With PMI at 49.9, manufacturing is still in contraction territory while the services index is up to 53.9.
"He lived his life to the beat of his own drum," said Adrian Przelozny, leading tributes.
Brent's marked gains this month have been fuelled by production and export outages in Libya and Iraq.
Traders will be tracking Bank of England European Central Bank and Bank of Canada monetary policy meetings.
RBA expected to cut rate further while the rest of G10 central banks likely to hold.
Rupee will also be influenced by RBI intervention policy as weak euro has affected Indian exporters who trade with eurozone.
Planned scheme aims to turn 20,000 tonnes of unproductive gold owned by Indian households into cash.
Jaitley's budget has increased road and rail investments by $11.4bn and proposes a new law on black money.
New headquarters would reportedly give Google room for additional 10,000 employees, over 20,000 people that currently work there.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced cut in corporate tax rate to 25% from 30% over four years.
Hacking led to possible theft of information about 50,000 drivers in Uber network.
Arsenal's pre-tax profit was £11.1m for half year results.
Economic survey a day ahead of the budget has kept fiscal deficit targets.
The Treasury apologised for the error involving regulatory permission to redeem enhanced capital notes.
UK land registry data shows the average value of a home in London is £458,283
Some analysts have cautioned against getting carried away by the media hype surrounding India's 2015-16 spending plan.
Jordan and Israel signed an agreement on 26 February to go ahead with a World Bank-sponsored project.
Growth in the fiscal year ending 31 March is expected to hover at 7.4%.
HMRC would have to wait until the intelligence services have examined HSBC's leaked tax files.
This is the biggest majority for any vote on eurozone bailouts since the crisis began.
Havana's annual cigar festival attracts aficionados from all over the world.
Profit before tax from continuing operations soared to €828m (£604m).
TalkTalk confirms customer data has been leaked and criminals are using it to steal thousands of pounds
Swedish economy expanded 2.7% year-on-year from 2.3% in Q3 giving a boost to the krona.
Some of the manufacturing equipment in those factories will be shipped to Vietnam, according to media reports.
Denmark cuts the benchmark deposit rate by 15 basis points to -0.35%.
The bank is proposing a dividend of £535m for 2014, to be distributed among its three million shareholders.
Brazilian judge ordered suspension of messaging app as Whatsapp allegedly did not cooperate with investigation.
Some £130m, the largest chunk of the dividend payout, will go to the government.
Kim Dotcom has hinted that bitcoin could be the solution to Mega's payment problems after Paypal pulled support