GulfBase Live Support
29/04/2012 04:06 AST
European shares inched higher in morning trade on Friday, helped by encouraging company earnings and a march higher for construction and material stocks led by a rise in 2012 sales targets for French firm Vinci .
Sandvik jumped 10 percent, with volumes hitting 143 percent of its 90-day daily average, after the Swedish machinery and tool maker posted record orders and a surprise rise in quarterly earnings, on the back of strong demand in its industrial tools and mining business.
The FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares was up 0.1 percent at 1,045.09 points at 0850 GMT after falling to a low of 1,034.54 earlier in the session following a two-notch cut in Spain's credit rating overnight.
For more on this Click Here
Reuters
Ticker | Price | Volume |
---|---|---|
SABIC | 114.77 | 5,915,941 |
Index | Closing | Change |
---|---|---|
NIKKEI 225 | 21,292.29 | -96.29 (-0.45 |
DAX | 12,002.45 | -94.28 (-0.77 |
S&P 500 | 2,614.45 | 32.57 (1.26 |
05/04/2018
Stock markets recoiled on Wednesday as China retaliated in an escalating trade war with the United States, leaving investors reluctant to take positions in anything but the safest of assets.
The Gulf Today
04/04/2018
Egypt will start meeting bond investors in Europe this week ahead of a potential euro-denominated bond issue, a document from one of the banks appointed to arrange the meetings showed on Tuesday.
Gulf News
04/04/2018
Foreign investment in France rose 16 per cent in 2017 to levels not seen for a decade as President Emmanuel Macron’s (pictured) bid to attract money from abroad gains pace, a government report said o
Oman Daily Observer
03/04/2018
Explaining Japan’s economy to foreign audiences is hard.
One big reason for this is that explaining something as large and complex as a $5 trillion economy is an inherently difficult task - the
The National
03/04/2018
China raised import duties on a $3 billion list of US meat, apples and other products on Monday in an escalating dispute with Washington over trade and industrial policy.
The government of
The Gulf Today