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The euro rebounded from near four-year lows against the dollar and European shares rose on Thursday after China denied a report it was reviewing its investments in euro zone debt.

Wall Street staged yet another late-day reversal on Wednesday to end lower as news suggesting China was reassessing its euro-zone debt holdings pushed investors into profit-taking mode.

Wall Street staged yet another late-day reversal on Wednesday to end lower as news suggesting China was reassessing its euro-zone debt holdings pushed investors into profit-taking mode.

Wall Street rose on Wednesday as investors scooped up shares battered in the recent correction and data showed new home sales climbed to their highest level in almost two years.

Stocks rose on Wednesday as investors bought shares of beaten-down companies following recent losses, and after new home sales rose last month to their highest in almost two years.

Some of Wall Street's biggest names said they are frightened and worried by the debt crisis in Europe, but still do not expect a double-dip recession in the United States.

Stocks rose on Wednesday as investors snapped up shares of beaten-down companies following recent losses, and after new home sales rose last month to their highest in almost two years.

Stocks rose on Wednesday, a day after markets clawed back from a steep sell-off and as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner flew to Europe to press for united action to tackle the region's deepening debt crisis.

Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wednesday, a day after markets clawed back from a steep sell-off and as U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner flew to Europe to press for united action to tackle the region's deepening debt crisis.

Stock index futures rose on Wednesday, a day after markets clawed back from a steep sell-off and as U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner flew to Europe to press for united action to tackle the region's deepening debt crisis.

Stock index futures pointed to a higher opening on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.51 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.35 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.47 percent at 0807 GMT (4:08 a.m. ET).

Shares of Australian brewer Foster's Group jumped as much as 8.7 percent on Wednesday after the company revealed plans demerge its beer and wine operations, leading investors to expect takeover approaches.

Two key U.S. lawmakers clashed on Tuesday over cracking down on swaps trading as a clearer shape emerged for a House-Senate panel that must finalize a major rewrite of financial regulation.

Stocks staged a furious late-day rally on Tuesday to push the S&P 500 into positive territory as the focus shifted from European debt woes to buying after shares hit six-month lows.

Stocks staged a furious late-day rally on Tuesday to push the S&P 500 into positive territory as the focus shifted from European debt woes to buying after shares hit six-month lows.

Stocks declined, but sharply cut losses late on Tuesday that drove the Dow back above 10,000 as gains in the retail and materials sectors helped offset concerns about the euro zone's banking problems.

Stocks dropped in a broad global sell-off on Tuesday as investors worried that Europe's banking problems could derail the economic recovery.

The Senate named 12 senators, including tough Wall Street critics and more moderate members, Tuesday to a panel that will finalize the most sweeping overhaul of financial regulations since the 1930s.

U.S. stocks dropped in a broad global sell-off on Tuesday as investors worried that Europe's banking problems could derail the economic recovery.

Stocks sank in a broad global sell-off on Tuesday as investors worried that Europe's banking problems and North Korea's threats of military action against South Korea could derail the economic recovery.

Stocks sank in a broad global sell-off on Tuesday as investors worried that Europe's banking problems and North Korea's threats of military action against South Korea could derail the economic recovery.

Stocks tumbled about 2 percent on Tuesday, tracking a sell-off in global equities, on worries over Europe's banking sector and as short-term funding costs soared.

Single-family home prices were unchanged in March from February, but fell in the first quarter on renewed price pressure as federal aid faded away, Standard & Poor's/Case Shiller home price indexes showed on Tuesday.

Stock index futures pointed to a fall of 2 percent at the open on Tuesday, tracking a sell-off in global equities, on worries over Europe's banking sector and as North Korea ramped up rhetoric against the South.

European stocks and the euro slumped on Tuesday and German bonds hit a record high as investors worried about the fate of euro zone banks and the impact of austerity measures on economic growth.

Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 were down 2.2 to 2.5 percent at 0915 GMT (5:15 a.m. ET) on Tuesday, pointing to a steep decline on Wall Street.

World and emerging stocks slid to their lowest since Sept 2009 and the euro and oil fell on Tuesday on worries over the euro zone banking sector and concerns over tensions on the Korean peninsula.

Europe's debt crisis may be prolonged and hamper global economic recovery, Japanese policymakers said on Tuesday, as fears of a double-dip recession piled more pressure on equities and the battered euro.

Asian stocks fell to multi-month lows and the euro slipped on Tuesday on fears that Europe's sovereign debt woes will trigger a renewed crisis in the continent's banking sector.