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Markets · Oct 15, 2026 · 6 min read
Five of Europe's nine indices rose on Thursday as health care led the sectors for a second day and Zurich's SMI ran…
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Macro · Oct 15, 2026 · 4 min read
The UK economy grew 0.1 percent in August, the Office for National Statistics said on 15 October, as production rose 0.8 percent,…
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Markets · Oct 14, 2026 · 5 min read
Eight of Europe's nine indices rose on Wednesday, led by Zurich's SMI at 1.45 percent in a fourth straight gain, and Milan's…
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Markets · Oct 13, 2026 · 6 min read
Seven of the nine European indices closed lower on Tuesday as the morning's gains faded, with London giving back a three-week high…
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Markets · Oct 12, 2026 · 6 min read
All nine European indices closed higher on Monday, led by Madrid, where the IBEX 35 rose 1.33 percent, in a second straight…
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Macro · Oct 10, 2026 · 7 min read
S&P Global Ratings affirmed the United Kingdom's unsolicited AA long-term and A-1+ short-term sovereign credit ratings on 9 October in a research…
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Markets · Oct 9, 2026 · 6 min read
All nine European indices we track closed higher on Friday as oil eased from Thursday's spike and the week's bond selloff paused.…
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Macro · Oct 9, 2026 · 3 min read
UK lenders reported a fall in demand for mortgages in the 3 months to the end of August, the Bank of England's…
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Markets · Oct 8, 2026 · 6 min read
Eight of the nine European indices we track closed lower on Thursday as a fresh bond selloff and oil prices above 100…
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Markets · Oct 7, 2026 · 5 min read
Eight of the nine European indices we track closed lower on Wednesday, led by Milan's 2.51 percent drop, as a global bond…
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Markets · Oct 6, 2026 · 5 min read
All nine European markets closed higher on Tuesday, giving the Stoxx Europe 600 a third straight gain at 636.63, up 0.48 percent…
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Markets · Oct 5, 2026 · 5 min read
Madrid's IBEX 35 jumped 1.12 percent on Monday to 19,299.70 and eight of the nine European boards we track closed higher, with…
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Five of Europe’s nine indices rose on Thursday as health care led the sectors for a second day and Zurich’s SMI ran to a fifth straight gain at 1.55 percent, while the euro area’s large caps slipped, the Euro STOXX 50 down 0.39 percent and Milan’s 0.72 percent fall the day’s deepest. US producer prices…
The UK economy grew 0.1 percent in August, the Office for National Statistics said on 15 October, as production rose 0.8 percent, with manufacturing up 1.2 percent, while services showed no growth and construction fell 0.2 percent. Gross domestic product was 2.1 percent higher than in August 2025, an annual pace last exceeded in August…
Eight of Europe’s nine indices rose on Wednesday, led by Zurich’s SMI at 1.45 percent in a fourth straight gain, and Milan’s FTSE MIB fell 0.61 percent as the only decline, ending a three-session winning run. A hotter-than-expected US inflation report in mid-afternoon lifted the dollar and left Wall Street lower as Europe closed. Brent…
Seven of the nine European indices closed lower on Tuesday as the morning’s gains faded, with London giving back a three-week high to end 0.06 percent down. Zurich and Milan alone finished higher, each in a third straight gain. Brent traded 0.66 percent below Monday’s settlement at 105.95 dollars a barrel by the 16:09 GMT…
All nine European indices closed higher on Monday, led by Madrid, where the IBEX 35 rose 1.33 percent, in a second straight session of gains across the panel. London’s FTSE 100 added 0.99 percent to finish at its high of the day, Frankfurt’s DAX gained 0.76 percent on the exchange’s closing price, and Milan’s FTSE…
S&P Global Ratings affirmed the United Kingdom’s unsolicited AA long-term and A-1+ short-term sovereign credit ratings on 9 October in a research update published at 20:01 GMT, kept the outlook at stable and raised its forecast for real GDP growth in 2026 to 1.3 percent from its April estimate of 1.1 percent. The agency expects…
All nine European indices we track closed higher on Friday as oil eased from Thursday’s spike and the week’s bond selloff paused. Frankfurt’s DAX led, up 1.13 percent at 25,087.27 on Deutsche Boerse’s closing value, and Madrid’s IBEX 35 logged the shallowest gain at 0.55 percent. The Stoxx Europe 600 rose 1.03 percent to 631.95…
UK lenders reported a fall in demand for mortgages in the 3 months to the end of August, the Bank of England’s Credit Conditions Survey for the third quarter showed on 8 October, with a net balance of minus 37.1 for house purchase lending, after plus 14.9 in the second quarter, and minus 32.5 for…
Eight of the nine European indices we track closed lower on Thursday as a fresh bond selloff and oil prices above 100 dollars pressed hardest on rate-sensitive shares. Amsterdam’s AEX rose 0.31 percent to 1,121.20, the only gain on the panel. The Stoxx Europe 600 lost 0.75 percent to 625.51 on its official closing value,…
Eight of the nine European indices we track closed lower on Wednesday, led by Milan’s 2.51 percent drop, as a global bond selloff pressed hardest on bank shares. Zurich’s SMI rose 0.14 percent, the only gain on the board and its fourth straight. The Stoxx Europe 600 lost 1.00 percent to 630.25 on its official…