WSJ.com: What's News US
Stocks are set to rise Monday ahead of a shortened Christmas Eve trading session. Markets were higher in Europe and Asia.
FT.com - UK Homepage
European equity markets moved higher in thin Christmas Eve trading. Leading indices added to Friday's gains, but there was little in the way of dealing, with volumes expected to remain thin as sessions were truncated
Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News
AFP - Europe's main stock markets drifted upwards on Monday, with Frankfurt shut for the Christmas holidays, while London and Paris were set for an early lunchtime finish.
Independent.co.uk/News/Business
Today we're casting our gaze further and covering a fortnight. It's Christmas Eve and the London Stock Exchange will close early, while many other international markets are closed completely. These include Japan, where they are marking the Emperor's birthday, which fell yesterday, with a public holiday. The NYSE, which is open today, will take a day off tomorrow, along with the LSE and almost every other major world market ? the exception is that Japan returns to work.