Holi Bell 06.03.2015

Your world at 9am

world.2015-03-06

Equities

Major
DAX(DEU) +1.00%
CAC(FRA) +0.94%
UKX(GBR) +0.61%
NKY(JPN) +1.00%
SPX(USA) +0.12%
MINTs
JCI(IDN) +0.22%
INMEX(MEX) +0.79%
NGSEINDX(NGA) -0.82%
XU030(TUR) -1.85%
BRICS
IBOV(BRA) -0.20%
SHCOMP(CHN) +0.13%
NIFTY(IND) +0.17%
INDEXCF(RUS) +0.07%
TOP40(ZAF) +0.77%

Commodities

Energy
Brent Crude Oil +0.86%
Ethanol +0.00%
Heating Oil +0.54%
Natural Gas -0.32%
RBOB Gasoline +0.66%
WTI Crude Oil +0.61%
Metals
Copper +0.00%
Gold 100oz +0.00%
Palladium +0.42%
Platinum +0.07%
Silver 5000oz +0.24%

Currencies

USDEUR:+0.06% USDJPY:-0.08%

MINTs
USDIDR(IDN) +0.03%
USDMXN(MEX) -0.02%
USDNGN(NGA) +0.00%
USDTRY(TUR) -0.08%
BRICS
USDBRL(BRA) +0.78%
USDCNY(CHN) -0.03%
USDINR(IND) -0.15%
USDRUB(RUS) -0.28%
USDZAR(ZAF) -0.23%
Agricultural
Cattle +0.00%
Cocoa +0.00%
Coffee (Arabica) -0.48%
Coffee (Robusta) +0.00%
Corn -0.26%
Cotton +0.00%
Feeder Cattle +0.00%
Lean Hogs +0.00%
Lumber +0.00%
Orange Juice +0.00%
Soybean Meal -0.12%
Soybeans +0.10%
Sugar #11 +0.60%
Wheat +0.00%
White Sugar +0.00%

Must reads

ECB will buy bonds that carry a negative yield, as long as that doesn’t fall below the rate it charges banks on deposits, which is -0.20%. (WSJ)

Infosys and Wipro in fight to renew Rs 12,000 crore outsourcing contract that will expire this year. Last time around, HCL Tech ate their lunch. (ET) [stockquote]HCLTECH[/stockquote] [stockquote]INFY[/stockquote] [stockquote]WIPRO[/stockquote]

Will we soon have FDI in retail? (LiveMint)

Indian GDP numbers: did bureaucrats take something that was not broken and fix it until it was? (FT)

EPFO will once again consider diversifying its investment pattern to park 5-15% of its corpus in equity and infrastructure trusts. (ET)

Goldman: “The twin forces of regulation and technology are opening the door for an expanding class of competitors to capture profit pools long controlled by banks.” (FT)

Good luck and have a nice long weekend!