MARKETS

A combination of rising employment, rising wages and lower petrol prices are driving greater consumer activity.

Indian mills have purchased between 70,000 and 80,000 tonnes of Australian prime wheat at $260-$265 a tonne.

Jobs data from Italy and for entire Eurozone was weaker than expected while UK Q4 GDP has been revised upward.

During 2014, US oil production increased by 1.2 million barrels per day to 8.7 million barrels per day.

Kingfisher has announced the closure of 60 B&Q stores, but says it will open 60 Screwfix outlets

The USD index has risen to an 11-day high, moving up from last week's three-week low.

European Benchmark Brent oil fell to $55.50 a barrel as Iran talks resumed in Switzerland.

European IPO volume beat the US and Asia combined during the first quarter.

Janet Yellen is scheduled to speak this week as well.

Hedge fund manager Pierre Andurand warns crude prices could drop to $30 amid concerns of Middle East supply disruptions.

Tensions in the Middle East and negotiations in Greece could help boost the metal's safe-haven status.

The USD index ended last week 0.53% down extending the 2.4% drop of the previous week.

Goldman Sachs has offered Chevron's 135 million Caltex shares to local and international investors on 27 March.

End of the week profit booking also pushes oil prices down but upward channel since mid-January is back in focus opening doors to new highs.

Crude prices fall by $1 a barrel despite Saudi-led bombing campaign in neighbouring Yemen.

More hawkish signals from the US will soon see the peso at new lows.

More important US data and comments by Fed's Stanley Fisher and Janet Yellen are due.

MPs have given the regulator a thorough shoeing over last years's insurance market pre-briefing bungle

World Gold Council says US centric explanations about gold prices are risky for investors.

UK government had announced tax cuts in bid to increase investment in North Sea oil and gas.

Factory gate inflation in Sweden quickened to 1.9% y/y in February from 0.2% a month ago.

Ships crossing from the Middle East to Europe must pass Yemeni strait of Bab el-Mandab.

The market consensus is for a hold of the current 4% rate.

Durable goods orders data disappointed and Chicago Fed president Charles Evans comments were dovish.

Bitcoin price plummets while 85% of businesses express doubts about cryptocurrency.

Ihor Kolomoisky removed from Dnipropetrovsk post over an oil firm dispute.

Chicago Fed's Charles Evans said low inflation would make a rate hike this year risky.

Libyan Islamist militants have pledged allegiance to Isis and carried out atrocities.

US oil magnate and BP Capital boss T Boone Pickens says the idea of 'peak oil' should not be dismissed.