Michael Hewson
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European shares lower after vaccine shots dull Covid economic pain
- Markets
- December 3, 2020, 10:04
European shares opened lower on Thursday after gains spurred by advances in vaccines to fight Covid-19, but data across Europe underscored the economi(...)

European shares surge on Moderna vaccine optimism
- Markets
- November 16, 2020, 18:58
European shares ended at a more-than-eight-month high on Monday as positive data from Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine boosted investor confidence in a fast(...)

European shares rise as investors bet on clear Biden poll win
- Markets
- November 3, 2020, 09:39
European stock markets rose in early trading on Tuesday as investors bet on a clear win for Joe Biden as the United States votes in its most polarised(...)

Slide in bank shares puts an end to market winning streak
- Markets
- September 17, 2020, 18:39
European shares broke a four-day winning run on Thursday, with banks reeling from the prospect of near-zero interest rates for a prolonged period, whi(...)

European shares hit by renewed coronavirus fears
- Markets
- June 22, 2020, 19:23
European shares closed at a near one-week low on Monday as signs of a resurgence in coronavirus cases in Germany and elsewhere unnerved investors hopi(...)

Shares retreat on fears of second wave
- Markets
- June 18, 2020, 12:36
European shares retreated on Thursday as a spike in Covid-19 cases in China and some US states triggered fears of a second wave of infections, knockin(...)

Sterling edges lower as BoE mulls sub-zero rates, PMI data
- Economy
- May 21, 2020, 10:22
Sterling edged lower on Thursday against both the US dollar and the euro as a combination of business activity data and the risk of sub-zero interest (...)

European shares slump by record 11.5% after ECB and Trump response to virus
- Markets
- March 12, 2020, 11:48
European shares succumbed to their biggest-ever slump and Dublin’s Iseq plunged the most since the Brexit referendum as investors baulked at US and Eu(...)

‘A lot of red on the screen’ as markets suffer on heightened trade tensions
- Markets
- August 2, 2019, 18:19
“A lot of red on the screen” was how traders summarised the market performance on Friday as global news hit markets. European stocks took serious dam(...)

European shares close off highs on Italian political woes
- Markets
- July 19, 2019, 18:22
European shares, which were buoyed early on Friday by rising hopes of a US interest rate cut, ended the session off their highs as fresh political tro(...)