European stocks rally, London up 1.0%
AFP - Fri Dec 11, 7:34 am ETEurope's main stock markets rose strongly early trading on Friday after sharp gains in Tokyo and a positive showing overnight on Wall Street.
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Europe's main stock markets rose strongly early trading on Friday after sharp gains in Tokyo and a positive showing overnight on Wall Street.
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Gold struggled to produce a positive close through Wednesday’s session; but all the volatility aside, the general bearing on price action is unmistakable. The precious metal is developing its most meaningful correction since April; but we haven’t seen such an intensity in a correction since the last gasp plunge during the worst of the financial crisis last year.
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar may extend its drop from almost a one-month high against the euro after a rebound in U.S. stocks revived demand for higher-yielding assets.
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Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks advanced, recovering from a worldwide equity market retreat, as analyst upgrades of 3M Co. and Sprint Nextel Corp. helped offset concern credit defaults will spread through the global economy.
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Stocks closed higher Wednesday after a late surge, after spending much of the day pressured by declining commodities prices and energy sector stocks. Gregg Greenberg recaps the action in The Real Story.
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks gained for the first time in three days as analyst upgrades of 3M Co. and Sprint Nextel Corp. and a rally in commodity producers overshadowed concern debt defaults will spread through the global economy.
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures rose, indicating the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index may erase its weekly loss, after a bigger-than-estimated increase in retail sales bolstered optimism that the economic recovery is strengthening.
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures gained, indicating the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index may recoup its weekly loss, as China’s industrial output grew more than estimated and investors speculated a report may show U.S. retail sales rose.
Energy stocks move higher as investors sift through an increased forecast for oil demand and a rise in the overall equities market.
A roundup of financial and business news breaking before the opening bell on Wall Street.
Commodities and consumer stocks led the gains in the broader indices today.
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks rose in the U.S. and Europe and bonds and the yen dropped on signs central banks are confident enough in the strength of the economic recovery to remove stimulus measures.