THE EDGE INSIGHTS
Latest Economic Insights
Economic developments that matter to regional and global markets, analysed daily.
Europe Market Wrap 17 September: Nine for Nine Again as the FTSE Leads on the Bank of England’s Hold
Europe's first session with the Federal Reserve's quarter point rise on the books ended with all 9 indices we track higher for…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 16 September: The Whole Board Rises as Oil Breaks on a Pipeline Timeline
Every index on our Europe board rose on Wednesday, the mirror of Tuesday's board with no gainers, as crude finally broke and…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 15 September: The Whole Board Slips as Oil Tops 108 and the Fed Looms
Every index on our Europe board fell on Tuesday, though none by as much as half a percent except Switzerland, with Spain's…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 14 September: Milan Falls 1.68 Percent as Tech Sinks and Healthcare Jumps
Europe closed Monday split down the middle of one trade. The technology sector fell 2.12 percent and basic resources 2.61 percent after…
Read more →
Six Chip Stocks Shed 360 Billion Dollars Before the Open as Europe’s AI Selloff Deepens
Six US listed suppliers of artificial intelligence hardware shed a combined 360.5 billion dollars of market value at their Wall Street premarket…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 11 September: FTSE MIB Jumps 1.36 Percent as Oil Retreats and Banks Rebound
European shares rose on Friday after 4 sessions of declines on the Stoxx Europe 600, which closed 0.49 percent higher at 639.10…
Read more →ECB Raises Its Key Rates 25 Basis Points as European Stocks Ease and Miners Slide
European equity markets were mostly lower on Thursday after the European Central Bank raised its 3 key interest rates by 25 basis…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 9 September: Brent Above 100 Dollars Sinks the Board, CAC 40 Falls 1.94 Percent
European equity markets fell across the board on Wednesday as crude oil above 100 dollars a barrel revived worries about inflation and…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 8 September: Healthcare Sinks Switzerland 1.55 Percent While Europe Holds Flat
A steep drop in healthcare shares pulled Switzerland’s SMI down 1.55 percent to 14,057.61 on Tuesday, by far the largest move in…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 7 September: The Board Splits 6 to 6 as Bund Yields Rise 5 Basis Points Into ECB Week
Europe split down the middle on Monday. 6 of the 12 benchmarks tracked here closed higher and 6 lower, on our count,…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 4 September: The Board Barely Moves as the US Jobs Shock Lands After Lunch
Europe's afternoon belonged to an American number, and the board ended the week refusing to be moved by it. 7 of the…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 3 September: The IBEX Closes on 20,000 as the Bond Rout Pauses
Madrid's IBEX 35 ended Thursday at 20,000.20, its high of the day to the decimal, and 11 of the 12 European benchmarks…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 2 September: Shares fall for a second day but the average decline halves as the bund yield hits its highest since 2011
European equities fell for a second consecutive session on Wednesday 2 September 2026, with 10 of the 12 indices on this board…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 1 September: DAX falls 1.10 percent as euro area inflation rises to 3.3 percent and energy inflation reaches 14.3 percent
European equities fell broadly on Tuesday, with 10 of the 12 indices on this board lower and the DAX down 1.10 percent…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 31 August: DAX falls 1.17 percent as 10 of 11 indices decline with London shut
The London Stock Exchange did not open on Monday, closed for the Summer Bank Holiday, and of the 11 European indices that…
Read more →
Europe Market Wrap 28 August: all 12 European indices rise as autos gain 2.48 percent
Every one of the 12 European benchmarks in this wrap closed higher on Friday, on our calculation, led by the CAC 40…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 27 August: Nvidia Lifts Technology as French Budget Concerns Hit Banks and the CAC 40
Twelve of the fourteen European benchmarks The Edge tracks finished lower on Thursday. Germany's DAX and Finland's OMX Helsinki were the only…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 26 August: Stoxx 600 Flat as Banks Lead and Technology Falls
The Stoxx Europe 600 closed on Wednesday at 656.64, up 0.02 percent, a move of 0.16 of a point from Tuesday's 656.48.…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 25 August: German Data Beat Lifts the DAX as Sector Leadership Turns Over
The Stoxx Europe 600 rose 0.35 percent to 656.48 on Tuesday, but the benchmark's modest gain is the least interesting number of…
Read more →Europe Market Wrap 24 August: A Flat Stoxx 600 Hides a Three-Point Sector Split
The Stoxx Europe 600 closed unchanged at 654.21 on Monday, up 0.03 of a point from Friday's 654.18, a headline that conceals…
Read more →
Market Wrap US-Europe 21 August: Dow Climbs 518 Points but the Week Still Ends Lower
American stocks rebounded on Friday and took back most of Thursday's slide, but the bond market did not co-operate and the week…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 20 August: Dow Sheds 700 Points as Treasury Buyback Relief Fades
Wall Street gave back Wednesday's bounce on Thursday as Treasury yields rebounded and the relief from the Treasury's buyback expansion faded, with…
Read more →
Market Wrap US-Europe 19 August: Treasury Buybacks Push 30 Year Yield Down 9 Basis Points
Wall Street snapped its three-session slide on Wednesday after the US Treasury Department said it would at least double the size of…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 18 August: Nasdaq Sheds 1.3 Percent as Health Care Outperforms
Wall Street fell for a third consecutive session on Tuesday with the selling concentrated in technology, per CNBC. The Nasdaq Composite lost…
Read more →Most Read
- Asia Market Wrap 7 October: All Eight Indices Fall as Seoul Drops 1.98 Percent
- The Week Ahead: The Federal Reserve Decides on 29 July, US Growth and Inflation Data Land, and the Megacap Technology Earnings Peak
- Asia Market Wrap 8 October: All Ten Indices Fall as Singapore Drops 3.49 Percent
- Asia Market Wrap 6 October: Nikkei Posts First Close Above 70,000 Since July as Kospi Falls
- Europe Market Wrap 9 October: All Nine Indices Rise as Basic Resources Jump 2.99 Percent