ECONOMY

With PMI at 49.9, manufacturing is still in contraction territory while the services index is up to 53.9.

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.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced cut in corporate tax rate to 25% from 30% over four years.

Economic survey a day ahead of the budget has kept fiscal deficit targets.

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%.

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.

Swedish economy expanded 2.7% year-on-year from 2.3% in Q3 giving a boost to the krona.

Denmark cuts the benchmark deposit rate by 15 basis points to -0.35%.

Together with the new plan, the ECB will inject €60bn every month into the economy.

Of all EU countries, Greece is the exception with lowering minimum wages.

Campaigners want UK to review its participation in Nigeria's energy privatisation programme.

Some Greeks fear election of radical leftist party Syriza will cause Greece to exit eurozone.

Can the eurozone and Greece work through their never-ending troubles?

The Labour leader spoke at the 2015 EEF National Manufacturing Conference.

New highs for USD/ZAR beyond early February peaks can't be ruled out, technically.

Funds will be raised from multi-lateral lenders, infrastructure and pension funds, and by 'monetising' railway assets.

Digital currencies combined with mobile technology may reshape mechanisms for making secure payments, says central bank.

The country was in trade deficit from July to December.

The baht is set to end for the second straight month higher, distancing further off the near two-year low of December.

US crude oil inventories rose by 8.43 million barrels for week ended 20 February, according to EIA.