EghtesadOnline: U.S. stocks slipped on Thursday and were headed for a second day of losses as bank and technology stocks came under pressure.

EghtesadOnline: European Central Bank board member Peter Praet warned on Tuesday that a persistent drop in eurozone bank stocks could curb lending to firms and individuals, underlining concerns within the ECB about the effect of ultralow interest rates on the region's weak banks.

EghtesadOnline: Nervous investors on Sunday dumped bank stocks after their early optimism about the prospects of banks faded. Bank shares had become a new favorite of investors after the rial gains curbed the love for the shares of export companies.

EghtesadOnline: U.S. and European shares, the dollar and bond yields all headed lower on Thursday, with traders using the quiet holiday period to book some profits on the heady gains stocks have seen in the final quarter of 2016 and reposition for the year ahead.

EghtesadOnline: Stocks climbed, boosted by a rally in financial shares, amid optimism that the European Central Bank will this week commit to prolonging its bond-buying program. Crude and the yen extended losses, while Australia’s dollar fell after a report showed the economy shrank by the most since 2008.

EghtesadOnline: Gains in energy and bank stocks lifted the Dow and the S&P 500 to record intraday highs on Wednesday, but losses in technology stocks dragged down the Nasdaq.