Category: Business » Sharemarkets and Indexes
European Shares Close Down On Monday
30 Aug 14:50 | Business
European shares closed mostly down on Monday, with limited trading due to a public holiday in Britain.read more »
Wall Street Rallies After Bernanke Comments
27 Aug 2010 | Business
US investors appeared buoyed by comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday as stocks rallied on Wall Street.read more »
European Stocks End Slightly Higher
27 Aug 2010 | Business
A rally in telecoms stocks pushed European markets higher on Friday after a choppy trading session.read more »
European Markets Finish Higher
26 Aug 2010 | Business
Promising economic data out of Europe saw European markets finish higher on Thursday.read more »
European Markets Continue Decline
25 Aug 2010 | Business
Negative economic data from the United States and Europe saw the major European markets fall on Wednesday.read more »
European Shares Fall On US Economic Worries
24 Aug 2010 | Business
European shares fell Tuesday as concern increased about the state of the US economy.read more »
US Stocks End Mixed On Friday
20 Aug 2010 | Business
US stocks ended mixed on Friday as concerns about the state of the U.S. economy continued to weigh on investors minds.read more »
Economic Worries See European Markets Close Lower
20 Aug 2010 | Business
Worries about the United States economy saw European shares end lower on Friday.read more »
European Markets Fall On Thursday
19 Aug 2010 | Business
European markets fell on Thursday after negative economic data from the United States rekindled concerns about the economic recovery.read more »
Slight Gains For Wall Street On Wednesday
18 Aug 2010 | Business
Stocks closed slightly higher on Wall Street on Wednesday.read more »
European Markets Fall On Wednesday
18 Aug 2010 | Business
European markets fell on Wednesday after commodity and financial stocks lost ground and oil prices fell.read more »
European Shares End Higher On Tuesday
17 Aug 2010 | Business
A rally in mining shares helped push up European markets on Tuesday.read more »
US Markets Flat On Monday
16 Aug 2010 | Business
US markets seesawed on Monday with the major markets ending mixed.read more »
European Stocks End Mixed On Monday
16 Aug 2010 | Business
European markets ended mixed on Monday after a rally in mining stocks cancelled out losses in banks and utilities.read more »
US Stocks Fall Slightly On Friday
13 Aug 2010 | Business
US stocks fell slightly in trading on Friday after a choppy trading session.read more »
European Shares Close Mixed On Friday
13 Aug 2010 | Business
European shares were mixed on Friday as early gains were lost to continued worries about the global economic outlook.read more »
US Shares Fall On Thursday
12 Aug 2010 | Business
Wall Street fell into negative territory again on Thursday.read more »
European Markets End Mixed
12 Aug 2010 | Business
European markets ended mixed on Thursday as investors continued to worry about the global economy.read more »
European Stocks Tumble On Economic Worries
11 Aug 2010 | Business
European stocks fell sharply on Wednesday as investors worried about the prospects of a global economic recovery.read more »
European Markets Fall On Weakened Commodity Prices
10 Aug 2010 | Business
European markets fell on Tuesday after investor were spooked by data showing weakened commodity prices due to a slowdown in imports from China.read more »
Wall Street Up On Monday
9 Aug 2010 | Business
US markets started the trading week on a positive note Monday with all the major indexes posting gains.read more »
European Markets Up On Monday
9 Aug 2010 | Business
European markets made strong gains during trading on Monday.read more »
Wall Street Stocks Recover Late Friday To End Flat
6 Aug 2010 | Business
An afternoon rally caused a big turnaround in US stocks on Friday, with markets closing flat.read more »
European Shares Fall On Friday
6 Aug 2010 | Business
Worse-than-expected US labor market data saw European shares retreat on Friday.read more »
Little Change On Wall Street Thursday
5 Aug 2010 | Business
US shares ended little changed at the end of trading on Thursday.read more »
European Shares End Mixed On Thursday
5 Aug 2010 | Business
Negative economic data from the United States saw European shares end mixed on Thursday.read more »
Stocks Fall On Wall Street
3 Aug 2010 | Business
Stocks ended lower on Wall Street on Tuesday.read more »
European Markets End Mixed
3 Aug 2010 | Business
European markets ended mixed on Tuesday after recovering from early losses.read more »
Statement for Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee of Securities Industry and Financial Markets
2 Aug 2010 | US Politics and Govt
August 2, 2010TG-807Statement for the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets AssociationAlan B. Krueger Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy & Chief Economist The U.S. economy continues to recover after suffering through the deepest downturn in postwar history. Real GDP grew for a fourth straight quarter in the three months ended in June, and the economy now appears to be on the path of an investment-led recovery. Private domestic demand has strengthened, reflecting strong growth of business investment. Businesses have started to hire again, adding nearly 600,000 workers to private sector payrolls so far in 2010. Nevertheless, unemployment remains high. The housing market is still weak, in part rread more »
