Week Ahead
Week ahead: Covid-19 containment, OPEC in focus
The focus over the coming week will be on the success or not of containment measures across the globe.
Week ahead: US jobs data, global manufacturing in focus
The focus over the next week will be on the release of US jobs data and the ongoing debate around the euro area's health and economic response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Week ahead: Jobless data, Italy in focus
The focus over the coming week will be on a batch of economic reports, including some of the first hard data, from across Europe and the US, which is expected to reflect the initial blow from the coronavirus epidemic.
Week Ahead: ECB meeting, China CPI in focus
The European Central Bank's Governing Council will be in focus over the coming week, with markets anticipating that the coronavirus outbreak will force its hand when it meets on Thursday.
Week ahead: Global manufacturing, US jobs report in focus
The focus over the coming week will be on a steady stream of economic data releases around the world and the extent - or not - to which they show signs of the COVID-19 coronavirus's impact.
Week ahead: Coronavirus and G20 in focus
The coming week will be front-loaded, with G20 finance ministers due to meet in Riyadh over the coming weekend.
Europe close: Stocks finish higher in light trading
Stocks on the Continent edged higher at the start of the week as news of fresh stimulus in China helped to offset a dire outlook from Germany's central bank for that country's economy.
Week ahead: UK data and central banks in focus
The focus over the coming week will be on a raft of UK economic indicators which will help investors to better gauge the performance of the UK economy at the turn of the year.
Week ahead: US and Chinese data in focus
The focus over the coming week will revert to the hard eocnomic data in most jurisdictions, including out of China and the US, although the Wuhan coronavirus will likely not be far from traders' minds.
Week ahead: Coronavirus and US jobs report in focus
With little doubt, the market spotlight over the coming week - and the next weekend - will continue to be on the new China coronavirus, with investors likely to be especially attuned to any sign that the rate of contagion might be slowing.