Shares in oil major BP Plc rose on Monday after the company said it was capturing most of the oil gushing from its leaking Gulf of Mexico well, and that an additional
Industrial metals sank on Monday, with copper hitting an eight month-low as investors sold off riskier assets on mounting fears over the euro zone economy's health, which knocked down its single currency. Concern
European shares fell sharply on Monday for the second consecutive day on worries over euro zone debt problems after concerns grew on Friday that a Greek style debt crisis could hit Hungary,
Greek shares <.ATG> fell 3.6 percent on Monday, tracking weakness in European bourses, with the benchmark share index reaching its lowest level since March 1998, led lower by banks. At 08:09 GMT,
The cost of protecting government debt against default in France as well as several peripheral euro zone sovereigns rose on Monday over heightened worries about risks to Hungary's burgeoning debt. The premium
World stocks fell sharply on Monday and the euro hit four-year lows against the dollar as investors reacted to signs the U.S. economic recovery may be slowing and to new debt worries
European shares fell sharply on Monday for the second consecutive session on worries over euro zone debt problems after Hungary said its debt problems were similar to Greece on Friday, with banks
The chairman of the Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers, Jean-Claude Juncker, dismissed concerns on Sunday that Hungary might face a Greek-style debt crisis and said the current level of the euro
Spain are favourites to be crowned World Cup champions, narrowly ahead of Brazil, according to a global field of 74 soccer fan economists polled by Reuters. Twenty-four respondents said Spain would shed
Japan's Nikkei average fell more than 3 percent on Monday as investors, spooked by debt woes in Hungary and the euro's fall to a more than eight-year low against the yen, sold
