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Gold $1,297.30 -4.70 -0.36%

ICE Brent Crude Oil $105.82 -0.90 -0.84%

(raw materials / closing price /% change)

Gold $1,297.30 -4.70 -0.36%

ICE Brent Crude Oil $105.82 -0.90 -0.84%

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Nikkei 14,808.85 -254.92 -1.69%

Hang Seng 22,377.15 -132.93 -0.59%

S&P 1,845.04 -20.05 -1.08%

NASDAQ 4,079.75 -47.97 -1.16%

Dow 16,245.87 -166.84 -1.02%

FTSE 6,622.84 -72.71 -1.09%

CAC 4,436.08 -48.47 -1.08%

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EUR/USD $1,3740 +0,28%

GBP/USD $1,6607 +0,19%

USD/CHF Chf0,8877 -0,51%

USD/JPY Y103,06 -0,21%

EUR/JPY Y141,61 +0,06%

GBP/JPY Y171,15 +0,02%

AUD/USD $0,9265 -0,27%

NZD/USD $0,8605 +0,07%

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01:30 Australia National Australia Bank's Business Confidence March 7         

03:00 Japan BoJ Interest Rate Decision 0.10% 0.10%     

03:00 Japan Bank of Japan Monetary Base Target 270 270     

03:00 Japan BoJ Monetary Policy Statement                 

04:30 Japan Eco Watchers Survey: Current March 53.0 54.1     

04:30 Japan Eco Watchers Survey: Outlook March 40.0         

05:45 Switzerland Unemployment Rate March 3.2% 3.2%     

06:45 France Trade Balance, bln February -5.7 -4.9     

07:15 Switzerland Retail Sales Y/Y February +0.3% +0.9%     

07:30 Japan BOJ Press Conference                 

08:30 United Kingdom Industrial Production (MoM) February +0.1% +0.3%     

08:30 United Kingdom Industrial Production (YoY) February +2.9%         

08:30 United Kingdom Manufacturing Production (MoM) February +0.4% +0.3%     

08:30 United Kingdom Manufacturing Production (YoY) February +3.3%         

12:15 Canada Housing Starts May 192 193     

12:30 Canada Building Permits (MoM) February +8.5% -2.4%     

14:00 United Kingdom NIESR GDP Estimate March +0.8%         

14:00 U.S. JOLTs Job Openings February 3974 3900     

17:30 U.S. FOMC Member Narayana Kocherlakota

18:45 U.S. FOMC Member Charles Plosser Speaks

The euro exchange rate has risen considerably against the dollar on better forecasts published statistics and publication of minutes of the Fed's expectations . Note that investor confidence in the eurozone unexpectedly strengthened in April , showed on Monday poll , conducted by the research center Sentix. Investor sentiment index rose to 14.1 in April , its highest level since April 2011, from 13.9 in March. According to forecasts , the index was down to 13.7 . Assessment of the current situation rose to 5.8 from 4.8 points in the previous month . The result was the highest since July 2011 . Meanwhile, the expectations index fell for the second consecutive month in April , to 22.8 from 23.5 in March.

Meanwhile, it became known that the index of industrial production in Germany grew faster than expected in February , said the country's statistics office on Monday , showing a strong start in Europe's largest economy this year. Industrial production increased by 0.4 % per month , adjusted in February , beating economists' expectations +0.3 % m / m Value in January was revised downward to 0.7 % from 0.8 %. During the year, industrial production increased by 4.8 % in February.

Support for the single currency was a representative of the ECB Nowotny comments . Member of the Management Board of the European Central Bank Ewald Nowotny said that he still believes the risk of deflation in the euro zone limited , adding : ECB has a wide range of tools in case you need . Nowotny said that there is a wide range of tools , but not a priority.

