World news about “Stock market activity” published by euronews.
Share prices tumble Wall Street rejoined the worldwide sell-off of shares on Thursday as soon as the New York stock exchanges opened. US investors had actually been the first… 23/05/2013
Europe stock markets slide in early trade European stock markets opened in a tailspin – after the US Federal Reserve’s announcement on Wednesday that it might scale back its bond buying programme. … 23/05/2013
European markets at close: 13.05.2013 13/05/2013
FBI looks into hacker attack on Associated Press America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened an inquiry into how hackers took control of the Associated Press Twitter account and managed to send… 24/04/2013
European markets at close: 28.03.2013 28/03/2013
European markets at close: 26.03.2013 26/03/2013
JPMorgan ignored risks, fought regulators says US Senate JPMorgan Chase has been accused of ignoring risks and misleading investors over huge losses in derivatives trading. In a damning report, the US Senate’s… 15/03/2013
Workers strike at S.Africa’s Amplats Workers at three of Anglo American Platinum’s mines in South Africa have gone on an illegal strike. It started one day after the company said it would… 16/01/2013
Greek bank stocks drop despite EU/IMF deal Greek bank stocks dropped ten per cent amid fears that the Greek debt buyback plan will further erode their diminishing capital base. The stocks fell… 27/11/2012
European markets at close: 22.11.2012 22/11/2012
Markets react to E.ON profit warning The profit warning of Germany’s largest utility, E.ON, was harshly sanctioned on Tuesday in Frankfurt. On stock markets weakened by concerns over Greece… 13/11/2012
European markets at close: 11.10.2012 11/10/2012
European markets at close: 04.10.2012 04/10/2012
Spanish debt dives as market says rescue sure bet The markets are giving Spain the benefit of the doubt if the latest bond auction is an guide. Yields fell sharply as dealers snapped up nearly four billion… 04/10/2012
European markets at close: 25.09.2012 25/09/2012
European markets at close: 20.09.2012 20/09/2012
Markets cheer ECB bond buying, Germans unsure It seems the world’s financial markets do consider the European Central Bank’s latest moves to tackle the region’s debt crisis are bold enough. On Friday… 07/09/2012
European markets at close: 24.08.2012 24/08/2012
Shares slide despite Spanish bank bailout deal Europe’s stock markets are in the red with traders responding to global macro-economic events as well as company earnings. Borrowing costs rose higher for… 20/07/2012
Frankfurt bank tax protest – nocomment Several hundred protesters took part in a demonstration on June 17 in the German financial capital, Frankfurt. Dressed up as bankers juggling with bags of… 18/06/2012
Sharing turns to suing over Facebook IPO Facebook and a number of banks are being sued by some of the social networking site’s new shareholders. They are angry and have claimed that its weakened… 23/05/2012
Facebook boosts IPO size Facebook on Wednesday increased the size of its initial public offering of shares by 25 percent. The additional shares will be sold by early investors… 16/05/2012
Cambodian bourse trades shares nine months after opening Trading on Cambodia’s stock exchange has finally started. The bourse – a joint venture with South Korea’s stock market – was officially launched last July… 18/04/2012
Facebook fiasco hits UBS profitUBS has suffered a surprise slump in profit. The Swiss bank’s second-quarter net profit more than halved to the equivalent of 354 million euros. UBS said… 31/07/2012
Fancy some friendly shares?The vastly popular social networking internet site Facebook is reportedly set to change from being a private to a public company selling billions of dollars… 01/02/2012
