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CNBC's Kelly Evans reports on all the market moving events from Europe.
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LONDON, April 4- European shares were flat on Thursday, held back from a more bearish reaction to weak economic data by hopes of some reassurance from the European Central Bank later in the session.
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CNBC's Kelly Evans reports European shares were mixed ahead of policy decisions by the European Central Bank and the Bank of England.
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LONDON, April 4- The yen sank across the board on Thursday after the Bank of Japan unveiled a set of bold easing measures, while weak euro zone business data piled pressure on the single currency before a European Central Bank meeting.
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Valentijn Van Nieuwenhuijzen, head of strategy at ING Investment Management, tells CNBC that the ECB's OMT is a 'very powerful force' driving 'surprising resilience' in peripheral bond markets.
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*Downturn in France now deeper than that of Italy, Spain. LONDON, April 4- The euro zone's economic decline dragged on unabated in March, marked by a huge drop in French business activity that outstripped even the downturns in Spain and Italy, a survey showed on Thursday.
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*German bonds flat ahead of debt auctions by Spain, France. LONDON, April 4- The dollar rose more than 2 percent against the yen after the Bank of Japan took surprisingly strong easing steps on Thursday, while Europe's share markets softened before a European Central Bank meeting later in the day.
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A judge has formally named the King of Spain's youngest daughter as a suspect in a high-profile fraud investigation, dealing a fresh blow to the royal family at a time of growing popular discontent with the ageing monarch, the Financial Times reports.
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LONDON, April 4- Hedge funds set up to profit from huge market slides are falling out of favour, signalling that investors are increasingly confident leading central banks can avert the kind of meltdown that followed the Lehman Brothers' collapse.
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MADRID, April 3- International Airlines Group said on Wednesday it had firmed up orders for 18 of Boeing's 787 Dreamliners, a show of confidence in the jet that has been grounded since January because of battery problems.
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But with persistent recession across Europe and high levels of youth unemployment and long-term joblessness, signs that growth is picking up may offer little cheer.
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April 3- Jim O'Neill, head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, thinks Beppe Grillo and his Five Star Movement is a greater threat to Europe and the euro than the trials of little Cyprus.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, April 3- Workers extended a strike at the OSX Brasil SA shipyard at Brazil's Port of Acu for a second day on Wednesday, delaying construction and blockading an industrial complex owned by Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista. The striking workers allege Acciona failed to pay wages and provided substandard work conditions at the shipyard site.
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MADRID, April 3- Spain's Princess Cristina, daughter of King Juan Carlos, was charged on Wednesday in a corruption inquiry against her husband, the latest in a spate of high-level graft cases that have angered Spaniards suffering in a severe recession.
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*Medical tourism on the rise in Turkey. ISTANBUL, April 3- Sitting in a private clinic in an upscale neighbourhood of Istanbul, Saleh, a human resources executive from Qatar, is preparing to leave Turkey with a smile on his face and more hair on his head.
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MADRID, April 3- Spain's Princess Cristina, daughter of King Juan Carlos, was charged on Wednesday with involvement in a corruption case against her husband, and ordered to testify before a judge in an unprecedented court order against a member of the royal family.
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Spanish protesters seeking to stop a wave of evictions have resorted to embarrassing politicians at their homes over harsh mortgage laws that have multiplied the pain of a property crash in the recession-hit country.
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MADRID, April 3- Spanish protesters seeking to stop a wave of evictions have resorted to embarrassing politicians at their homes over harsh mortgage laws that have multiplied the pain of a property crash in the recession-hit country.
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LONDON, April 3- World shares, the euro and German bonds barely moved on Wednesday as investors turned cautious before this week's policy decisions by the Bank of Japan and European Central Bank, followed by U.S. jobs data.
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MADRID, April 3- Spain's prime minister called on Wednesday for Europe to adopt growth policies to balance austerity and issued a veiled demand for Germany to boost spending. In a one-hour televised speech to leaders of his People's Party, Mariano Rajoy also dismissed accusations of widespread corruption in Spain.
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CNBC's Kelly Evans reports European shares are trading lower on Wednesday as political uncertainty in Italy continues to shake stocks.