19 May 2004 02:25 PM

Gains in Anglo-American and other mining companies drove European stocks higher on Wednesday as fears of a slowdown in China eased and a strong start on Wall Street provided a further boost.

19 May 2004 03:39 AM

Tokyo stocks rose strongly for a second consecutive session on Wednesday, with market confidence underpinned by strong earning forecasts and robust economic growth.

19 May 2004 03:20 AM

Wall Street stocks closed higher on Tuesday as an emerging consensus that share prices had become oversold in the short term failed to overcome concerns about uncertainty in the market.

18 May 2004 02:50 PM

European stocks staged a tentative rally on Tuesday, bouncing off their lowest levels of the year, amid a general feeling across markets that Monday’s hefty burst of selling pressure - triggered by worries about rising oil prices and emerging inflation - had possibly been overdone.

18 May 2004 05:03 AM

Japanese stocks closed higher on Tuesday as bargain hunters, inspired by robust gross domestic product data, scooped up banks, brokerages and steel makers that were beaten down in the market’s recent sell-off.

18 May 2004 02:40 AM

Stocks sank on Monday, with all three major market gauges falling to their lowest levels this year, after the killing of a key figure in Iraq's new government increased investors' worries about geopolitical instability and helped push U.S. oil futures prices to their highest levels in 21 years of New York trading.

17 May 2004 03:17 PM

Oil prices at record highs and escalating instability in the Middle East drove European equity markets to their worst close in nearly two months on Monday, with fuel-dependent airlines and volatile insurers hit most.

17 May 2004 04:25 AM

Recent volatility in global markets is threatening to overturn investors’ belief that hedge funds are certain to outperform in weak markets.

17 May 2004 04:15 AM

Japan’s Nikkei stock average sank more than three percent to below 10,500 by late Monday afternoon, falling under that psychologically important level for the first time since February 13.

15 May 2004 04:09 AM

Tech stocks tumbled and the broader market closed mixed Friday, with investors shrugging off solid earnings as they worried about rising oil prices and what they mean for inflation.

15 May 2004 03:43 AM

European stocks fell Friday on worries about record high oil prices and losses in mining stocks Anglo American and Rio Tinto, which were hit by fears of a slowdown in China.

14 May 2004 04:52 AM

Rising export shares helped Japan's stock market stay largely flat on Friday, but the main indices were 5.2 per cent below where they started the week following two days of big losses.

14 May 2004 03:46 AM

U.S. blue chips declined on Thursday, after an investment bank's bearish call on Altria Group Inc. and fears of record high oil prices, rising interest rates and mixed economic data

13 May 2004 03:06 PM

European stocks closed up one percent Thursday, led by gains in financial heavyweights ING and Societe Generale after strong results, but U.S. inflation data kept markets wary of rising interest rates.

13 May 2004 03:50 AM

The Nikkei average fell three percent on Thursday, erasing its biggest gain for the year logged the previous day and marking a three-month closing low after poor machinery orders data raised concerns about Japan’s economy.