Market Report - Europe
Europe midday: Shares mixed as German, French data weigh on investors
European markets were mixed at midday with disappointing data from France and Germany pulling the continent’s benchmark index lower along with the US Fed’s move to maintain a low interest rate policy.
Europe open: Shares lower on US Fed & French, German data
European markets started the final session of the week in the red as disappointing data from France and Germany dampened investor sentiment along with the US Fed’s move to maintain a low interest rate policy.
Europe midday: Stocks drift lower as investors eye key Fed speech
Stocks in Europe are moving lower as investors wait on a potentially key speech for financial markets from the head of the US central bank.
Europe open: Stocks slip ahead of key speech from Fed's Powell
Stocks in Europe are moving lower in early trading as investors wait on a potentially key speech for financial markets from the head of the US central bank.
Europe midday: Stocks gain on trade hopes and US election headlines
Stocks in Europe are grinding higher overcoming earlier caution ahead of the US central bank's eagerly awaited annual economic symposium scheduled for the next day.
Europe open: Stocks little changed, investor mood more cautious
Stocks in Europe are little changed in early trading with investors sitting on their hands ahead of the US central bank's eagerly awaited scheduled for the next day.
Europe midday: Trade news boosts stocks, travel issues lead
Stocks are holding onto their early gains thanks to the positive headlines out overnight from the biannual phase-one trade deal review between Beijing and Washington.
Europe open: Stocks start higher buoyed by US-China trade news
Stocks have begun the session moving higher, adding to the prior day's gains, boosted by positive headlines around trade talks between Beijing and Washington.
Europe midday: Stocks higher amid hopes for Covid-19 treatments and vaccines
Stocks are holding onto big early gains as investors cheer news that US health regulators have cleared a potentially key treatment for Covid-19, convalescent plasma, for emergency use and might do something similar with the vaccine being developed by Oxford University.
Europe open: 'Mini' trade deal, US Covid-19 treatment boost stocks
Stocks began the week with solid gains as investors cheered news that US health regulators had cleared the use of a potentially key treatment for Covid-19, convalescent plasma.
Europe midday: Stocks slump despite slump in euro area services PMI
Stocks across the Continent are skidding little changed at the end of the week, despite data showing a sharp slowdown in services sector growth inside the single currency block.
Europe midday: Stocks in Europe drop, Fed and Russia in focus
Stocks across the Continent are falling with some investors pointing the finger to the "calm and measured" stance adopted by US central bankers at their last policy meeting, as per the minutes of their deliberations, as the approximate cause of Thursday's move lower.
Europe midday: Stocks continue to edge up
Stocks in Europe are holding higher come midday, helped by the record highs set overnight by stocks on Wall Street.
Europe open: Stocks edge higher tracking gains on Wall Street
Stocks in Europe edged higher in early trading on Wednesday, tracking the record highs set overnight by stocks on Wall Street.
Europe midday: Stocks hold higher helped by some positive news on trade, Covid-19
Stocks across the Continent are holding higher, after having wobbled at the start of trading following the Trump administration's move to close possible loopholes on its curbs against Chinese technology Huawei.
Europe open: Travel issues pace gains
Stocks across the Continent are moving higher, having wobbled at the start of trading after the Trump administration moved to close possible loopholes on its curbs against Chinese technology Huawei.
Europe midday: Stocks edge higher on back of trade news
European stocks are continuing to reverse early losses after China's central bank boosted short-term liquidity and thanks to positive 'market chatter' regarding the phase one trade deal between the US and China.
Europe open: Stocks erase early losses on US-China trade hopes
European stocks have mostly reversed early losses to trade higher after China delivered a bigger than expected boost to short-term liquidity for the country's financial system and thanks to positive 'market chatter' regarding the upcoming review by Washington and Beijing of their phase one trade deal.
Europe midday: UK quarantine chaos hammers travel shares
Britain's ongoing coronavirus travel quarantine confusion continued to drag on travel shares at midday on Friday, pulling the European market lower.
Europe open: UK quarantine expansion, weak China data hits shares
European shares opened lower on Friday after travel stocks were hit by addition of France to Britain’s quarantine list and weak China data dampened broader sentiment.