Equities on both sides of the Atlantic fell amid disappointing earnings from Travelers and Nestle.

Wall Street gained with the price of oil and as US companies including Yahoo! reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings.

Wall Street climbed, pushing the Nasdaq to a fresh intraday record high, as investors repositioned themselves after the US Federal Reserve kept its target interest rate steady.

Wall Street was little changed as investors eyed Friday's US jobs data to gauge the odds of a Federal Reserve rate increase this year.

Wall Street slid with shares of retailers and car makers amid concern that a better-than-expected pace of consumer spending is not sustainable.

Wall Street was mixed to start its week, with energy stocks falling alongside a drop in the price of oil.

Wall Street was mixed amid disappointing earnings from Ford Motor and better-than-expected results from Facebook.

Wall Street slid with the price of oil, pushing down shares of Chevron and Exxon Mobil, as investors awaited a host of key events.

The International Monetary Fund's downgrade of its outlook for the global economy weighed on Wall Street overnight.

Wall St gained overnight recovering from earlier losses, after minutes from the June Federal Reserve meeting cemented bets US interest rates won't rise any time soon.

The Bank of England warned that "the current outlook for UK financial stability is challenging" following the Brexit vote.

European equities moved lower overnight, while commodities including gold and silver rallied.

A failure of polls and bookmakers may push the financial sector to start looking more closely at social media.

World shares rose again overnight, while the British pound weakened, as Bank of England Governor Mark Carney signalled the central bank will likely ease monetary policy.

Central banks are expected to take action to ease the impact of the Brexit decision.

World shares sank further overnight, along with the British pound.

World financial markets have rallied sharply on the prospects of Britain remaining in the EU.

Geese don't come much more golden than the world's financial centre - the City of London.

Blackstone Group has snapped up a stake in Kiwi life insurance company Partners Life.

Wall Street traded higher, though both the Dow and the Nasdaq gave up some of their earlier gains.

Wall Street declined amid disappointing earnings from Macy's and Disney, adding to concern US consumers are keeping purse strings tight.

Wall St has figured out a way to squeeze some extra income from these stocks. And German taxpayers pay for it.