France's CAC-40

European markets soothed by Chinese assurances

 

KEEPING SCORE: In Europe, France's CAC-40 climbed 0.5 percent to 4,545 while Germany's DAX rose 0.6 percent to 10,102. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was 0.5 percent higher at 6,073. Wall Street is closed Monday for the Labor Day holiday.

China and Greece concerns combine to roil global markets

Investors have been gripped by an increasing sense of unease this week, largely because of the uncertainty related to China. Since early summer, Chinese stocks have taken a battering but global markets haven't responded much — until now.

Following last week's decision by the country's monetary authorities to reduce the value of the yuan, China's currency, stock markets have really taken a hit.