Strong corporate earnings see European markets end April on high note
US shares fall on inflation worries
US shares fall on inflation worries
Ryanair benefits from European Commission travel pledge
Investors buy into defensive sectors amid worries about soaring coronavirus cases
Unexpected bond payment eases market fears of a default by troubled Chinese developer
Iseq down by 0.26% as domestic index heavyweights fail to fire on thin volumes
Investors look to US and European economic data to gauge future path of monetary policy
Iseq gives back fraction of month-long rally that has seen it creep into positive territory
Markets report: Iseq rises 0.24%, with Bank of Ireland among the standout gainers
Euro pared a decline after the ECB added to its stimulus package
Waterford Distillery founder Mark Reynier aims to produce the best single malt
Airbus and spirits makers among stronger European performers to buck negative trend
Guinness makes said it would buy back €755m of shares
Mixed performance for Irish banks with AIB up 0.7% and Bank of Ireland down over 0.3%
Dow Jones Industrial Average breaks through 25,000-point level for first time
Current interim CFO will stay on until next year to help with transition
Investors switched attention from ECB rates decision to Comey’s Senate hearing in US
Irish Distillers’ whiskey portfolio records 5 per cent increase in sales in Ireland
French spirits group says it plans to accelerate promotional spending to boost sales
World’s second-largest distiller reports 4 per cent rise in first-quarter revenue
Ryanair drives Irish index higher despite issuing profit warning on sterling slide
Speculation is that Federal Reserve will raise rates gradually and ECB will stay on hold
Company accounts show Waterford Distillers recorded €564,214 loss last year
Scotch whisky making employs 40,000 in Scotland and adds £5bn to UK economy
Demand started to improve in China in the second half of the year
Sales to China climb 23% as cognac market recovers
In Dublin, Aryzta falls again on news of the departure of its European boss
French spirits group enjoys robust growth in the US but Chinese sales decline
Pernod sees sales fall by 9% in China in its first quarter
US stocks declined as quarterly results from IBM and United Technologies disappointed investors
Maker of Remy Martin cognac and Cointreau liqueur also hands investors 20% dividend increase
Drinks group was hit by crackdown on luxury gift-giving and personal spending by civil servants
Net sales of Jameson Whiskey rise 9 per cent as drinks maker forecasts full-year growth
Sales volumes fell 3.5% in first quarter while net sales were down 1.5%
Guinness maker takes hit after sales in China declined 5.7 per cent in three months
Pernod Ricard, owner Irish Distillers, report strong sales growth for Ireland’s top-selling whiskey
Irish market treads water at end of truncated week’s trading
Sales at Guinness maker dropped 1.3 per cent in three months to March, new data shows
European stocks rise, with Ireland’s CRH boosted by possible Holcim and Lafarge deal
French spirits group hoping to buck trend that sent cognac sales down 32%
European equities rallied 17 per cent last year as central banks around the world left interest rates low
Subdued demand from China hits profits at Remy Cointreau and Hugo Boss
In contrast, brewer SABMiller says sales of lager in the last three months jumped 10 per cent by volume in China
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