The pan-European STOXX 600 index was down 0.1%

The consequences of climate change can affect every aspect of nuclear plant operations – from fuel handling and power and steam generation to maintenance, safety systems and waste processing

German utility RWE on Tuesday completed a 2 billion euro ($2.4 billion) share issue to back its expansion into renewable energy,

The return on the fund's equity investment was -6.8 percent. Investments in unlisted real estate returned -1.6 percent, whereas the fixed income investments returned 5.1 percent. The fund's overall return was 11 basis points lower than the return on the benchmark index.

The dollar was down 0.2% versus the euro at $1.1895 EUR=EBS and had fallen 0.5% against the Japanese yen to 105.40 JPY=EBS, a 1-1/2-week low.

Chinese blue chips led the way with gains of 2.4%

The Cabinet Office reported that Japan’s preliminary seasonally adjusted real gross domestic product, or GDP, the sum of a nation’s goods and services, fell 7.8% quarter on quarter.

The U.S. total industrial production rose 3.0 percent in July after increasing 5.7 percent in June

This is Malaysia's worst performance on record and first quarterly decline since the third period of 2009, amid the global financial crisis.

For 2021, world oil demand growth is forecast to rise by 7.0 mb/d,

The U.S. budget deficit climbed to $2.81 trillion in the first 10 months of the budget year,

The value of the Turkish lira has fallen to 7.30 against the US dollar

“The larger contraction of the UK economy primarily reflects how lockdown measures have been in place for a larger part of this period in the UK,”

A pan-European share index rose almost 1% , with auto shares leading the way after a surge in Chinese car sales and futures tipped a stronger Wall Street ESc1 open.

Euro/dollar was last neutral at $1.1736 EUR=EBS,