Spanish lenders Bankia and CaixaBank in €17bn merger talks

Tie-up would create the country’s largest domestic bank

European shares close off highs as Fed move fuels coronavirus fears

Markets close: Iseq index ends session up 1.5%

European shares end lower in choppy session

Spanish banks rise on bullish HSBC note

EU-Italy budget strife keeps a lid on European markets

Applegreen shares slide and becames latest company to blame Brexit for poor performance

Aryzta and Ryanair drop in flat Irish market as banks retreat

US stocks trending higher for fourth day

Strong US economic data buoys equity markets

Good day for Irish shares with Iseq overall index rising 1.08%

Stock markets rise globally as investors cheer gridlocked US Congress

US midterm results eased fears that Trump’s deregulation measures would be reversed

Markets take fright following US interest rate speculation

US-focused stocks including Glanbia, Kerry and Smurfit Kappa fall in Dublin

Bank of Ireland attracts interest as markets generally flat

Weaker oil prices hit majors, including Tullow Oil, BP and Royal Dutch Shell

Sterling drop weighs on Iseq as European shares advance

PTSB declines 1.6% to €1.75 as investors digest an uninspiring results from Ulster Bank

Upbeat euro pulls European stocks lower

The Iseq Overall Index underperformed its peers and closed down by 1.53%

Will exodus of firms from Catalonia economically influence voters?

Damage to Catalan economy’s credibility and investor confidence may persist for years

Spanish relief rally nudges up European stocks

Market report: Pound rises to four-week high against the euro on currency markets

Madrid eyes Catalan elections in January as solution to crisis

Warning of backlash against Spanish government decision to use direct rule

European traders soothed as Spanish crisis eases

Global shares fluctuate ahead of release of minutes for federal reserve’s policy meeting

Spanish cabinet meets to work out response to independence declaration

Deputy PM says Catalan leader ‘doesn’t know where he is or where he is going’

European markets braced for possible Catalan independence

Irish house-builders feel impact of Budget 2018, but Paris, Frankfurt and Milan close flat

War of words still raging as Catalonia remains defiant

Region’s president Carles Puigdemont due to make widely anticipated address today

Corporate exodus forces Catalan government into rethink

Fleeing banks make chances of an imminent declaration of independence more remote

European shares rise despite worries over Catalonia crisis

Dublin index dragged lower by drop in CRH shares

Spanish banks consider leaving Catalonia after unrest

Iseq Index down 0.5%, driven by CRH and Ryanair, while US stocks hit new record high

Catalonia crisis hits European shares, but Wall St soars

In Dublin, Kingspan saw its shares rise 2.4% following regulatory changes in France

Markets lifted by optimism over outlook for US economy

Ryanair shares rise after collapse in rival airline Monarch

Iseq unchanged as Glanbia, Kerry and Smurfit Kappa among fallers

Choppy sessions across Europe see early gains give way to sell-off in defensive stocks

Deutsche Bank given special treatment in stress test

Bank’s results included $4bn from incompleted sale of stake in Chinese lender HuaXia

European shares stall as investors offload stock

Indications that Europe’s recovery is struggling and lenders lead slide across markets

European markets decline again as Brexit fears persist

Iseq down 1.75 per cent with Bank of Ireland, Fyffes, Kerry and Origin among the fallers

Banks pull stocks lower as Brexit continues global rout

Iseq closes down 9.9% with Bank of Ireland losing 21% and Ryanair ending 15% lower

European shares tread water as banks come under pressure

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

Banks rally as Wall Street rebounds

European bourses recover after weak start over corporate earnings

Iseq stalls as the UK and US look to earnings season

International markets look ahead to upcoming batch of corporate earnings

Spanish consumers win supreme court victory on mortgage payments

Ruling could leave banks sharing a €5bn bill over fixed minimum rate homeloans

Yellen’s dovish interest rate comments cheer investors

Iseq in Dublin rose by 1.1 per cent while Germany’s Dax climbed 0.4 per cent and the Cac 40 in France was up 0.9 per cent

Ireland’s biggest companies begin to feel chill wind of ‘Brexit’

About 60% of Irish companies selling goods overseas are already affected

Economic uncertainties of an independent Catalonia

‘Propaganda war’ between separatists and unionists pivots on EU membership

Investors dare to hope over Greek deal

US stocks fall from near record levels, with eight of the 10 main S&P 500 sectors down

Lloyds keeps door open for move south despite No vote

Rival RBS has scrapped contingency plans to shift HQ from Scotland to London after vote

Bank of Ireland and CaixaBank tap covered bonds as yield premiums fall

Bank of Ireland says it raised €750m in five-year debt in exercise close to three times oversubscribed

European stocks rise in first week of year

Bank of Ireland’s good run continues with stock finishing 0.7% ahead at 30 cent

Investors buoyed by Irish bond sale

German employment data and Republic’s sovereign sale boost values across region

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