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British companies reported the first growth in seven months, a surprise that boosts the chances the economy escapes a recession for now. A survey of purchasing managers from S&P Global also showed a “sustained increase” in prices that adds to pressure on the Bank of England (BOE) to raise interest…
Any prospect of Scotland breaking away from the United Kingdom used to have momentous implications for U.K. markets. Nowadays, not so much....
French stocks have risen nearly 13.8% so far this year, following a battering in 2022, boosted by hopes that the euro zone will narrowly avoid a recession, as well as strength in shares of China-exposed luxury firms such as LVMH and Kering. Germany's industrials-heavy DAX index ended the day 0.2% higher.
Any prospect of Scotland breaking away from the United Kingdom used to have momentous implications for U.K. markets. Nowadays, not so much.
Borsa Istanbul halted trading on its equity and derivatives markets two days after the Feb. 6 earthquakes that claimed more than 41,000 lives in Turkey and neighbouring Syria. Authorities issued a series of regulations on Tuesday to shore up equity markets in the run up to the reopening after steep drops in share prices in the two days following the quake saw market capitalization of Turkish stocks drop by $3.9 billion on the country's MSCI index, according to Refinitiv data.