MARKETS

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.

Goldman Sachs says it sees little upside for its $40/bbl forecast over the next three months.

Virtu Financial's planned public offering to value the electronic trading firm at about $2.6bn.

Force majeure may be lifted on oil loadings at Es Sider, Libya's largest export terminal and at neighbouring Ras Lanuf.

Saudi Arabia cut oil prices to Asia and the US late last year, in a battle for market share amid a global supply glut.

ISM services PMI, labour market index and speech by Fed's William Dudley will be US events to watch.

Gross says the US Federal Reserve will raise its benchmark rate by 0.5 percentage point a year, taking it to 2% by 2018.

Tehran Stock Exchange's main TEDPIX share average finished 3.09% higher on 4 April.

Lifting of sanctions on Iran following nuclear deal could add to oil supply glut.

Weak US data to fuel speculation that US Fed will wait until September to hike rates, boosting gold's safe-haven status.

Investors withdrew $7.3bn from the Pimco Total Return Fund in March, which is still the world's largest bond fund.

Oil prices volatile as Iran closes in on nuclear deal with world powers.

A shale oil boom in the US has reduced the world's leading oil consumer's dependency on Opec crude.

Goldman says Brent crude will hover at $70 a barrel by end-2015 but prices could drop to $40 during the summer months.

Ukrainian energy minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn said the deal was a 'victory' for Kiev.

Separately, American investors Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss are working to launch a bitcoin ETF on the Nasdaq.

M&S reports sales growth across its non-food range after 15 consecutive quarters of falls.