...multiplied across the globe, with stock indexes throughout Europe and Asia leaping higher. A leading British index, the FTSE 100, closed above 6,000 for the first time since July 2011.In the U.S., the rally was extraordinarily broad. For...
...Germany's DAX closed down 0.2 percent at 6,564.80 while the CAC-40 in France fell 0.1 percent to 3,267.75. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares lost 0.1 percent to 5,684.47.The Athens stock exchange bucked the trend, jump...
...to investors who hold foreign currencies.European stocks are having one of their worst weeks in months. London's FTSE 100 index is down 2.2 percent this week, its worst performance since December. Stocks in Athens are down 10.8 percent...
...overseas markets are on fire. Japan's Nikkei average hit its highest point since 2001 earlier this month. Britain's FTSE 100 Index on Friday had its best close in four years. Germany's DAX is at its highest level since 2002. Korea's KOSPI...
...more rate increases were likely if the U.S. economy did not cool down to more manageable levels. In London, the FTSE-100 Share Index finished down 1.4 percent, or 83.40, to 6,081.6, while the Paris CAC-40 index tumbled 1.6...
...for crude. In currencies, the dollar was down against the yen and the euro.In early European trading, Britain's FTSE 100 was down 0.4 percent at 5,806.75 while Germany's DAX slid 1.8 percent to 6,858.84. France's CAC-40...
...Europe have seesawed throughout the day," said David Page, an economist at the London investment bank Investec. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares gained 2.79 percent, or 136.10, to close at 4,882.10 Wednesday. It had been...
...235.76. European stock markets generally were weaker Tuesday, affected by telecommunications losses. London's FTSE 100-Share Index fell 0.8 percent, to 6,417.0; Frankfurt's Xetra Dax traded down 0.2 percent at 6,944.36...
...the prospect of war with Iraq began to solidify, the Dow Jones industrial average has fallen by 7 percent, the London FTSE 100 index of British blue chips has slid 10.6 percent and the Xetra DAX index of leading German shares has tumbled 25...
...former President Reagan. With little economic news to move the markets, the European indexes remained. Britain's FTSE 100 gained 4.60, or 0.1 percent, to 4490.70 despite concern over another rise in oil prices. British airline stocks...
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