* US stock markets pared early losses, but still closed lower for the session, as traders digest economic data and the impactions on rising interest rates.* European stock markets slumped again Friday, recording their worst week in two years, as the geopolitical situation hit home after further sanctions were imposed upon Russia.* Asian stock markets fell again on Friday, backing […]
* US stock markets backed off new all-time highs on Friday, as they consolidated recent gains thanks to better corporate earnings. Goldmans cut its rating on stocks to neutral for the next three months.* European stock markets had the biggest fall in a week, as earnings disappointed and violence escalated in the Gaza Strip and the Ukraine. Stocks were weaker […]
* US stock markets surged on the open and held on to those gains through to the close, as once again geopolitics took a back seat to the news of better US corporate earnings.* European stock markets rebounded overnight, snapping a three session losing streak, as traders set aside their concerns over the downed Malaysian flight and the Ukraine and […]
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Stocks were narrowly mixed on Thursday after trading in a narrow band all day. Both the S&P 500 and the Dow gained 0.1% while NASDAQ fell by the same percentage. There was a slight upward bias to trading, with six of the 10 S&P sectors closing higher, led by utilities once again, which rose 0.9%, while 17 of the Dow’s […]
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