The US-based Nasdaq and the state-owned Dubai stock exchange have struck a complex deal which puts an end to a tussle over who buys the Scandinavian markets owner and operator OMX.
European finance ministers along with central bankers are meeting in Portugal looking for ways to protect the EU economy from global market turbulence.
Shares in Alcatel-Lucent the world's biggest maker of telecommunications equipment have dived ten percent after the company cut its full-year revenue forecast.