Sign up and receive our Free, twice daily Market rundown of all the key information that is happening in the Financial Markets.
Opening Wrap – Monday Jan 08, 2018
In Asian Equity Markets indices were around all-time highs on Monday after Friday global market gains. Thailand shares rose as much as 0.7 percent to hit a record high, and were on track for a fifth session of gains. Financials and industrial stocks gained. Singapore...
Closing Wrap – Friday Jan 05, 2018
In European Equity Markets stocks closed higher on Friday, as investors monitored euro zone inflation data and U.S. nonfarm payrolls. The pan-European Stoxx 600 closed up 0.8 percent, extending gains from the previous session with almost all sectors and major country...
Opening Wrap – Friday Jan 05, 2018
In Asian Equity Markets Japan's Nikkei index extended the previous session's gains on Friday, probing 26-year highs as banking and brokerage shares rose, while Toshiba shares firmed on news of a buyer for its Westinghouse Electric unit. The Nikkei was up 0.2 percent...
Closing Wrap – Thursday Jan 04, 2018
In European Equity Markets the Stoxx Europe 600 Index gained 0.7 percent, the highest in eight weeks on the biggest rise in more than two weeks. Builders and car-makers led the advance in Europe, with most of the sectors in the Stoxx Europe 600 Index showing...
Opening Wrap – Thursday Jan 04, 2018
In Asian Equity Markets Japan's Nikkei index rose to its highest level since January 1992 on Thursday, as it caught up to gains in global equities on Japan's first trading day of 2018. The Nikkei was up 2.76 percent at 23,393.82. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific...
Closing Wrap – Wednesday Jan 03, 2018
In European Equity Markets stocks recovered on Wednesday from a muted start to the year as a rising dollar boosted exporters and new records on Wall Street lifted spirits on a day devoted to the implementation of the new European MiFID II market rules. Euro zone blue...
Opening Wrap – Wednesday Jan 03, 2018
In Asian Equity Markets stocks posted gains on Wednesday as sentiment held solid despite a nuclear weapons taunt by President Donald Trump on Twitter directed at North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. MSCI's index of Asia-Pacific stocks outside Japan rose 0.4 percent,...
Closing Wrap – Friday Dec 22, 2017
In European Equity Markets Spanish stocks fell after Catalan separatists won a slim majority in a regional election, deepening a political crisis which has hurt the economy and caused a business exodus from the region. Spain's IBEX fell 1.2 percent after voters backed...
Opening Wrap – Friday Dec 22, 2017
In Asian Equity Markets Japan's Nikkei index eked out small gains on Friday as gains in banks and commodities trading houses offset weakness in pharmaceuticals, while Kobe Steel stumbled after it said senior executives were aware of its data tampering. The Nikkei...
Closing Wrap – Thursday Dec 21, 2017
In European Equity Markets financials led stocks higher on Thursday in a reversal of earlier losses after a muted response to the approval by the U.S. Congress of a long-anticipated tax overhaul, while a vote in Catalonia remained in focus. The pan-European STOXX 600...