MARKETS

Malaysian ringgit has fallen to six-year low and Indonesian rupiah to a record low.

British travel group sells 5% stake to Chinese investment group Fosun International for £91.8m.

BoE inflation survey on Friday is key, but the market will wait for the US jobs data to be released on Friday.

The market is waiting for ECB and BoE polciy review even as the USD index has risen to a new 11-year high.

Serious Fraud Office investigating potential rigging of money-market auctions during 2007-2008.

The UK government has given Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman seven days to make a convincing case that sanctions will not affect the industry.

Disappointing German factory orders made the euro slide easier.

Russian weakness deepens while China, India and Brazil show strong growth.

Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said he expected the oil market to balance and prices to stabilise.

Markets uneasy over government pressure on Turkish central bank monetary policy.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo mandated to manage deal.

Eurozone services PMI rose to 53.7 in February from 52.7, but behind market forecast of 53.9.

Crude oil has recovered to around $60 a barrel since it slumped to $45 early this year.

New Zealand-based Xero's priority for 2015 is to grow its UK and US subscriber base.

Reliance Communications, Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Tata Teleservices, Uninor, Idea Cellular and Aircel in fray.

BRC shop price index fell to -1.7% from -1.3% pushing sterling further off last week's near two-month high.

New business growth seen strong in China and India pushing up key indices.

Morgan Analyst Katy Huberty forecasts that Nasdaq-traded Apple stock will rise to $190 by March 2016.

Swiss economy expands 1.9% y/y in Q4 when the consensus was for 1.7% growth.

Barclays said it had set aside another £750m to resolve claims of currency market rigging.

Fitch rated the firm 'BB-' and Moody's 'Ba3'.

Firms did not divulge financial details but said they expect to close the deal by August.

Orient Securities Company Limited proposes to issue up to 1 billion shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Gold declined by 5.5% in February and the support near $1200 does not seem strong enough to prevent deeper lows.

The central bank left the rate at 2.25% while market had been expecting a 25 bps cut.

The JP Morgan global manufacturing PMI has risen to 52.0 in February, from 51.7 in January.

Pakistan has approved the project linking the country with China via rail, road and an oil and gas pipeline.

German and Italian manufacturing PMI and Eurozone CPI rate came higher than expected.

USD/IDR has broken above the 13,000 barrier as inflation rate drops to three-month low.