Markets today

Mixed signals on the prospects for global economic growth were holding back stock prices early Wednesday, as a decline in exports from factory-to-the-world China was...

Stocks in London closed higher on Tuesday, as investor attention shifted towards some key interest rate decisions due next week.

The US Federal Reserve and European...

Equity prices in Europe were weaker heading into Tuesday afternoon in listless trade as investors nervously await next week’s central banking action.

The US Federal...

European share prices were following Wall Street lower early Tuesday, after a report hinted at weakness in the US services sector.

Oil stocks were suffering from...

London started the week on a mixed note on Monday, after new data suggested that the US economy was in a ‘two-speed’ state, split by...

Stock prices in London rose at midday on Monday as markets looked to positive news for the UK’s service sector and oil majors got a...

Shares prices were higher in London early Monday, after the US avoided a government debt default and there were positive readings on economic activity in...

Stocks in London closed higher on Friday as the latest US employment report proved red-hot, while commodity stocks saw a boost from possible support measures...

Market attention on Friday turned to the US employment report and, further out, the next interest rate decision by the Federal Reserve, after legislators passed...

Stocks were rising early Friday, as a week dominated by the US government’s flirtation with debt default was ending with some certainty, following passage of...