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Market update

Wednesday, 9 March 2016, 12:03 Last update: about 11 years ago

Possible profit taking ahead of tomorrow’s crucial ECB meeting, but also weak data from China caused a further pullback in global equities on Wednesday. The S&P 500 snapped a five-day...

China leads the way

Tuesday, 8 March 2016, 09:43 Last update: about 11 years ago

European shares finished lower on Monday, as they proved unable to maintain the momentum that saw Asian equities reach a two-month high. Investors admitted that a rebound in stocks seemed wornout, as...

Stocks start the week on a weaker footing

Monday, 7 March 2016, 12:09 Last update: about 11 years ago

European markets are trading lower with the Euro Stoxx 600 down around 0.50% as of this writing after an initial surge following earlier news that China’s decline in foreign-exchange reserves...

Waiting on US jobs and the ECB

Friday, 4 March 2016, 11:34 Last update: about 11 years ago

With two major events in the coming days, markets have slowed down after this week’s rally. Global bourse have managed to eke out some small gains, but are likely focused on today’s...

Winning sessions resume

Thursday, 3 March 2016, 09:34 Last update: about 11 years ago

Asian shares opened sharply higher on Wednesday following earlier gains in the US. European stocksfinished higher for a fifth straight session, drawing support from financials and miners.Meanwhile,...

Warren Buffett says buy while stocks are cheap!

Tuesday, 1 March 2016, 11:41 Last update: about 11 years ago

In an interesting interview yesterday with the iconic investor Warren Buffet, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, said that it is a great time to pick up stocks following the drop in prices since the...

Tough year continues

Monday, 29 February 2016, 11:32 Last update: about 11 years ago

2016 has been a challenging year in most markets, as investor anxieties over a number of key risks has all but wiped out confidence in financial markets. Economic data doesn’t reflect such a...

Second day of European stock declines

Thursday, 25 February 2016, 08:59 Last update: about 11 years ago

Investors were given a reminder that plunging oil prices and concerns about slowing growth in China are still dominating the agenda in the global financial markets this year. For a second consecutive...

Market update

Wednesday, 24 February 2016, 11:48 Last update: about 11 years ago

Global bourses gave up almost all the gains made this week as oil maintainedyesterday’s downward trend, prompting investors to pile into gold, German 10-year bunds and the yen.  Black gold...

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