Excerpts of Treasury Secretary Tim Geithners Remarks at NYU's Stern School of Business
2 Aug 2010 | US Politics and Govt
August 2, 2010TG-805Excerpts of Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s Remarks at New York University’s Stern School of Business on Financial Reform"We had an obligation to rebuild our financial system so it could, once again, be an engine for economic growth and innovation." ... "The reforms that are now the law of the land will help us rebuild a pro-growth, pro-investment financial system." ... "We will move as quickly as possible to bring clarity to the new rules of finance. The rule writing process traditionally has moved at a frustrating, glacial pace. We must change that." ... "We will not simply layer new rules on top of old, outdated ones. Everyone that is part of the financial system - the regulated and regulators - knows that we have accumulated layers of rules that can be overwhelming. And these failures of regulation were in some ways as appalling as the failurread more »
Treasury Announces Marketable Borrowing Estimates
2 Aug 2010 | US Politics and Govt
To view or print the Microsoft Excel content on this page, download the free Microsoft Excel Viewer.August 2, 2010TG-806Treasury Announces Marketable Borrowing EstimatesTo view the Sources and Uses Table, visit link below. Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced its current estimates of net marketable borrowing for the July – September 2010 and the October - December 2010 quarters: During the July – September 2010 quarter, Treasury expects to issue $350 billion in net marketable debt, assuming an end-of-September cash balance of $270 billion, which includes $200 billion for the Supplementary Financing Program (SFP). read more »
Wall Street Rallies On Monday
2 Aug 2010 | Business
All 30 Dow stocks ended higher on Monday as Wall Street rallied.read more »
Bank Results Push Up European Shares
2 Aug 2010 | Business
Better than expected results from major banks helped push up European markets on Monday.read more »
Little Movement On Wall Street
30 Jul 2010 | Business
US Markets ended the week flat on Friday.read more »
European Markets End Week Mixed
30 Jul 2010 | Business
European markets has mixed results on Friday as traders considered mixed economic news from the United States.read more »
US Stocks Continued To Fall On Thursday
29 Jul 2010 | Business
US Stocks ended lower on Thursday.read more »
European Shares Fall On Thursday
29 Jul 2010 | Business
European shares finished mostly down on Thursday, shrugging off upbeat corporate results earlier in the day.read more »
Dow Ends Four Day Winning Streak
28 Jul 2010 | Business
The Dow Jones ended a four day winning streak on Wednesday will all the major markets falling with it.read more »
European Markets Fall Back Wednesday
28 Jul 2010 | Business
European markets mostly lost ground on Wednesday, dragged down by losses among oil companies and car makers.read more »
US Stocks End Mixed On Tuesday
27 Jul 2010 | Business
Stocks on Wall Street ended mixed on Tuesday, with the NASDAQ and S&P falling back into negative territory.read more »
Banking Stocks Push Up European Markets
27 Jul 2010 | Business
A rally in banking stocks pushed up European markets for the second day in a row on Tuesday.read more »
Strong Gains For Wall Street On Monday
26 Jul 2010 | Business
US Markets rallied on Monday with all the major indexes making strong gains.read more »
Banking Stocks Boost European Markets
26 Jul 2010 | Business
The results of the European stress test gave banking stocks a boost on European markets on Monday, with major markets ending higher.read more »
US Markets Rally On Friday
23 Jul 2010 | Business
US markets rallied on Friday following the results of a European bank stress test that showed most were in sound condition.read more »
European Markets End Friday Trading Mixed
23 Jul 2010 | Business
The major European markets ended Friday trading mixed as traders awaiting results of the European bank stress tests.read more »
Strong Profit Results Rally Wall Street
22 Jul 2010 | Business
A string of strong profit results saw stocks rally on Wall Street on Thursday.read more »
European Markets Stage Strong Rally On Thursday
22 Jul 2010 | Business
European markets rallied strongly on Thursday following the release of positive service and manufacturing data in Europe.read more »
Ben Bernanke Comments Spook Wall Street
21 Jul 2010 | Business
Comments by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that the US economic outlook was "unusually uncertain" saw US markets end lower on Wednesday.read more »
European Markets Rise On Wednesday
21 Jul 2010 | Business
European markets rallied on Wednesday on the back of better-than-expected quarterly earnings from U.S. companies such Apple, Morgan Stanley and Coca-Cola.read more »
Late Recovery On Wall Street Sees Stocks Finish Higher
20 Jul 2010 | Business
US Markets staged a late recovery to end higher on Tuesday after the Dow was down by as much as 147 points during the day's trading.read more »