Stock markets in Europe and Asia were mostly lower on Wednesday as trade war fears continued to niggle at investor confidence, but Wall Street managed modest rebound in early business, traders said.

Wall Street opened mixed on Wednesday -- "up, down and all around" as one analyst put it -- with tech shares still in the dumps after Tuesday's selloff.

Saudi Arabia and Japan's SoftBank will partner to develop a massive, multi-billion-dollar solar project in the kingdom that could generate 200 gigawatts by 2030, SoftBank said Wednesday.

German consumers' outlook is brighter for April after wavering in March, a regular survey published Wednesday found, regaining confidence in the country's economic strength.

A wave of optimism flowed across stock markets on Tuesday, building on Wall Street's gains the previous session, as fears of a U.S.-China trade war receded.

Two of China's big state-owned banks said Tuesday their profits rebounded in 2017 after a pair of moribund years thanks to an accelerating domestic economy, and analysts expect further gains as a government credit clampdown favors big lenders.

Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades hailed as "unprecedented" Tuesday the European Union's condemnation of Turkey for blocking his government's search for offshore oil and gas.

The Canadian province of British Columbia vowed Monday to press on with a legal battle against a controversial oil pipeline after a federal court dealt the province a setback.

Lebanon’s post operator, LibanPost, has been “excelling in providing services that go beyond traditional mail delivery; from facilitating government-related services to bringing the Post office to customers’ doorsteps, LibanPost has set the benchmark high in facilitating people’s lives and is assiduously looking for new approaches to incorporate new services and make existing ones easier to use and access,” LibanPost has said in a press release.

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company said Monday it has awarded two contracts worth $3.5 billion to South Korea's Samsung Engineering to boost output at the largest refinery in the United Arab Emirates.