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All Nine Indices Rise as Basic Resources Jump 2.99 Percent
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,…
Read more →Eight of Nine Markets Fall as Energy Shares Rise 2.42 Percent
Eight of the nine European indices we track closed lower on Thursday as a fresh bond selloff and oil prices above 100…
Read more →Eight of Nine Markets Fall as Milan Drops 2.51 Percent
Eight of the nine European indices we track closed lower on Wednesday, led by Milan's 2.51 percent drop, as a global bond…
Read more →All Nine European Markets Rise as Milan Adds 0.87 Percent
All nine European markets closed higher on Tuesday, giving the Stoxx Europe 600 a third straight gain at 636.63, up 0.48 percent…
Read more →Madrid Jumps 1.12 Percent as Paris Is the Only Board Lower
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…
Read more →All Nine European Boards Rise After the US Payrolls Miss
Europe turned the week's pattern over in one session. All nine boards we track closed higher on Friday, after two straight sessions…
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UK 30-Year Gilt Yield Tops 6 Percent, First Time Since 1998
The yield on Britain's 30-year government bond rose as high as 6.029 percent on 1 October, its highest since 1998, Reuters reported…
Read more →Banks Drop 3.74 Percent as All Nine European Boards Fall
Every index on our European board closed lower for a second straight session on Thursday, and the declines ran deeper: the banks…
Read more →Europe Wrap: All Nine Boards Fall in the Quarter's Final Session
Every one of the nine rows we track closed lower on Wednesday, the quarter's final European session: Paris's CAC 40 fell 0.89…
Read more →Europe Wrap: Technology Jumps 2.49 Percent as the Boards Split
Europe split down the middle on Tuesday: technology was the only one of the eight Stoxx supersectors we track to rise, jumping…
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BoE's Ramsden Details the Path to Unwind 368 Billion Pounds of Gilts
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee judges that the remaining 368 billion pounds of gilts in its Asset Purchase Facility should…
Read more →Europe Wrap: The Stoxx 600 Closes Flat as Sectors Offset Each Other
Europe closed its first session after the weekend's Hormuz rejection flat at the index level and split underneath: the Stoxx Europe 600…
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Sterling Futures Net Short Jumps 41 Percent Ahead of the UK Budget
Speculative traders raised their net short position in sterling futures by 23,853 contracts to 82,568 contracts in the week to 22 September,…
Read more →Europe Wrap: Eight of Nine Rise as Banks Lead and the Barrel Backs Off
Europe bought back most of Thursday's fall and the one index that declined barely moved. Eight of the nine rows on our…
Read more →Europe Wrap: Every Index Closes Lower Again as Brent Tops 108
Europe sold every index on our board for a second straight session, and this time the barrel was the loudest thing on…
Read more →Europe Wrap: Every Index Closes Lower as Brent Tops 102 Dollars
Europe closed lower across all nine boards on Wednesday and left one patch of green on the sector table. London's FTSE 100…
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Euro Sinks to Its Lowest ECB Reference Rate Since July
The European Central Bank's euro reference rate fell to 1.1411 dollars on 23 September, its lowest since 29 July, when it stood…
Read more →Europe Wrap: Amsterdam Leads a Split Board as Brent Rebounds
Europe took Monday's relief surge and split it down the middle on Tuesday. Amsterdam's AEX led the board at 0.78 percent higher,…
Read more →Eurosystem Launches Pontes for Tokenised Asset Settlement
The Eurosystem launched Pontes on Monday, a solution that lets wholesale transactions in tokenised assets settle in central bank money, the European…
Read more →Europe Wrap: Every Index Rises as Brent Breaks Below 100
Every index on our Europe board rose on Monday, the mirror of Friday's board on which every index fell: the FTSE MIB…
Read more →Europe Wrap: Two Rate Rises in One Week and the Board Falls End to End
Europe spent Friday pricing the week's tightening. The Stoxx Europe 600 fell 1.11 percent to 635.45 on the administrator's final value, two…
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Euro Area Current Account Surplus Narrows to 28 Billion Euros in July
The euro area recorded a current account surplus of 28 billion euros in July, 7 billion less than the 35 billion recorded…
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