MARKETS

EUR/USD is likely to break below the 1.055 barrier and retest the 13 March low of 1.0462 early next week.

RBS's India diamond and jewellery financing loan book stands at about £491m.

The Australian dollar traded higher despite a stronger US dollar on China signals.

BG Group shares rose by 0.15% to finish on 1,154.72.

Oil prices still keeping the upward trend since mid-January.

Over a dozen energy firms buy hedges from lenders, including JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Citigroup and the Bank of America.

Euro is off one-week low vs dollar and yen, but reverses gains against pound.

Pound is also down vs euro and yen ahead of the meeting.

Up to 100 billion barrels discovered but only 3% would be extractable says UKOG.

Ant, which runs Alipay, has also launched China's first e-commerce based stock index: CSI Taojin Big Data 100 Index.

Rating agency says structural reforms and declining oil prices will boost growth.

Class A and B Royal Dutch Shell shares plummet in value on news of takeover of BG Group

The first-quarter of 2015 saw $372bn of bond deals from North American issuers, setting a new record.

The Shanghai Composite index has gained 94% over the past year and Mobius believes Chinese stocks have risen too fast.

Monthly CPI rate has risen to a two-year high, while trade surplus has widened.

The Bitcoin Foundation has been labelled "effectively bankrupt" by one of its board members.

Swiss CPI inflation rebounded to 0.3% month-on-month in March after recording 0.3% deflation in February.

BoJ maintains plan to expand the monetary base at an annual pace of ¥80tn, a QE programme in place since April 2013.

The deal marks Singapore Telecommunications' (Singtel) biggest acquisition outside the main telecoms sector.

The Q1 GDP looks set to have risen 5% annually for the group, half the pace of expansion seen prior to the global financial crisis.

Brent crude price, the global benchmark, is down 1.42% at $58.26 per barrel as at 12.30am ET.

FTSE 100 closed up 128.31 points - 1.88% - at 6,961.77 after Easter break.

Silver down 1.5% on the day while palladium jumps 1.3%.

Market analysts are declaring the cartel dead or at least ineffective since it refused to cut output amid a supply glut.

Negotiations with Iran could be bearish for oil prices over the next 18 months, according to BofA's Francisco Blanch.

Ryanair passenger traffic increased 28% in March compared to same month in previous year.

Euro is up about 5% so far in April after the 23% decline since June to the 12-year low of last month.

RBA leaves the official cash rate at a record low of 2.25% as expected.

Fall related to broad dollar strength as rupee under little pressure from greenback with USD index easing.