| Asian markets mixed in volatile trade | | Asian markets were mixed on Friday in rollercoaster trade after routs sparked in part by fears of tighter US monetary policy, with Tokyo ending higher a day after suffering its worst drop since the March 2011 quake-tsunami disaster. |
| Automated trade check-up | | India’s market regulator revised guidelines for computer-based trading, providing for temporary suspension of brokers and higher fines to curb manipulation. |
| WTI crude drops as US supplies gain | | West Texas Intermediate fell for a second day after industry data showed US inventories rose for a fourth week, the longest run of gains since February. China’s oil stockpiles climbed for a second month. |
| Gold gains amid stimulus speculation | | Gold gained in London as speculation that the US Federal Reserve may signal the need for sustained stimulus countered further outflows from investor holdings. |
| Stocks choppy ahead of testimony by Bernanke | | Markets were fairly choppy on Tuesday as investors were reluctant to push stock indexes up further ahead of a much-anticipated statement from US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. |
| Crude falls on concerns over QE scale back | | Brent oil futures fell towards $104 per barrel on Tuesday, on concerns that the US Federal Reserve might scale back its quantitative easing programme, which could damage fragile demand. |
| Gold down 1% on firm greenback | | Gold, down in seven of its last eight sessions, was off by around one per cent on Tuesday morning on a firm dollar, weak technical signals and speculation that the US Federal Reserve might rein in its stimulus programme. |
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