Retail and travel companies among the strongest performers during session

Euro zone August factory growth strong while Asian shares recover losses

Among the gainers are Denis O’Brien, Eugene Murtagh and Dermot Desmond

Big jump in personal fortunes of Irish-born tech entrepreneurs after recent fundraise

Market Beat: With M&A activity busy, competition authorities need to be on their toes

Iseq closed up 1.13%, FTSE 100 index rose 0.3% while pan-European Stoxx 600 index slipped

French government asked LVMH to delay closing because of trade war with US

Mark Zuckerberg is the third person to be worth $100bn, with Elon Musk not far behind

Subdued volumes traded on world markets as London and New York closed for holidays

Amid mood shifts and interrupted habits, returning to ‘normal’ may not be an option

Stripe founders are joint 616th on latest billionaires list by Forbes

Luxury-goods mogul Bernard Arnault lost more than anyone else in the world when market fell

Planet Business: LVMH faces the task of making Tiffany’s sparkle outside the US

Louis Vuitton owner adds jewellery business to compete with rivals

Planet Business: It’s been another week of wholly unsustainable activity

LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault tries for biggest deal yet

US luxury company has market capitalisation of $11.9bn

A massive artwork, created when the artists were young, broke and in love, was stolen and thought lost to the art world – until they received a mysterious phone call

When the start of a sentence loses touch with the end

Less than 10% of the €850 million pledged by has been received - French government