Global Market Overview 9:22pm

Volatile Tokyo instils global equity angst

A man walks in front of a share prices board in Tokyo on May 24 2013 ©Getty

Wall Street’s S&P 500 retreats from record

EUROPEAN EQUITIES 8:01pm

European lenders unloved amid growth fears

FTSE Eurofirst 300 loses 1.7% over the week

David Schwartz Trader's Diary from PERSONAL FINANCE May 24, 2013

Trader’s Diary: Markets at a crossroads

A lot of good news is already in share prices – but potential bad news may not be, warns David Schwartz

US EQUITIES May 24, 2013

P&G stands out in weaker US market

US stocks fall for third day on Fed easing concerns

A television cameraman films a stock quotation board showing a dramatic turnaround of Japan's Nikkei stock average (top R) at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo May 23, 2013. Japan's Nikkei stock average tumbled 3.7 percent on Thursday, in a dramatic turnaround from a 5-1/2-year high hit in morning trade and was on track for its biggest daily drop in two years, as weak Chinese factory activity data rattled investors. ©Reuters From LEX May 24, 2013

Global stock markets – fragile confidence

Party may not be over for equities, but the punchbowl is running dry

May 24, 2013

Central banks no insurance for reversal

Nikkei plunge suggests stimulus does not guarantee rally

Inside London May 24, 2013

Psst! Don’t tell Sid about Lloyds Bank

The UK government should sell its stake down as demand permits

John Authers May 24, 2013

Origin of Japan rout lies in Washington

Vital question for markets is what the Fed does

EUROPEAN EQUITIES May 24, 2013

Commerzbank and UniCredit slide

Commerzbank and UniCredit slide as banks suffer

US EQUITIES May 23, 2013

S&P 500 lower despite HP surge

Wall Street steps back on stimulus concerns

Global Market Overview May 23, 2013

Wall Street shrugs off Nikkei slide

S&P 500 pares initial decline

May 23, 2013

Market bulls run into the sand

Japan starts falls on fears over easing and China

ASIA-PACIFIC EQUITIES May 23, 2013

Japan slump tests faith in Abenomics run

Small investors lead dive of 7.3% in Nikkei

ASIA-PACIFIC EQUITIES May 23, 2013

Appeal for calm after Japan share plunge

Investors book profits amid record volumes

UK EQUITIES May 23, 2013

London shares retreat from 13-year high

Declines led by resource stocks

Global Market Overview May 22, 2013

Prospect of Fed tapering hurts equities

S&P 500 retreats as dollar and Treasury yields jump

US EQUITIES May 22, 2013

US stocks step back from intraday highs

S&P 500 loses 0.8 per cent

EUROPEAN EQUITIES May 22, 2013

Metro rises after broker gets positive

First upgrade in nearly a decade

UK EQUITIES May 22, 2013

Capital comments boost Lloyds shares

Bank says it will not need new equity to satisfy regulators

US EQUITIES May 21, 2013

US stocks close at fresh high

Housing recovery sends Home Depot shares to record level