Credit Suisse shares fall on report of writedowns
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Shares in Swiss bank Credit Suisse   fell by around 3 percent on Monday after a Swiss  newspaper reported the bank faced writedowns in its commercial  mortgage and leveraged-finance business.
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Subprime-related problems at UBS AG mounted on Wednesday as the Swiss bank unveiled $4 billion in new write-downs in a surprise statement and sank deep into the red for the year, depressing its shares.
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European shares fell on Friday as weakness for banks followed results from Swedbank and news of a US acquisition by Spain's BBVA.
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European equity markets fell on Friday, with banks struggled in the wake of further unsettling writedowns related to the credit squeeze.
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Stocks fell on Thursday, after disappointing quarterly results from companies such as Comcast Corp  and as investors worried financial services companies would report more big losses from the credit crisis.
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Swiss bank says $2.85 billion in new write-downs will hit its next quarterly results.
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BNP Paribas SA confirmed Wednesday that fourth-quarter net profit plunged 42 percent due to write-downs of securities affected by the financial markets crisis.
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At the end of August, Credit Suisse (NYSE:CSR) will close down its New  Japan fund following a period of disappointing returns. After 19 years of investment, the fund has halved in size to &pound;2m in the past year, and Credit Suisse says it does not expect any sudden improvement in performance. It puts this down, in part, to the inherent difficulty of investing in Japanese equities.
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THE banking giant Credit Suisse yesterday unveiled plans to cut back its investment banking activities to high-margin business and float its insurer Winterthur in a major corporate revamp.
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Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS) led European equity markets lower on Tuesday after writing down the value of asset-backed investments by $2.85bn, sending a further jolt through the financial services sectors.
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Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc  said on Thursday fourth-quarter earnings fell 11 percent, as the credit market crisis triggered write-downs, and the company said further write-downs were possible.
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U.S. stocks closed lower on Monday, led by financial shares, as a rush by savers to pull deposits from a large British mortgage lender fueled concerns that turmoil in the credit markets would spread.
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European stocks lost steam on Wednesday ahead of a US interest rate decision with banks and oil stocks leading the slide after Swiss investment banking giant UBS (NYSE:UBS) shocked investors with a $4bn writedown.
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Intel Corp. INTC.O shares slipped on  Tuesday after Credit Suisse First Boston downgraded the stock,  forecasting that the computer chip maker will have difficulty  outperforming the overall semiconductor sector next year.
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London equities fell on Tuesday after news of increased full-year writedowns at Barclays (NYSE:BCS) took the shine off banking stocks. There was further pressure in the sector after surprise news of fresh $2.85bn losses at Credit Suisse (NYSE:CS).
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Stocks fell on Thursday as doubts grew about a plan by global central banks to unfreeze credit markets, sending financial shares lower.
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Stocks fell on Friday, with the Dow dropping more than 2 percent, after American Express Co  warned of mounting credit-card defaults, adding to expectations of a U.S. recession.