US EQUITIES 9:41pm

US stocks escape worst of eurozone crisis

S&P set to end year in positive territory

From LEX 9:35pm

Markets 2012: few happy returns

Europe killed a rally, but that doesn’t mean a resolution to its crisis can spark one

Global Market Overview 8:18pm

Shares suffer first annual loss since 2008

Investors seek refuge in Treasuries and yen

UK EQUITIES 8:05pm

Miners lick wounds after year of declines

FTSE 100 edges up on 2011’s final session

From CAPITAL MARKETS 7:34pm

December gains fail to make up for bad year

Eurozone bond repayments due in first quarter of 2012

From COMMENT 7:22pm

Forecasts for a future imperfect

FT writers look at what the year ahead may hold

From CAPITAL MARKETS 7:07pm

$6.3tn wiped off markets in 2011

Euro ends year as world’s worst performing major currency

EUROPEAN EQUITIES 6:33pm

European banks suffer as crisis grows

FTSE Eurofirst 300 loses 11.3% over the year

From COMPANIES Dec 30, 2011

Price and tax drive illicit tobacco trade

Fourth-largest global tobacco business by volume

The Long View Dec 30, 2011

Feel the pinch: year of the crab set to cling on

Putting your money anywhere involves a risk of some kind

ASIA-PACIFIC EQUITIES Dec 30, 2011

Disasters and demand slowdown hit Asia

Shanghai Composite falls 20.3 per cent over the year

ASIA-PACIFIC EQUITIES Dec 30, 2011

Asian markets set to end 2011 sharply lower

MSCI ex-Japan index down more than 18% this year

From COMMENT Dec 30, 2011

Dangers of market herd stampedes

Investment industry incentives make for mispriced stocks

US EQUITIES Dec 29, 2011

US homebuilders surge as pending home sales rise

Financials lead rally as investors discount employment data

UK EQUITIES Dec 29, 2011

Resource stocks lead late FTSE rally

Investors cheer better US data than expected

Global Market Overview Dec 29, 2011

Upbeat US data offset European worries

Global stocks rise for seventh day out of past eight

EUROPEAN EQUITIES Dec 29, 2011

Positive US data boost European stocks

Financials remain among weaker sectors in region

ASIA-PACIFIC EQUITIES Dec 29, 2011

Earnings fears hit Indian stocks

Asian stocks fall for a third day

Dec 29, 2011

2012 forecast: Equity markets

‘Light at the end of the tunnel’ for equity investors

US EQUITIES Dec 28, 2011

S&P 500 back in negative territory for year

Energy stocks hit by falling crude price

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