Stock index futures fell on Wednesday, taking a cue from a decline in global markets, as investors found little reason to propel stocks higher as the market's solid year draws to a
World stocks slipped and the dollar was stable on Wednesday as investors wound down for the year after booking stellar gains in a recovery rally stretching back to March. Japan's Nikkei, for
Bargain-hunting euro zone shoppers are flocking to British retail Web sites to take advantage of the strength of the euro against the pound and seasonal clearance sales. Online payments provider Moneybookers said
Britain's top share index fell 0.6 percent by midday on Wednesday, weighed down by weaker miners, retreating from a level in the previous session not seen since the October 2008 collapse of
European shares fell by Wednesday midday, snapping a six-day winning streak in very thin trading, with commodity stocks tracking lower crude oil and metals prices and banking stocks reversing earlier gains. By
House prices in England and Wales rose 0.9 percent on the month in November, their sixth consecutive rise, leaving prices 0.3 percent lower than a year ago, government data showed on Wednesday.
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.2 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.1 percent and Nasdaq 100
British Government confidential papers of 1979 publicised on Wednesday according to the 30-year rule, said that the outcome of the meeting between Cyprus President Kyprianou and the Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash
European shares edged lower in thin early trading on Wednesday, with falls in commodities overshadowing gains in banking stocks. By 0914 GMT, the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index was down 0.2 percent at
Britain's leading share index was flat in early deals on Wednesday, consolidating after reaching levels on Tuesday not seen since before the collapse of Lehman Brothers in mid-September 2008. At 0851 GMT,
