The dollar fell more than one yen from the day's high, edging closer to a two-week low hit the previous day as Japanese shares pared gains, in a move reminiscent of the stock market's 7 percent plunge ...

The dollar recovered from two-week lows against the yen on Friday as a safety-bid for the Japanese currency ebbed after the Nikkei share average rebounded from the previous day's 7.3-percent plunge and ...

MADRID (Reuters) - Small investors in shares of in Spain's nationalised lender Bankia suffered new massive losses on Thursday as the stock plunged by more than 50 percent amid an abnormally high volume ...

A man walks past a model of a Boeing 787 at the aerospace exhibition in Hong Kong on March 8, 2011. Chinese regulators have approved the Boeing 787 to fly in the country, Boeing said Thursday, a move that ...

By Carole Vaporean NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gold rose sharply on Thursday as investors sought its safe-haven status after the dollar and equity markets were hit by a slew of weak manufacturing data that indicated ...

* U.S. dollar falls 0.75 percent versus basket of currencies * Weak manufacturing in China, Europe, U.S. spur buying * Big drop in US jobless claims suggests labor mart strength (Updates commentary and ...

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - All trades in American Electric Power Inc (AEP.N) and NextEra Energy Inc (NEE.N) in a crash that happened in the first minute of trading on Thursday will stand, ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann said on Thursday it was not up to the European Central Bank to solve the euro zone crisis, resisting pressure from other ECB policymakers for the bank to ...

The blue-chip index tumbled as markets around the world plunged.

ARM shares fell for a third consecutive day in a stormy session for the FTSE 100

Constellium NV, a Dutch aluminum products maker part-owned by miner Rio Tinto , fell as much as 12 percent below its initial public offer price in a market debut that failed to capture investor appetite. ...

Britain-based brewer SABMiller on Thursday announced a drop in annual net profits after exceptional gains won the previous year were not repeated, but said its underlying performance improved on strong ...

Markets take a hit over Fed stimulus fears; US new home sales rise; ECB urged to take action as Eurozone contracts; Chinese manufacturing slumps

1630: Close The FTSE was sent plunging on Thursday, hit by comments from the head of the US Federal Reserve and a disappointing reading of manufacturing activity in China. United Utilities was one of a ...

The stock exchange in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on May 10, 2013. European stock markets slumped Thursday, with most indices dropping more than 2.0 percent after Tokyo shares plunged owing to weak Chinese ...

LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chinese factory activity declined in May for the first time in seven months and U.S. manufacturing grew at its slowest pace since October, suggesting it may take a while before ...

Chinese factory activity declined in May for the first time in seven months and U.S. manufacturing grew at its slowest pace since October, suggesting it may take a while before the global economy starts ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Carrefour shares dropped over 5 percent on Thursday, reversing gains from the day before, amid concerns the world's No. 2 retailer is pulling out of too many high-growth markets after ...

The yen broke recent trends and jumped against the dollar and the euro on Thursday after a slide in stocks sparked by a drop in Chinese factory activity prompted a rush for the safe-haven Japanese currency. ...

A benchmark European equity index had its worst one-day fall in nearly a year on Thursday, hit by worries over a possible end to U.S. economic stimulus measures, with mining and auto stocks among the worst ...

Better than expected economic data, Stocks bounce back after initial drop lower

Sterling recovered from a 10-week low against the dollar on Thursday on confirmation that Britain's economy grew in the first quarter, although gains are likely to prove fleeting. Traders said the pound ...

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on May 21, 2013 in New York City. US stocks fell modestly Thursday after the plunge in the Japanese market sparked a selloff throughout Asia and ...

U.S. stocks dropped on Thursday, with the S&P 500 on pace for its first back-to-back daily drop in a month amid investor concerns the U.S. Federal Reserve's stimulus may be scaled back sooner than hoped ...

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on May 21, 2013 in New York City. US stocks opened sharply lower Thursday after the plunge in the Japanese market sparked a selloff throughout Asia ...

Chinese factory activity declined in May for the first time in seven months and U.S. manufacturing grew at its slowest clip since October, suggesting it may take a while before the global economy starts ...

REUTERS - Real estate company Puravankara Projects Ltd's(PPRO.NS) share offering to raise up to $36 million was subscribed 1.5 times on Thursday, boosting the near-term outlook for equity sales by its ...

U.S. stocks fell at the open on Thursday, putting the S&P 500 on track for its first back-to-back daily drop in a month, on concerns the U.S. Federal Reserve's stimulus measures may be scaled back sooner ...

A senior U.S. central banker sought to give reassurance on Thursday that the Fed is in no hurry to start winding down its economic stimulus after comments by chairman Ben Bernanke sent stock markets tumbling. ...

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - The biggest plunge in Japanese stock prices since a 2011 earthquake and tsunami was a temporary pullback that will not derail the government's "Abenomics" ...

By Subhadip Sircar MUMBAI (Reuters) - The rupee recovered from a more than 8-1/2 month low hit earlier on Thursday, as exporters took advantage of a spike in the dollar to sell the greenback and on fears ...

U.S. stock index futures fell on Thursday, putting the S&P 500 on track for its first daily back-to-back declines in a month, amid investor concerns the U.S. Federal Reserve may begin to taper its stimulus ...

By Abhishek Vishnoi MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Nifty posted its biggest percentage fall in a year on Thursday, as the prospect of an end to the U.S. stimulus programme and a weak China manufacturing survey ...