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Wall Street finished green on Tuesday, sending higher the Standard & Poor's Index for the first back-to-back rally in almost one month, as investors cheered the earnings season kicking off, >>

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Merchandise exports in Portugal declined on a monthly basis in February amid weaker demand in Europe and the rest of the world, the Statistics Portugal reported on Tuesday. The report >>

The performance of French economy is set to expand by 0.1% in the first three months of 2013 as the forecast stayed unchanged from the previous estimate, according to a >>

Bank lending to private sector in Italy declined for the seventh successive month in February despite a low level of interest rates in the country, a report revealed by the >>

German stock exchange traded red on Tuesday, as German exports dropped more than estimated in February. The shares rallied earlier, as Alcoa kicked off the earnings season in the U.S. >>

U.K. stocks rose for a second straight day, as commodity producers rallied amid higher-than-expected data on U.K. manufacturing. In addition, gains in the benchmark index were also triggered by inflation >>

Hong Kong stocks posted their fist rally in a week, as inflation in China increased less-than-forecast, fading concerns about potential slowdown in the world's second largest economy. The Hang Seng >>

Tokyo Stock exchange traded red on Tuesday as investors raised concerns over the market heating up too fast after BOJ said to increase monthly bond purchases to end the deflation >>

U.S. blue chips advanced on Monday as earnings season was set to kick off. The Dow Jones Index rose 0.3%, or 48.23 points, to 14,613.48. Consumer goods and services sectors >>

Consumer prices in Switzerland were weaker than previously was expected in March, underlining the Swiss National Bank's view that it needs to maintain the cap it has imposed on the >>

Japan's machine tool orders dropped significantly last month. >>

Britain's manufacturing output rose twice as much as economists expected in February, as it rebounded from a slump. >>

Small-business owners' confidence fell unexpectedly, the report by the National Federation of Independent Business showed Tuesday. >>

Spain is widely expected to miss its public deficit target this year, leaving its sovereign rating at risk of slipping below investment grade, credit agency Moody's said on Tuesday. >>