Nikkei hits highest level in 5 years
The Nikkei opened on Thursday morning and continued to make staggering gains on the back of last week’s confirmation of an unparalleled move from the Bank of Japan. The central bank has been tasked by the More...
Negative data continues to concern investors
The US was once again hit by less than flattering economic data today as worse than expected payroll reports were released, consolidating a poor week for the worlds largest economy. Shortly after the release of More...
Global Market Round Up: 11/2/2013
Last week ended badly for the FTSE, after early signs that the rallying start to 2013 would continue. Markets around the world reacted to the political unrest in Spain and Italy, retreating after earlier advances. More...
European leaders agree to cut spending by 3%
Leaders, policy makers and diplomats from across Europe finally exited 24 hour long negotiations this evening after coming to agreement over the seven year budget for the European Union, running from 2014 to 2020. More...
Burberry leads losses as FTSE stumbles
The FTSE 100 fell by 1% today on the back of comments made by the European Central Bank’s President, Mario Draghi. The President of the European Central Bank said he was concerned by the recent strength of the More...
BP doubles revenue from contracts with US authorities, oil hits two week low
British Petroleum (BP Plc) made more than $2.5bn from contracts with the US Defense Department in the 12 months running up to September the 30th, up almost $1.5bn from the $1.04bn it made from the Pentagon in 2010. More...
Asia contracts due to Eurozone sales data and political unrest
Asian stocks continued to fall shortly after the opening of the markets on Tuesday. The region’s indices had previously been sitting at its best position for just over 18 months but increasing concerns over More...
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