Market Report - Europe
Europe midday: Investors try to discern outlook after historic GDP drop
Investors were fading an early bounce in European stocks at month's end even as they digested data showing a record contraction in euro area economic growth during the second quarter.
Europe open: Gains in Tech put wind in stock markets' sails, euro cracks 1.19
Stocks across the Continent are bouncing back, helped by a fair wind from across the Atlantic and despite a raft of dire readings on three of the single currency bloc's largest economies.
Europe midday: Losses accelerate as investors fret over epidemic's path
Losses in stockmarkets across Europe accelerated as investors digested data showing that German gross domestic product fell at its quickest pace on record since at least 1970.
Europe open: Stocks off sharply as German GDP falls by most in half a century
Stocks on the Continent were falling sharply on Thursday after second quarter German gross domestic product data revealed the largest drop on record since 1970.
Europe midday: Stocks little changed ahead of Fed
Stocks across the Continent were continuing to tread water on Wednesday afternoon as investors waited on the US central bank's policy announcement scheduled for later in the session and a raft of corporate earnings Stateside over coming days.
Europe open: Stocks tread water ahead of Fed rate decision
Stocks across the Continent were trading water overall on Wednesday as investors waited on the US central bank's policy announcement scheduled for later in the day and a raft of corporate earnings Stateside over coming days.
Europe midday: Stocks reverse early gains amid pandemic worries
Stocks in Europe have given back early gains despite reports that US lawmakers were preparing a further $1. 0trn round of fiscal stimulus.
Europe open: Stocks mostly higher despite concerns around second Covid-19 wave
Stocks in Europe have started the session higher, tracking the gains seen overnight on Wall Street on the back of reports that US lawmakers were preparing a further $1. 0trn round of fiscal stimulus.
Europe midday: Stocks mixed amid slump in travel names, Ibex 35 lags
Stocks in Europe were still trading slight,ly lower come midday amid concerns around a possible second wave of Covid-19 infections, particularly in Spain, and ongoing tensions between China and the US.
Europe open: Stocks mixed in early trading even as euro and gold extend gains
Stocks in Europe have started the session slightly higher despite concerns around a possible second wave of Covid-19 infections and ongoing tensions between China and the US.
Europe midday: Stocks remain lower amid geopolitical tensions
Stocks in Europe remained moderately lower come midday, dragged down by US-China tensions and worries about the toll that recent Covid-19 outbreaks will take on economies as they try to reopen.
Europe open: Tech stocks hammered despite much improved PMIs
Stocks across Europe are retreating with continued US-China tensions weighing on sentiment even as analysts fret about the toll that Covid-19 outbreaks will take on economies as they try to reopen.
Europe midday: Stocks sag amid geopolitical tensions
Stock markets across Europe fell after the latest flare-up in tensions between China and the US after Washington gave Beijing three days to shut its consulate in Houston "to protect American intellectual property and Americans’ private information. ".
Europe midday: Stocks gain but euro drifts lower after EU reconstruction deal
Germany's Dax pushed back into positive territory for 2020 after European Union leaders reached agreement on a €750bn reconstruction fund, to the surprise of sceptical analysts - one of who said it was "very close indeed" to a fiscal union - but to the delight of investors.
Europe open: Lenders pace gains after 'game changing' EU deal
Germany's Dax pushed back into positive territory for 2020 after European Union leaders agreed to a landmark €750bn reconstruction fund, to the surprise of sceptical analysts - one of whom said it was "very close indeed" to a fiscal union - but to the delight of investors.
Europe midday: Stocks little changed ahead of key EU leaders' meeting, vaccine update
An early rally had stalled come midday as investors waited to see if a key meeting of European Union leaders later on Monday would yield a breakthrough in talks to launch a reconstruction fund for the bloc.
Europe open: Stocks reverse early losses, healthcare leads
Stocks have recovered from early selling following news that European Union leaders meeting in Brussels had made progress on the terms for a reconstruction fund.
Europe midday: Stocks mostly higher ahead of EU leaders' summit
Stocks across the Continent are for the most part moving higher at the end of the week as investors monitor the headlines coming out of a three-day European Union leaders' summit in Brussels.
Europe midday: Shares off lows as ECB reiterates support for stimulus
Stocks across the Continent were trading slightly lower come Thursday afternoon, but had come off their session lows after the European Central Bank signalled that monetary stimulus was still needed given the downside risks to the economy.
Europe midday: Stocks trim gains on signs of slowdown in US jobs market
Stocks in Europe have trimmed earlier gains following the release of data showing the first increase in weekly jobless claims in the States since March and amid geopolitical tensions between Washington and Beijing.