MARKETS

Sale of 28.2 million ordinary shares in Aspen Pharma was conducted through a placing at a discounted price.

Russia's key rate stands at 15% after the 200 basis points cut in January.

China brokerage's $1.6bn Shanghai share sale attracts nearly $150bn from institutions and individuals.

IBM could end up developing a bitcoin alternative.

China, the world's second largest economy and India, the third largest in Asia, are two important growth drivers in the world.

Korean central bank seeks to boost economic recovery in surprise move.

In February, consumer prices accelerated as expected in Germany, while it quickened faster than expected in France.

Bank of Korea cuts base rate to 1.75% while RBNZ leaves OCR at 3.5%.

AUD/USD is at a crucial support with the medium term downward channel support and the long term trend line just about to meet.

BoE member Martin Weale speaks later in the day, and the BoE governor on Thursday.

Ukraine must renegotiate its gas supply deal before the end of March.

Rupee has fallen more than 2% so far this month.

US-based Spanish-language broadcaster could raise over $1bn through the planned floatation.

Foxtons reported that its pre-tax profits for 2014 were up 8.2% to £42.1m.

Uncertainty over Greek debt deal has weighed on the eurozone since leftists won January elections.

Bitcoin price rallies as a $116m funding round for the secretive startup 21 is revealed.

UK banks have been under-performing the FTSE 100 by some 13% since the beginning of 2014.

The rupiah slid to 13,090 against the US dollar on 10 March, the lowest since August 1998.

Yen has entirely reversed the four-year rally through November 2011 by falling to 122/dollar.

Restricted exports of US crude is prime reason for $9 discount of West Texas Intermediate to Brent crude, says FT.

Euro drops to lowest level since 2003 on hawkish comments by Fisher.

China inflation has rebounded from a five-year low and USD index has risen to a new 11-year high

Aussie dollar down as strong Chinese data weakens prospects for additional stimulus from China.

The market is now waiting for Canadian February jobs data due on Friday.

Moody's expects China to grow 6.5%-7.0% in 2015, and slowdown to near 6.5% in 2016.

GM also said that it had struck a deal with an investor group, led by activist Harry J Wilson, averting a proxy fight.

Pension fund could invest A$200m in Indian equities through a fund manager or an ETF.

Exports from Germany fell 2.1%in January reversing December's 2.8% gain

The City has seen a 17% upswing since February of last year, according to recruiters.