Europe

Guy Foster, head of portfolio strategy at Brewin Dolphin, discusses the progression of the eurozone crisis in light of the latest policy shift.

Lord Rothschild has taken a near £130m bet against the euro through RIT Capital Partners, the £1.9bn investment trust of which he is executive chairman.

EUROPE

Finland's foreign minister said the country is taking measures to prepare itself for a full-blown currency crisis in Europe.

France's economy will slip back into recession in the third quarter, posting a 0.1% contraction, the Bank of France has warned.

Argonaut founding partner Barry Norris finds a glimmer of hope for the eurozone crisis in the latest comments by ECB President Mario Draghi.

RWC Partners is re-opening Ajay Gambhir's European Absolute Alpha fund after closing it last year.

London's leading index was 60 points higher in afternoon trading despite a slump in UK manufacturing data, as Next and Standard Chartered lifted the market.

M&G's Michael Riddell has put 10% of his International Sovereign Bond fund portfolio in Italian government bonds in anticipation of a fresh liquidity injection from the European Central Bank.

Apple shares led the fallers on the Nasdaq shortly after open following a disappointing second quarter trading update from the tech giant.