The Irish Times

Stocks rise on earnings as sterling falls

Smurfit Kappa rises 5 per cent, Dublin financials also buoyed

Tue Jul 23 2019 - 18:40

Santander restructuring costs cause 18% dip in profit

Euro zone’s biggest bank taking charges of €705m with branch closures in Spain

Tue Jul 23 2019 - 09:42

ECB considers new tool to help ailing banks

Proposal would allow ECB to fund viable parts of a lender – the so-called good bank -– spun out of a failing financial institution

Mon Apr 09 2018 - 13:38

ECB sets new rules on bank capital and cash

Initiative follows demise of four euro zone banks in the past year

Fri Mar 02 2018 - 10:30

Philip Lane: From star pupil to ECB hopeful with Nobel potential

The Central Bank governor could finally secure an ECB executive board seat for Ireland

Fri Feb 16 2018 - 06:00

Investors file 51 lawsuits against EU for shutting Banco Popular

Deluge of cases are first legal test of how EU applies new bank rules

Wed Aug 30 2017 - 12:28

European banking union is stealthily redrawing the political map

Martin Sandhu: It will gradually dissolve the tight bonds between national political and banking elites

Tue Jul 25 2017 - 16:35

Banco Popular victim of large-scale run, says ECB

Bank subject to regualtory intervention and subsequently sold to Santander for €1

Thu Jun 08 2017 - 16:10

European banks gain while investors await UK election

Relief as Santander rescues Banco Popular, but FTSE falls ahead of Thursday’s polls

Wed Jun 07 2017 - 20:52

Santander buys troubled Banco Popular for €1

Bank’s shares have lost more than half their value over past week

Wed Jun 07 2017 - 19:10

Santander buys struggling Spanish bank Popular for €1

Santander says it plans to raise about €7 billion of capital as part of transaction

Wed Jun 07 2017 - 10:46

London terror attack weighs on tourism and leisure stocks

Irish and German stock exchanges among those closed for public holiday

Mon Jun 05 2017 - 19:18

FTSE hits fresh record as Europe surfs global risk-on wave

Banks led European gains while car stocks were hot on their heels

Fri Jun 02 2017 - 09:11

Italian bank rescue helps drive Europe higher

Recovery for Aryzta boosts Ireland’s benchmark index to close up 1.59%

Thu Jun 01 2017 - 18:16

Trump continues to have see-saw effect on markets

Bank of Ireland and Aryzta fall on Iseq after both announce new chief executives

Thu May 18 2017 - 19:31

Banks weigh on European markets which fall from 20-month highs

Kingspan shares close down 1.6% despite strong sales growth

Thu Apr 27 2017 - 20:31

Theresa May’s call for snap UK election shakes markets

CRH and Smurfit Kappa down while European stocks fall due to geopolitical concerns

Thu Apr 20 2017 - 16:44

European stocks gain but French cloud looms large

Smurfit Kappa and Providence Resources gain in Ireland while Ryanair reverses gains

Thu Apr 20 2017 - 16:40

Geopolitical uncertainty stalls markets

European stocks ended a four-day advance, while French shares dropped after recent polls showed far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon gaining momentum

Thu Apr 20 2017 - 16:38

European markets up slightly despite concern over French election

C&C and Bank of Ireland fall in Dublin while Aer Lingus parent IAG has more gains

Tue Apr 11 2017 - 19:28

Banks and tech stocks weigh on European markets

Energy stocks provide support as oil shares climb

Tue Apr 11 2017 - 08:52

Europe inches higher despite drag from banks and carmakers

Stocks at tourism peers Ryanair, Dalata and Irish Continental make significant gains

Tue Apr 04 2017 - 19:30

Shares rise as investors speculate Trump dump is overdone

Bank of Ireland, Smurfit Kappa and Glanbia among strongest performers on Dublin’s Iseq

Tue Mar 28 2017 - 19:37

The major business events happening this week

For Your Diary: McDonald’s results; Irish Times tax summit; retail sales; AbbVie results; marketing conference

Sun Jan 22 2017 - 19:00

European shares fall as currency movements dominate

Trump’s dollar ‘too strong’ remark puzzles traders as sterling rallies on May’s speech

Tue Jan 17 2017 - 18:50

FTSE hits new record as miners help European shares inch up

Smurfit Kappa the biggest mover in Dublin as Tullow Oil gives up gains in Londons

Tue Jan 10 2017 - 18:21

European markets fall but energy stocks a bright spot after oil rise

Losses in technology stocks in New York drag down Nasdaq and S&P 500

Thu Dec 01 2016 - 20:23

Bank and car stocks pull markets down

Stocks fall as World Bank cuts global economic growth predictions to 2.4 per cent

Thu Jun 09 2016 - 01:00

European stocks remain stable amid day of thin trading

Markets in UK and US closed due to public holidays and trading down 74% in Europe

Mon May 30 2016 - 21:49

European shares tread water as banks come under pressure

Irish travel website Hostelworld’s shares trade down 30% after poor trading update

Fri May 27 2016 - 01:00

Bank stocks lead share price bounce after ECB rate cut

AIB, Bank of Ireland, Permanent TSB all advanced by more than 4.9 per cent

Fri Mar 11 2016 - 18:28

Relief for markets as global equities rise

Petroceltic gains 74% after receiving bank waiver to allow it to continue sale talks

Fri Jan 29 2016 - 21:33

Spain’s debt picture brightens as bill yields hit new low

Country auctioned three-month bills at record low yields below zero

Tue Jul 21 2015 - 19:58

Banco Popular to sell €451 million worth of Spanish property

The portfolio includes 1,753 homes in Madrid, Barcelona, Toledo and the Costa del Sol

Mon May 25 2015 - 16:38