European stocks slide in risk-off mood, M&A talk lifts Italian banks

[ad_1] (Reuters) – European stocks slid on Thursday, with UK markets leading the way after Britain’s government launched a scaled-back job support programme, while a second wave of COVID-19 cases…

UPDATE 2-Euro zone bond yields jump as risk-off mood grips markets

[ad_1] By Dhara Ranasinghe, Julien Ponthus * Euro zone periphery govt bond yields tmsnrt.rs/2ii2Bqr (Updates with market reversal, comment) LONDON, Jan 11 (Reuters) – Euro zone bond yields jumped later…