AFP - European equities sank on Tuesday after sharper falls in Asia on widespread concern that sky-high oil prices will stoke inflation and force central banks to tighten credit, analysts said.

Reuters - U.S. stocks shifted gears and climbed at midday on Tuesday as investors bought Dow industrials like Coca-Cola and other companies with steady earnings, while a drop in oil prices helped ease concerns about inflation.

AP - Wall Street fluctuated Tuesday as a retreat in oil prices failed to keep investors from fretting over the effect of high energy costs on the U.S. economy.

AP - Stocks closed mixed Monday, with Wall Street exhausted from last week's swoon and still nervous about the effect of bank losses and energy costs on the economy.

Reuters - The Dow staged a modest rebound on Monday from Friday's nearly 400-point drop, as concerns about consumer spending and the housing market were eased by better-than-expected sales figures from McDonald's Corp and a surprising gain in pending home sales.

AFP - Chinese share prices fell 5.67 percent in Tuesday morning trade after the central bank told lenders to keep more money in reserve, curbing fund inflows into the stock market, dealers said.

Reuters - China's main stock index tumbled 7.73 percent on Tuesday, its biggest drop since June last year, after the central bank announced a harsher-than-expected tightening of monetary policy to fight inflation.

AFP - Asian stocks fell sharply Tuesday, with Shanghai suffering its worst slump in a year on worries that soaring oil prices will stoke inflation and force central banks to tighten credit.

AP - Asian stock markets fell Monday, tracking Wall Street's losses amid alarm over soaring oil prices and sluggishness in the U.S. economy.

AFP - European markets held steady on Monday despite a slump in Asia, after a breathtaking surge in oil prices and shock jump in US unemployment sent Wall Street spinning and fanned fears of a US recession.

AFP - Leading shares closed lower Monday as banking stocks extended their losses after worrying news from Lehman Brothers, while a rally on Wall Street wasn't enough to push the FTSE 100 into positive territory.

Reuters - The Dow briefly turned negative on Monday as shares of financial services companies, including JPMorgan Chase & Co , extended losses amid concerns about further fallout from the credit crisis.

AP - Wall Street traded mostly lower Monday on top of last week's hefty losses, with investors doubtful that a pullback in oil prices from record levels would last.

AP - That economic rebound in the second half of the year so many experts have predicted — including Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke himself — is starting to look dicey.

AP - Wall Street tumbled Friday, taking the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 400 points, on a pair of alarming economic developments: oil prices that shot up by more than $11 a barrel and approached $140 for the first time, and the biggest gain in the government's unemployment reading in more than 20 years.