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European markets closed the week on a positive note as more optimistic economic news from the US prompted investors to switch from defensives into economy sensitive cyclicals. The aerospace group [...]

A profit warning from Swiss Life sent the shares plunging and provided another setback for the European life insurance sector. Swiss Life, Switzerland's largest life insurer, lost 10.2 per cent [...]

Bechtle buys Eurodis DATA Eurodis Electron has sold Eurodis DATA, its Swiss data division, to Bechtle of Switzerland for SFr19.2m (Pounds 8.1m) cash. The sale of the computer products and [...]

European technology stocks moved in a tight range, with modest rises being offset by small falls as investors monitored the week's results. Nokia was down 1 per cent at Euros [...]

There were broad based falls in Europe. In France, all but two of the 40 blue chips on the CAC fell, while in Germany there were only five risers on [...]

Technology stocks, which had been weak on Monday regained some of their composure. Alcatel, Nokia, Infineon and STMicroelectronics all prospered. Alcatel led the way, adding 3.2 per cent to Euros [...]

Europe's markets ticked up at the end of a listless week which saw the FTSE Eurotop 300 index lose a net 2 per cent. French supermarket chain Carrefour was the [...]

New economy sectors led the markets downwards yesterday, particularly the media and telecommunications sectors. Europe's largest and most acquisitive media group Vivendi Universal fell 5.3 per cent to Euros 59.20 [...]

The technology sector showed it was still vulnerable to poor news in spite of the seemingly endless series of previous disappointments. The headline name making a downgrade of forecasts yesterday [...]

Technology and telecoms companies started the week on an upbeat note after last week's falls, although volumes were subdued. Chipmakers were boosted by news that two major Korean companies had [...]

Europe's markets were higher with technology stocks showing the strongest gains. Among the blue chip tech stocks, mobile phone maker Nokia was up 4 per cent to Euros 26.71 and [...]

The apparent disarray behind the closed doors in Vienna unwound the recent rally for crude prices and ripped the heart out of the oil sector. With Opec seemingly unable to [...]

Leading insurers, already weak in morning trade, fell further after news of the aircraft crash in New York triggered fears of a renewed terrorist strike in the US. The FTSE [...]

Markets reversed direction and made gains in the afternoon ahead of today's European interest rate decision. Germany's Xetra Dax index was the strongest performer on a day when the main [...]

The slowdown in the global economy claimed another victim yesterday as Dutch banking and insurance group ING slashed its profit forecast for the current year and saw its shares plunge. [...]

The attack of nerves in the airlines sector hardened yesterday after Goldman Sachs cut earnings estimates for a clutch of US carriers. Lufthansa was a notable faller ahead of tomorrow's [...]

Markets, hit by a weak opening in the US, reversed early gains. The FTSE Eurotop 300 index was off 0.8 per cent in late trading for a net loss over [...]

Tyre and cable group Pirelli remained on the rack. The stock, down steeply on Friday in the wake of dull results, continued to slide as a Euros 7bn swoop on [...]

Hopes for bumper numbers from the US second-quarter results season plus further gains for crude oil prices kept the mood among oil stocks firmly upbeat. Crude oil rose above Dollars [...]

Trampled on by poor earnings statements, European equities ended a week of net selling on a sour note. The FTSE Eurotop index fell to within 40 points of its low [...]

Europe's technology companies proved once again that they have not yet reached the bottom of the market as more bad corporate news pounded share prices. Yesterday's leading victim was Cap [...]

A profits warning from BASF, Europe's largest chemicals group, sent shock waves through the sector. The surprise announcement came as an unwelcome reminder that the old economy was not immune [...]

Synergy benefits continued to underpin solid gains at Allianz, the German insurer in the throes of absorbing Dresdner Bank via a Euros 23bn takeover. The stock, upgraded last week by [...]

Alcatel had another disturbingly volatile session as investors and analysts digested the French telecommunications equipment company's forecast of a big second-quarter loss. Relief that Alcatel had abandoned a mega-dollar US [...]

Interbrew was the Ascension Day hot stock, charging up to the top of the FTSE Eurotop 300 performance charts on hopes that the Belgian brewer could salvage something out of [...]

Technology stocks turned tail and gave up their gains of the day as new evidence of economic slowdown hit the market. The German semiconductor maker Infineon was hit by a [...]