Tobacco Shares Drag Bulgarian Stock Index Down
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Bulgarian state tobacco monopoly stocks continued sinking Monday dragging the country's stock index SOFIX 0.33% down to 608.57 points.
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European shares retreated on Wednesday as  AstraZeneca's business update disappointed investors and on  nagging concerns that soaring oil prices will hurt the quality  of future earnings.
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UK blue-chips closed lower, with mining and oil stocks weighing on the FTSE 100, while losses on Wall Street added to investors concerns.
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Blue chips closed lower off highs as Wall Street remained lower with interest rate sensitive sectors such as retailers bearing the brunt of the falls with a disappointing update from DSG International helping to weigh down the FTSE 100.
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Shares in the oil giant Yukos today continued to slide amid concerns that the Russian government would sell part of a key subsidiary cheaply in order to finance the company&#39;s huge tax debt.
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Stocks were trading lower on Wednesday, nudged downward by heavily-weighted energy shares which fell in-line with crude oil futures.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - US stocks traded mixed Thurday as Merck shares lost a quarter of their value, dragging blue chips lower, but the Nasdaq moved higher, buoyed by gains in the semiconductor sector.
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Bulgarian tobacco shares and Black Sea resort operator Albena plummeted Wednesday driving the country's blue-chip index 0.43% down to 625.31 points.
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Business & money: Index of leading UK shares falls to lowest level since credit crunch began last August
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European equity markets fell on Tuesday with the downward slide led by oil and  gas stocks.
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NEW YORK - Investors sent stocks sharply lower Thursday as oil prices continued their climb higher and new questions about the safety of arthritis drugs pressured pharmaceutical stocks. The Dow Jones industrials, which include drug makers Pfizer Inc...
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LONDON: European stock markets retreated yesterday as Wall Street slumped on Merck drug woes, oil prices climbed back toward the $50 mark and a bomb threat forced the landing of a British Airways plane.
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Leading shares ended lower as weakness in oil heavyweights and a mixed Wall Street offset merger and acquisition fuelled gains in miners and ICI disposal news.
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Mainland stock markets slid lower on Monday on news that the government was taking over four troubled brokerages, causing concern that further crackdowns lie ahead.
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US STOCKS were knocked lower yesterday as investors worried that rising prices for oil and commodities would dent corporate profits, while drug shares fell on possible stricter scrutiny from regulators.
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Leading shares ended the session lower as a slump in commodity prices hit heavyweight oil and mining stocks, with sentiment further knocked by a sombre start on Wall Street.
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Stocks were knocked lower on Thursday  as investors worried that rising prices for oil and commodities  would shrink corporate profits, while drug shares fell on  possible stricter scrutiny from regulators.