ISEQ Today »
- Concerns over Middle East see Iseq join wider retreat
Iseq : 2,959.16 (-17.38) Settlement date: March 4th
- Kingspan hits high note as Iseq rises more than 1%
Iseq: 2,976.54 (+33.19) Settlement date: March 3rd: THE IRISH market rose more than 1 per cent yesterday as the domestic reporting season got into full swing.
London »
- Travel stocks bear brunt as investors fear unrest could spread to Saudi
FTSE: 5,935.76 (-58.25) Mid-250: 11,574.12 (-47.17) Small Cap: 3,252.50 (+13.36)
- Weaker HSBC stock outweighs mining sector gains as Footsie dips
FTSE: 5,994.01 (–7.19) Mid-250: 11,621.29 (+12.32) Small Cap: 3,239.14 (+1.98) : LONDON SHARES ended lower yesterday, after weaker than expected earnings from HSBC undermined the banking sector.
Europe »
- Rising oil price takes toll on Frankfurt index
Eurostoxx 50: 2983.27 (-29.82) Frankfurt DAX: 7,223.3 (-49.02 ) Paris CAC : 4,067.15 (-43.20)
- Financial shares weigh on European markets
Eurostoxx 50: 3,013.09 (+28.07) Frankfurt DAX: 7,272.32 (+87.15) Paris CAC: 4,110.35 (+39.97 ): AFTER FALLING for most of last week, European equities opened the week flat as disappointing profits news at HSBC cut off the market’s brief rally on Friday.
United States »
- Promising economic data helps limit losses
Dow Jones: 12,058.02 (-168.32) S&P 500: 1,306.33 (-20.89) Nasdaq: 2,737.41 (-44.86)
- Optimism over economy boosts Wall Street
Dow Jones: 12,226.34 (+95.89) SP 500: 1,327.22 (+7.34) Nasdaq: 2,782.27 (+1.22): US STOCKS advanced, extending a third straight monthly gain for benchmark indexes, amid improving economic data and billionaire investor Warren Buffett’s desire to make more acquisitions.
Asia »
- Subsiding inflation fears point to continued gains
Nikkei: 10,754.03 (+129.94) Hang Seng: 23,396.42 (+58.40) Shanghai Comp: 2,919.84 (+14.80)
- Equities advance as fears over oil prices ease
Nikkei: 10,624.09 (+97.33) Hang Seng: 23,338.02 (+325.65) Shanghai Comp: 2,905.46 (+26.89): ASIAN MARKETS rise for a second session yesterday, as fears over oil prices eased while Chinese stocks sealed their first monthly gains since October on hopes Beijing will not damage growth in its fight against inflation.
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