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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.

USA

Trump victory sparks early losses though markets bounce back

Markets stabilise after wobble as Trump triumphs

Economy

Wall Street drops sharply after Brexit

U.S. stocks have fallen sharply, with the Dow Jones industrial average dropping as much as 538 points, as Britain's vote to quit the European Union sent a shock wave through global financial markets.

Economy

Market misery on the day after the night before

The pound has fallen to levels as low as 1985 after Britain voted to leave the EU.

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United Kingdom

Sterling hits historic low as Brexit fallout spreads

Stocks and shares have been spiralling downwards across Europe after David Cameron said he will quit as British prime minister.

World News

European markets brace themselves for more panic

Wall Street kept a lid on the panic – just – after earlier moving deep into the red on Wednesday following an appalling day on European markets

World News

Russia: rouble at its lowest since 1998

Coupled with fresh falls in world oil prices, investor concerns deepen.

Economy

Shares slump as oil prices tumble to new lows

Oil prices at new lows have hit the world's stock markets. A share sell off has investors braced for one of the worst monthly performances ever in January.

World News

World stocks set for third week of losses as oil falls back below $30

Concerns about global growth are alive and kicking. Commodity currencies took a beating on Friday (January 15) as oil prices fell back below 30

Economy

Chinese economic data sends tremors across stock markets

“Violent New Year fireworks,” is how one analyst summed up events on Wall Street where the Dow fell 450 points having its worst opening day in 84

World News

US Fed rate decision boosts confidence as Asian markets rally

Investors have chosen to take the historic hike in US interest rates as a sign of confidence in the world’s largest economy. Asian stock markets

Economy

Stocks fall as investors seek safety after Turkey downs Russian jet

European and world stock markets fell following the news that Turkey had shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border, as investors became

Economy

Mixed results on China's trade sector

Exports not as bad as expected – but imports worse – China’s mixed results have left economists divided over the state of the country’s trade sector

Markets

Trip turns into stumble as European markets slump again

Traders breathed a sigh of relief as business ended in Europe on Tuesday nursing losses all round as the market stumbled by nearly two and three

Markets

Stocks end the week relatively stable after roller-coaster ride

It’s been a truly roller-coaster week on the world’s stock markets. The panic selling that took hold in China and elsewhere earlier in the week

Markets

US and European stocks rally after Chinese shares halt their slide

European stock markets on Thursday rallied off the back of gains in the US and a bounce back in China. By lunchtime Frankfurt and Paris were up by

Economy

European shares struggle to hold ground as market fears grow

An overnight slump in the Nikkei index in Japan of three percent brought storm clouds to the European markets on Tuesday following a tough Monday

Business Series

GKN warning drives down shares

Business Series

No tooth fairy dust for Nobel Biocare profits

Business Series

AkzoNobel gets the brush-off over poorly paintmaker boss