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Is this Europe's market moment to recover? Euronext CEO explains

"Europe appears to be a safe harbour for investors who look for predictability," the CEO of pan-European stock exchange Euronext said to Euronews Business.

Business

Major London insurer shuns LSE listing in favour of New York

Aspen Insurance has became the latest company to choose to list on the New York Stock Exchange instead of the London Stock Exchange, mainly because of higher valuations and less rigid listing requirements in the US.

Business

SpaceX became the world’s most valuable private startup overnight

The valuation of Elon Musk's rocket company jumped to $350bn (€332bn) due to an insider deal.

Business

Pershing Square Holdings to delist from Amsterdam after football riots

The hedge fund's decision to delist from Euronext Amsterdam and use the LSE alone comes after star trader Bill Ackman on X last month advocated delisting on moral, as well as financial, grounds following the antisemitic violence against Israeli football supporters at a match in Amsterdam.

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European stocks extend losing streak as IT outage disrupts key sectors

European stocks extended their losses on Friday as a global tech outage disrupted banks, airlines, and sectors globally, marking the longest losing streak since October 2023.

Markets

'Meme Rally' sparks 70% share price leap for GameStop on single X post

US video game shop GameStop's share price more than doubled as the result of a a 'meme rally'. But what is it and how can it move millions of dollars?

Markets

French companies share buyback was on record in 2023. But why?

French companies are buying back their shares like never before. Reportedly, the French government is planning to tax these buybacks.

Business

Reddit's fans set to grabbit as supporters pile in for stock

The social media platform plans to go public on Thursday looking to raise up to $748 million through the sale of 22 million shares.

Markets

Flutter starts trading on NYSE: Will it stick with London too?

As Flutter moves over to the US, there's questions over whether the company will now end its London listing.

Markets

What's the Santa Claus rally in markets? Here’s all you need to know

Stocks very often rise at the end of the year, but 2023’s so-called Santa Claus rally could be slightly dampened.

Markets

Spanish stocks enjoy best year since 2009: Can they maintain momentum?

The Spanish stock market has had a remarkable performance in 2023, with the 35 major companies comprising the Madrid IBEX 35 index surging by 22% since the year's commencement.

Markets

Israel: 'No unusual trading' before the 7 October Hamas attack

A previously published report found an unusual spike in bets against Israeli securities just before the attack.

Markets

Trading on terror: Investigation into Hamas-Israel attack profiteering

Israeli authorities are investigating unusual trading activity that allegedly took place just days before the 7 October Hamas attacks.

Tech News

Elon Musk sells almost $4 billion worth of Tesla stock

Analysts expected the world's richest man to have to sell more Tesla shares to finance his Twitter buyout - even as he said he would not.

Tech News

Euroviews. Cryptocurrency closer to mainstream with the launch of new ETFs

The Central Bank Digital Currency Think Tank explains the financial structure and implications of the newly launched ETF.

Europe News

EU rings in stock listing of 'social bond' with resounding success

The EU wanted to raise 17 billion euros on capital markets to fund its short term employment scheme known as SURE. It's first test went above and beyond expectations.

Business

Trump dismissed trade war concerns

US stocks opened higher on Tuesday as China stepped in to stabilise the yuan, a day after Wall Street's main indexes racked up their steepest one-day percentage fall of the year.

Business

Lego's parent company buys Merlin Entertainments for €6.6 billion

Blackstone, the parent company of the internationally acclaimed toy manufacturer Lego has acquired Merlin Entertainments, owner of Madame Tussaud's, for €6.6 billion.

Markets

Global share markets suffer a Trump slump

Nervous investors sold shares on Monday because of uncertainty about the effects of the immigration curbs introduced by the new US president.

Business Series

Santander to close hundreds of Spanish branches

Santander is to close around 450 smaller branches in its home country Spain this year, partly because of the shift to internet banking but also to cut costs.