Shire, Barclays, Credit Agricole and Lufthansa among the losers

Commodities tumble hurts London market, while airlines climb on oil price retreat

Traders expect further losses for banking sector after loss limits kicked in when shares dropped 30%

Banks reopen, increases in VAT take effect but stock market remains closed

ECB chief says deal will be ‘difficult’ as creditors await last-ditch reform proposals

Greek prime minister predicts he would secure new deal within 48 hours of referendum

Athens has been through at least four bankruptcies in the not so distant past

Irish shares decline but market open in name only, says Dublin stockbroker

Shares in London slide as rally on back of Conservative victory peters out

Financial noose tightens with €200m payment due on Wednesday

Aim to settle core elements with creditors before finance ministers gather next week

Iseq climbs 1.1% to close at highest level since 2008

Dublin’s Iseq index underperforms European bourses but remains positive

Athens expected to seek extension today of ‘loan agreement’ with international lenders

A drop in banks led European stocks lower, with concern growing over Greece

Bout of heavy selling eases after bank agrees to allow emergency funding of €60bn

Bank of Ireland and CRH down with slight falls also for Aer Lingus and Ryanair

Banks’ shares have been battered since the left-wing government won the election but spokesman says government doesn’t want to hurt banks

Athens banking stocks lost more than 25% as investors reacted to post-election policies

Syriza’s Alexis Tsipras says he does not want ‘catastrophic clash’ or ‘continued kowtowing’

Investors take fright as Athens vote prompts snap election with anti-austerity party leading polls

Car ferry carrying almost 500 passengers and crew sent a distress signal after fire started in lower deck

Spanish news wire claims at least 11 banks have failed ECB’s financial health check

US jobless rate fell in September to 5.9 per cent, the lowest level since July 2008

Assessment of funding and liquidity found it was a weakness for the credit ratings at seven banks

Indicator on German investor sentiment reports drops to lowest level since 2012

Economic think tank predicts small expansion but says unemployment will remain high

Government eyes €2bn sale as economy shows signs of pulling out of recession

Deal paves way for Greece to repay nearly €10 billion of bonds

Region has 20,000 fewer bank outlets following financial crisis

ECB statistics region has 20,000 fewer outlets that start of crisis in 2008

Ruling party and Democrats expected to vote in favour allowing measure to pass

Fear of contagion from Cyprus is foremost in the minds of euro zone authorities