European stock markets have been tumbling all week over fears of the damage a Greek exit from the euro zone could do to the single currency and even the European Union. Yet through it all, Germany's borrowing costs keep going down—so much ...
By Jacob Bunge and Brett Philbin The market-making arms of UBS and Citigroup suffered combined losses of about $50 million on trades made during last Friday's glitch-plagued listing of Facebook on the Nasdaq Stock Market, according to ...
The electronic markets keep getting their wires crossed—and investors are tired of getting shocked. Two years ago, in the "flash crash" of May 6, 2010, U.S. stocks lost $1 trillion in roughly 20 minutes. Two months ago, BATS Global Markets, ...
Drug makers and a better-than-expected reading on U.S. consumer sentiment helped European stock markets end a choppy session with small gains.
HONG KONG—Australia's benchmark index closed at a six-month low and the Shanghai Composite Index gave way for the 11th time in 15 sessions as investors focused on worries about the global economy.
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Drug makers helped European stock markets close in positive territory on Friday, after a session where uncertainty about growth in Europe and China made for choppy price action.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Corsair Components Inc., which makes computer storage memory and gaming products, and Tria Beauty Inc., whose laser-hair removal and esthetic products are likely to been seen in late-night infomercials, might ...
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE What should be the price of Facebook’s stock? This is the question that investors should be asking but, surprisingly, few are doing so, writes Mark Hulbert.
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE European stock markets cling to gains on Friday, led by the German DAX 30 index after encouraging confidence data. Stock futures flat as Europe loses steam
SHANGHAI—The Shanghai Stock Exchange plans to roll out a new mechanism for margin trading and short selling of shares via a centralized intermediary this year, a move to further liberalize and inject more vitality into the country's stock ...
In the wake of Facebook's disappointing offering, there has been much discussion about whether the rules of IPOs should be redone. For Nicolas Colas, Chief Market Strategist at ConvergEX Group and a former long-time analyst in the auto ...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) — Well, then, what should be the price of Facebook’s stock? Rather than endlessly rehashing the events that have taken place over the past week, it is this question that investors should be asking. ...
It's quiet out there today. Stocks are little changed, the euro is perched (precariously, but perched) around $1.25 and benchmark 10-year Treasury notes continue to hover near record lows. Unless something earth shattering drops out of ...
Trading glitches on the Nasdaq Stock Market during Facebook Inc.'s shares' rocky debut may cost Wall Street about $100 million, analysts said.
Consumer confidence just jumped to the highest level since October 2007, and the stock market barely blinked. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final reading on consumer sentiment in May rose to 79.3, above the 77.8 figure ...