of England’s intervention in bond markets proved short-lived.
Europe close: Stocks rise after BoE intervenes in bond markets
European stocks reversed earlier losses to end higher on Wednesday, after the Bank of England stepped in to stabilise gilt markets.
Europe close: Stocks end on mixed note amid weakness in euro and pound
European shares finished on a mixed note on Monday as markets continued to hammer Britain’s pound in response to the UK government’s mini-budget last week, while Italian shares rose after a right-wing coalition clinched victory at the elections held at the weekend.
Europe close: Stocks, commodities and the euro all drop
European stocks fell back on Friday following recent tightening moves by central banks around the world, with a sharp drop in shares of Credit Suisse grabbing the headlines.
Europe close: Stocks drop as investors digest central bank rate hikes around the world
European stocks fell back as investors digested further interest rate hikes out of the Bank of England, Norwegian central bank and Swiss central bank.
Europe close: Stocks recover from early selling even as Russia orders partial mobilisation
European shares finished higher even as investors fretted over a likely rise in US interest rates and the mobilisation of extra Russian troops indicating the war in Ukraine was set to intensify.
Europe close: Stocks slip as Riksbank delivers hawkish surprise
European shares fell as Sweden lifted rates by 100 basis points, surprising financial markets and sparking concern over the risk for more aggressive interest rate rises elsewhere, even as the latest geopolitical news from Ukraine appeared to take a turn for the worse.
Europe close: Stocks slip after softer than expected US economic data
European stocks slipped on Thursday following the release of weaker-than-expected readings for US retail sales and manufacturing.
Europe close: Stocks fall as US inflation data continues to dent sentiment
European stocks ended in the red on Wednesday as a hotter-than-expected US inflation print a day earlier continued to rattle markets.
Europe close: Stocks knocked off their perch by hotter-than-expected US CPI reading
European shares were knocked off their perch by a hotter-than-expected reading for US consumer prices in August, falling energy prices notwithstanding.
Europe close: Stocks rise despite disappointing data from UK, Germany
European shares were in positive territory at the close on Monday, with retailers still leading the charge through the afternoon, despite grim GDP figures from the UK and a pessimistic survey in Germany.
Europe close: Stocks end higher led by gains for Basic Resources
European stocks were firmly in the black at the end of the week with shares in the basic resources space racing ahead, amid talk that China fiscal stimulus was in the pipeline and a dip in the US dollar.
Europe close: Stocks finish modestly higher
European stocks were mostly higher on Thursday even as the European Central Bank delivered a historic 75 basis point interest rate hike.
Europe close: Slump in gas futures and economic data buoy stocks
European stocks reversed early losses spurred by Chinese foreign trade data that added to recessions woes, amid positive economic data and with the help of a tailwind from falling natural gas prices.
Europe close: Stocks on the back foot after Gazprom halts Nord Stream 1 flows
European stocks were firmly in the red by the end of trading on Monday, while the euro fell to a 20-year low against the dollar as the energy crisis intensified.
Europe close: Stocks slip amid news out of China, rate hike concerns
Stocks in Europe fell again following an unexpectedly weak reading for a key manufacturing survey out of China overnight and news of fresh lockdowns in Chengdu, the capital of the Sichuan province.