Shares in Europe and Asia race ahead
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FTSE 100 soars in first few minutes of trading, fuelled by last night's surprise cut in US interest rates.
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European stocks gained, paced by banks. HBOS Plc and Deutsche Bank AG rose. The Dow Jones Stoxx 50 Index rose 0.3 percent to 2694.
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European shares rose sharply on Friday,  driven by news of a U.S.-Chinese stake in mining giant Rio  Tinto, while currency and bond markets focused on pending U.S.  jobs data as a guide to the state of its world-leading economy.
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Asian and European stocks climb as a flurry of takeover news raises hopes of a recovery in markets.
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Shares on Wall Street are expected to  open higher on Tuesday, taking a cue from a strong performance  in European and Asian markets, while bid talk takes the top  slot in a thin day for company events.
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FOR the past two years, Asian stock markets have been high on the favoured list for Britainâs pension and life assurance funds. Asia, particularly China, has offered the double attraction of strong current
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On a busy day for corporate earnings, European equity markets moved higher by mid-morning on Wednesday, helped by strength in the support services and software sectors and overnight gains on Wall Street and in Asia.
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European share indexes were slightly  ahead by late morning on Tuesday, with gainers led by Credit  Suisse after the bank set ambitious earnings targets and as a  survey showed a pick-up in German investor confidence this  month.
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Wall Street is seen opening slightly higher on Tuesday, tracking gains in Europe and Asia as investors around the world bet the Federal Reserve has another interest-rate cut up its sleeve to help avert a recession.
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European stock markets forged ahead in early trading as investors cheered strong gains in New York and Asia, with falling oil prices helping to offset worries about the weakness of the dollar.
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European and Asian stock markets begin to claw back some ground following five days of losses.
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Southeast Asia&#39;s stock markets were among the world&#39;s best performers as the fourth quarter began. Christopher Wood, the top Asia strategist in Institutional Investor&#39;s fund-manager survey last year, is betting the gains are just starting.
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Europe's main stock exchanges leapt higher on Friday, ahead of Christmas next week, as markets mirrored positive performances overnight in the United States and earlier in Asia.
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European share indexes were slightly ahead by late morning on Tuesday, with gainers led by Credit Suisse after the bank set ambitious earnings targets and as a survey showed a pick-up in German investor confidence this month.
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LONDON -- European and Asian stock markets rallied Wednesday in the wake of Wall Street's surge spurred by the U.S. Federal Reserve's larger-than-expected interest rate cut.
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Most European stock markets gained ground on Tuesday as investors focused on the takeover battle for ABN Amro, with many traders also playing catch-up following a three-day holiday weekend.
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Asian markets rose sharply today, and European stocks were off to a strong start after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by half a percentage point yesterday.