US stock and bond prices fell again today after the Labour Department said the economy continues to add jobs at a strong pace, and investors worried about a three-day surge in yields.

Shares in Britain’s CYBG fell 5%, as the mid-sized lender reported a first-half loss of £76m (€86.3m) and gave no update on its bid for Virgin Money.

Global stock indexes kept climbing as investors around the world grew more optimistic that a trade dispute between the US and China will be resolved without much damage.

It has been a total and utter rollercoaster ride on equity markets over the past couple of weeks.

FTSE 100 Index has bounced back from a brutal sell-off that wiped trillions of pounds off global markets in response to fears that rising inflation could spark interest rate hikes.

Pending legislation in the UK could weigh on betting services giant Paddy Power-Betfair’s stock performance, analysts have warned.

It’s a new era for Europeans who for eight years got accustomed to watching companies with the worst balance sheets do nothing but rally. Now those stocks are getting crushed by rising bond yields, a trend strategists see continuing.

The stock market broke two days of losses on Wednesday with solid gains as investors piled into shares of banks and energy companies.

Bang & Olufsen shares soared after the identity of its Chinese suitor became clearer, and a Danish newspaper reported the offer topped yesterday’s closing price by 25%.

The relief rally that swept through Europe’s stock markets this week came to an abrupt halt, as shares slid for the eighth time in nine days and hit their lowest levels since September 2013.

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China’s equity markets will remain “messy” in the coming months as the world’s second-largest economy adjusts its currency, according to Pierre Lagrange, co-founder of hedge fund GLG Partners and the chairman of Man Group’s Asian business.

Financial markets are starting 2016 in turmoil as a rout in China rekindled concern slowing growth there will spread, while tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran added to geopolitical unease.

Time once more for Mystic Menu to ponder a culinary year ahead and, appropriately, for his first glimpse into the future, he is not taking stock but talking stock. 

The US stock market posted its biggest gain in more than a week, led by gains in energy companies and banks.

While investors, traders, and forecasters may be on the fence as to whether the Fed pulls the trigger today on the first US interest rate hike in nearly a decade, Wall Street’s “smart money” is decisive on one thing: Market volatility will linger.

One lesson from years of monitoring market sentiment and psychology is that they hate nothing more than uncertainty. Unfortunately, the problems befalling the Chinese economy have got the markets hot and bothered.

China’s stock-market rout that erased $5 trillion (€4.48tn) in value is close to ending, according to the nation’s central bank governor.

A rebound in the US that took the Dow Jones Industrial Average up more than 440 points disappeared as traders said trepidation over what will happen in China’s market made holding on to stocks too risky for most investors.

World stock markets plunged yesterday, as a near 9% dive in China shares and a sharp drop in the dollar and major commodities sent investors rushing for the exit.

The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund lost €7.95bn in the second quarter, the first decline in three years, dragged down by falling global bond and stockmarkets.

Britain’s top equity index edged lower yesterday, with a decline for commodities stocks such as BP and Royal Dutch Shell overshadowing gains in travel group TUI.

US stocks closed mostly higher, but a slump in oil prices and a slide in Disney held the market’s gains back.

US stocks have closed slightly higher as investors speculate that last-ditch talks will produce an agreement between Greece and its creditors.

The stock market believes it is almost certain that the Government will give its clearance to IAG to formally bid for Aer Lingus in the coming weeks, a leading analyst has said.

The UK couple released a statement to Amnesty International Irelans, saying that they would vote Yes if they were Irish residents.