MARKETS

Africa's biggest economy expected to grow at slower rate than previously predicted.

Russian central bank working with Kremlin to avert currency crisis.

Oil price drop means a significant cut in jet fuel bills.

Russia's hiking of interest rates to 17% has done very little to stop the ruble going into freefall.

Bond investors have already been stung by the biggest losses from US energy company debt in six years.

IBTimes UK's technical analyst says the FTSE100 hit key support; deeper lines seen at 5800, 5600.

Russian corporate and sovereign bonds make up 21% of Pimco's $3.3bn Emerging Markets Bond Fund

European companies needn't rush to remove all operations from Russia.

Tesco's woes continue, Amazon and eBay look confident, while Next and French Connection could bounce on cold weather.

Edmund Shing explains why this Christmas looks likely to be a good one for last-minute bargain hunters.

Gold imports jumped in November to $5.61bn, helping push India's trade deficit to an 18-month high.

According to new research bitcoin's rapid price drop over the last 12 months has seen it become the worst investment of 2014.

Rupee has some slight upside room but could soon fall back amid risk-aversion in Asian markets.

Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Asda all saw their sales decline, according to Kantar Worldpanel.

ONS revealed that the average UK house price stands at £271,000.

ONS data shows property prices increased by 10.4% in the year to October 2014.

Brent oil has fallen below $60 a barrel for the first time since 2009.

Russian shares were also sold off sharply as oil prices dropped.

The test involves resilience to a 35% fall in house prices and a 30% drop in the value of the pound.

The Nasdaq-traded planemaker's stocks added 2.39% in after-hours trading overnight.

Recovery not enough to reverse earlier big loss as Russian currency remains under pressure.

Oil price had fallen to five and a half year lows on Monday morning before Libyan closures reported.

Dalian Wanda has offered 600 million new shares in the Hong Kong floatation, in a range of HK$41.80–49.60 apiece.

Rival militias have clashed at Libya's major oil export terminals over the weekend.

Jonathan Paul Burrows has been deemed not fit and proper to partake in financial services industry.

About a dozen US energy firms have cut spending plans for 2015 following over 40% drop in oil prices since June.

Asking prices in Greater London have been falling since the summer.

The Indian rupee is down 0.8%, while the rupiah and ringgit are down 3.5% in December; Thai baht is up 0.3%.

The currency shows weakness after a 1% rally last week; charts project 1.5500.