US core capital goods orders rise for eighth straight month, allay recovery concerns

29-01-2021
On Wednesday, US Commerce Department data had unveiled that the orders for US-made core capital goods surged by 0.6 per cent in December excluding aircrafts.

European shares dip on dismal economic data, but secure 0.2% in weekly gains

24-01-2021
On Friday, a slew of European stocks had rounded off the session in an offbeat texture with Italy's FTSE MIB leading the losses

European shares post worst intra-day plunge since mid-December, fall 0.8% in the week

18-01-2021
A slew of European stock indices fell to their lowest level since mid-December, snapping a four-week long streak of weekly percentage gains

European bourses notch best week since November, regional STOXX 600 up 3%

10-01-2021
On Friday's European market closing bell, a basket of European bourses had wrapped up the first week of 2021 in an upbeat tenure with regional pan-European STOXX 600 surging as much as 3 per cent in the week

European shares end 2020 in a slump as stiffer UK restriction, Brexit angsts weigh

04-01-2021
A slew of European shares had wrapped up a pandemic-battered 2020 in an offbeat tone with the regional pan-European STOXX 600 shedding as much as 3.7 per cent last year

European bourses hit fresh 10-month peak on Brexit trade deal optimism

29-12-2020
On Monday, European shares had hit their highest levels in more than ten months with Frankfurt's DAX leading the tally of the gains

US Dollar’s share of global reserves slips in Q3 to 60.4%, says IMF

26-12-2020
International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a report later this week that the American currency's share of global reserves fell to 60.4 per cent over Q3 this year

European stocks end higher as EU & Britain bring off narrow Brexit trade deal

25-12-2020
On Thursday, in a thin-volume holiday-shortened trading session, a bundle of European bourses had eked out modest gains with London's mid-cap FTSE 250 leading the tally of the gains

US SEC approves NYSE direct "listing" plan to block out Wall Street middlemen

24-12-2020
On Tuesday, US SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) had issued a statement saying that it had approved NYSE's planned direct "listing" proposal in a bid to block out middlemen and to avert potential market rigging attempts

Chicago soybean futures hit six-year peak on Argentine wage strike, weather

22-12-2020
On Monday, soybean futures' prices in the Chicago Board of Trade climbed to a fresh six-year peak as more than 100 Argentine grain cargoes were delayed by a strike of the country's port workers

European stocks break 4-day rally on Brexit, stimulus worries, but notch weekly gains

20-12-2020
On Friday, a basket of European bourses had snapped a four-day long breakneck rally, though the regional pan-European STOXX had registered a weekly percentage gain of 1.5 per cent

London Copper futures near eight-year peak on demand hopes, decline in inventories

18-12-2020
On Wednesday, economic bellwether copper futures' prices in the London Metal Exchange had winded down the day closer to its eight-year peak hit last Friday

European shares snap five-week winning streak; Sanofi slumped on vaccine delay

12-12-2020
Ahead of a likely chaotic departure of Britain from the EU, European shares wrapped up broadly lower on Friday

European shares end broadly lower as no-deal Brexit worries mount

08-12-2020
On Monday, a basket of European bourses fell sharply after media headlines had revealed that EU and UK had again failed to reach an accord over post-Brexit settlement deal

European shares rise for fourth straight week; BBVA jumps 4% after Sabadell talks end

30-11-2020
On Friday, a basket of European stock indices had logged their fourth consecutive week of percentage gain, mostly riding over hopes of a pandemic vaccine rollout as early as mid-December

Chicago Soybean futures hit 4-year peak on supply worries, dryness in S. America

21-11-2020
On Friday, US soybean futures' prices jumped to a four-year peak over concerns of a rapidly declining US stockpile amid droughts in S. America, compounding the narratives further

European bourses log third straight week of gain on commodity rally, vaccine hope

21-11-2020
On Friday, European bourses had rounded off the session broadly higher with Italy's FTSE MIB leading the region

European shares end flat, but score weekly percentage gains

16-11-2020
European shares ended almost flatlined on Friday, but had logged weekly percentage gain, while European stock futures had been treading water over the weekend

European stocks set to open higher after ending strong week with mild losses

09-11-2020
On Monday, European stocks' futures opened up the week in a robust tone following a Biden victory that stepped up investors' optimism of a large-scale fiscal stimulus in the US alongside a tapering of US-EU trade tensions

European shares lose more than 5% on the week as lockdowns dull recovery hopes

01-11-2020
On Friday, a slew of European stock indices had ended the day in a mixed tenure, but reported their steepest weekly percentage decline since mid-March

European shares in a red sea of Nile as France, Germany impose emergency lockdowns

29-10-2020
On Wednesday, a basket of European bourses had winded down the session sharply lower with Frankfurt's DAX bearing the heaviest brunt

European stocks dive to one-month low as renewed pandemic restrictions weigh

28-10-2020
On Tuesday, a basket of European shares had rounded off the day sharply lower with Madrid's IBEX 35 leading the tally of the losses

European shares end higher, but post biggest weekly decline in a month

25-10-2020
On Friday, European stocks snapped a four-day long losing streak, but reported their worst weekly percentage decline in more than a month

European shares rebound on vaccine hopes as ECB’s Knot hints negative rate for years

19-10-2020
A majority of European bourses jumped over vaccine hopes on Friday with French CAC 40 leading the tally of the gains

European stocks shelve second straight week of gains ahead of earnings’ season

12-10-2020
Ahead of a likely rosy opening of a quarterly earnings' season this week, European stocks had racked up their second straight weekly percentage gain on Friday