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LONDON (Thomson Financial) - The dollar and the yen remained the biggest beneficiaries of the fallout in credit and equity markets what with Wall Street appearing to head for another steep fall. Investors anxious that a crippling credit crunch is about to materialise have been dumping shares for a second day in a row as risk appetites around the world take a knock. Yesterday, both the FTSE index ...

BRUSSELS (Thomson Financial) - Shares closed lower, impacted by Wall Street losses, with Solvay sinking after the chemical and pharmaceutical group posted second quarter results showing a 21 pct drop in net profit. At the close, the Bel 20 was down 27.98 points or 0.64 pct at 4,341.99. simon.zekaria@thomson.com sz/gp COPYRIGHT Copyright AFX News Limited 2007. All rights reserved. The copying, r ...

VIENNA (Thomson Financial) - Shares closed lower, with most ATX index components posting losses as the Vienna bourse proved especially vulnerable to the global turndown in equity markets. The ATX closed down 1.32 pct or 60.89 points at 4,567.11. The ATX Prime closed down 1.50 pct or 34.58 points at 2,269.71. The eur was trading at 1.3652 usd, compared with 1.3722 at the same time yesterday. pete ...

(Updates with full report) HELSINKI (Thomson Financial) - Helsinki shares closed slightly lower, with losses in shares such as UPM-Kymmene, Outotec and Stora Enso offsetting gains in blue-chips like Nokia, M-real B and YIT. The OMX Helsinki 25 closed down 0.20 pct at 3,122.86, while the OMX Helsinki all-share index ended 0.73 pct higher at 11,049.08 on turnover of 1.961 bln eur. Nokia closed 3.2 ...

FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Shares ended lower with Metro, Linde and Deutsche Postbank leading decliners but the blue chip board cut its losses as Volkswagen soared on the back of its consensus-beating first-half figures and an upward revision of its outlook, dealers said. The DAX was down 57.28 points or 0.76 pct at 7,451.68, after trading between 7,372.89 points and 7,535.37 points. The MD ...

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - UK smaller companies closed lower today, extending earlier losses, with Robotic Holdings slumping by 17.74 pct on disappointing profit news. The FTSE Small Cap index closed 31.60 points lower at 3,886.70, while the FTSE 100 index ended 36.00 down at 6,215.20. Scoring one of the biggest falls was Robotic Technology, down 2-3/4 pence to 12-3/4, as it said it expects th ...

(Updating with full report) ZURICH (Thomson Financial) - Share prices finished the week little changed after a volatile trading session on nervousness about the state of the US economy, amid the ongoing sub-prime market crisis. At the close, the Swiss Market Index was 0.83 points lower at 8,705.57, while the Swiss Performance Index dropped 9.97 points to 7,129.40. Concern over the state of the  ...

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Europe's leading exchanges ended lower as a sell-off on Wall Street sparked by fears of rising borrowing costs sparked a global retreat in equities, with the major STOXX indices having their worst week in five months. The Dow Jones STOXX 50 was down 14.86 points, or 0.4 pct, at 3,720.33, while the DJ STOXX 600 dropped 1.87 points, or 0.5 pct, to 372.69. The DJ Euro S ...

(Updates with full report) LISBON (Thomson Financial) - Shares closed lower, broadly in line with major European markets, as blue chips EDP and BCP weighed, while conglomerate Sonae outperformed after announcing the acquisition of Carrefour's Portuguese operations. The PSI 20 index closed down 43.25 points at 13,248.15, after trading in a range of 13,151-13,299. Equities opened lower on global  ...

(updates with full report) FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Shares ended lower with Metro, Linde and Deutsche Postbank leading decliners but the blue chip board cut its losses as Volkswagen soared on the back of its consensus-beating first-half figures and an upward revision of its outlook, dealers said. The DAX was down 57.28 points or 0.76 pct at 7,451.68, after trading between 7,372.89 points  ...