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LONDON: US and European stock markets fell on Friday as fears over the health of the banking system festered despite the latest efforts to shore up troubled lenders and tamp down contagion risks.

LONDON: US and European stock markets fell on Friday as fears over the health of the banking system festered despite the latest efforts to shore up troubled lenders and tamp down contagion risks.

Wall Street stocks rose on Monday after US President Joe Biden sought to reassure that the US banking system is sound following the collapse of two lenders..

European stocks tanked Monday while US stocks fell as investors shrugged off global efforts to stem a fast-moving crisis emanating from the US banking sector.

Silicon Valley Bank was the 16th-largest bank in the United States and popular with tech startups

The New York Stock Exchange ended higher on Thursday, benefiting from a technical rebound after two difficult sessions, and led by the good results of a heavyweight in technology, Salesforce.

US and European equities rebounded Monday after sinking last week on renewed fear of more aggressive US interest rate hikes, dealers said

The minutes from the Feds February 1 meeting showed nearly all policy makers favored a smaller interest rate hike.

NEW YORK, Feb 23 — Equity markets stabilised Wednesday following the prior session’s Wall Street rout as markets assessed the latest Federal Reserve meeting minutes amid...

Equities slid on Tuesday, with investors brushing off positive data as a risk that central banks will push interest rates higher and economies into recession.