Wall Street equities finished lower Thursday following a mixed US retail sales report, while European luxury stocks pushed higher following strong results from Cartier owner Richemont.

Cartier owner Richemont’s robust results have boosted sentiment about luxury stocks – but are investors getting carried away?

Strong bank earnings failed to sustain a rally on Wall Street, but stocks in Europe and Asia pushed higher. European and Asian indices gained after Wednesday's Wall Street rally.

Richemont delivered stunning holiday quarter performance with luxury jewelry sales up 14%, while Signet reported holiday accessible/mass-market jewelry sales down 2%.

we report that there might be potential disposals of underperforming brands in Richemont's portfolio. Still, we believe this might be seen as a positive catalyst by Wall Street analysts.

Analysts fell to the sidelines weighing in on Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA (CH:CFR – Research Report), Taylor Wimpey (GB:TW – Research

In a report released today, Thomas Chauvet from Citi maintained a Buy rating on Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA (CFR – Research Report), with

In equities, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 68.42 points, or 0.16%, to 43,153.13, the S&P 500 fell 12.57 points, or 0.21%, to 5,937.34 and the Nasdaq Composite fell 172.94 points, or 0.89%, to 19,338.29. In contrast, MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe rose 1.31 points, or 0.15%, to 848.61.

NEW YORK/LONDON >> MSCI’s global equities gauge rose today, while Wall Street stocks dipped and U.S. Treasury yields fell after a mixed bag of economic data and Federal Reserve officials’ comments suggested more interest rate cuts on the horizon.

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Demand for high-end brands is improving but not as quickly as hoped. European luxury shares fell Wednesday in reaction to a mixed set of results from Louis Vuitton’s owner, LVMH. After [Burberry](