Traders and analysts said investors were responding to lower oil and gold prices, which have lessened fears of inflation, and economic statistics released by the Government.

Surging exports helped West Germany's trade surplus in August keep up a record-breaking pace, statistics released today showed.

Recent statistics released by the Construction Index - Opens in a new window reveal that the first quarter of this year saw a 23 per cent increase in the number of construction companies going into administration in the UK compared to the last quarter of 2010.

One in seven Britons arrested abroad are held over drug allegations, according to Foreign Office statistics released today.

Recent economic reports, including the employment statistics for September released last Friday, have been interpreted by the market as signs of slower economic growth, which would decrease the likelihood of an increase in interest rates.

Economic statistics released yesterday point to a still vibrant business advance and a lift in trend rate inflation, according to Donald Fine, chief market analyst at Chase Asset Management.

The United States trade deficit with the rest of the world set a new high in November, statistics released today show.

Gov. Mario M. Cuomo's plan for distributing $9.3 billion in aid to local schools walks the middle ground between urban and suburban districts, insuring that poorer districts receive a slightly larger share of the total while most wealthier districts lose nothing, statistics released today show.

The latest Android version statistics released by Google show that Gingerbread is finally catching up to Froyo.

In contrast to these polls, statistics released October 21, 2010, according to the Institute of Sociology of National Academy of Science of Ukraine, attitudes towards Russians have continued to decrease since 1994.