As for the future launch of quantitative easing (QE), then Nowotny does not exclude any type of asset purchases , if necessary , but he personally prefers buying securities , asset-backed (ABS). Nowotny added that the need to strengthen the ABS market in the eurozone. Nowotny also voiced expectations of renewed growth in the prices of services in Germany in the near future , which should alleviate the problem of low inflationary pressures.

The Swiss franc has appreciated significantly against the U.S. dollar , which helped to data presented today . As it became known , Swiss consumer prices remained unchanged in March , while the predicted drop of 0.2 percent , the Federal Statistical Office reported : consumer prices remained unchanged after falling 0.1 percent in February . On a monthly measurement of the consumer price index rose 0.4 percent after rising 0.1 percent in February . It was the fastest growth since March 2012 . Swiss National Bank last month predicted that consumer prices will remain unchanged in 2014 and grow by 0.4 percent next year . The Bank has designated the international decline in inflation and a somewhat stronger Swiss franc as factors that inhibit the growth of inflation in the positive zone .

Another report showed that the volume of foreign exchange reserves of the Swiss National Bank in March rose to 438 billion Swiss francs ( U.S. $ 491.5 billion ), compared with 433.6 billion francs in February. This is stated in the data published on Monday the central bank of Switzerland. The volume of foreign exchange reserves roughly equivalent to the volume of Swiss sight deposits , the amount of which has not changed at the end of March compared with the previous month , indicating that the low activity of the Swiss National Bank in the currency markets . Demand deposits , or funds that commercial banks hold at the Swiss National Bank , can be easily converted into cash . Last year, foreign exchange reserves accounted for approximately 70 % of GDP, whereas prior to the financial crisis in 2008 , the ratio was less than 10% .

The Canadian dollar rose slightly against the U.S. dollar , receiving support from a quarterly survey released today by the Bank of Canada . As it became known , the Canadian business continues to be optimistic on the prospects for sales by strengthening U.S. economy and a weaker Canadian dollar , but notes that competition limits the ability to shift the increase in incoming costs on to consumers. Plans for investment and employment were the highest in almost two years , the pressure on production capacity increased , but most companies expect that inflation will remain under control. Central Bank conducted a survey on February 18 - March 13 , after the release of stronger than expected economic data in Canada , and the results do not show the probability of potential interest rate cuts . However, competition makes it impossible to price increases and a weaker Canadian dollar leads to an increase in purchase prices , so the Bank of Canada probably will not hurry to raise rates.

European stocks declined the most in a month, with the Stoxx Europe 600 Index falling from a six-year high, as technology companies tumbled.

The Stoxx 600 fell 1.2 percent.

“The favorites of the past few months, such as technology and biotechnology stocks, seem to be losing some of the glamor,” said Benno Galliker, a trader at Luzerner Kantonalbank AG in Lucerne, Switzerland. “There are some big question marks around the fair valuation of these shares, hence we’re seeing a bit of a shift into more defensive stocks.”

The Stoxx 600 dropped today after rising for a ninth day on April 4, the longest streak since October, amid merger and acquisition activity and as U.S. payrolls and manufacturing increased optimism that the world’s largest economy is strengthening.

National benchmark indexes retreated in all western-European markets today, except Iceland.

FTSE 100 6,622.84 -72.71 -1.09% CAC 40 4,436.08 -48.47 -1.08% DAX 9,510.85 -184.92 -1.91%  

Technology shares in the Stoxx 600 rallied 128 percent from their low in March 2009 through a six-year high on April 2, beating the 111 percent increase for the broader equity index. The Stoxx 600 Technology Index traded at 20.5 times estimated earnings at the end of last week, compared with 14.8 for the broader gauge.

United Internet declined 4.1 percent to 34.14 euros, and ARM Holdings lost 2.3 percent to 973.5 pence. Iliad SA slid 5.5 percent to 198.50 euros.

Osram Licht retreated 6.7 percent to 44.36 euros. Berenberg Bank cut the lighting manufacturer to hold from buy, meaning it no longer recommends acquiring shares. The brokerage said the transition to LED light may create more of a headwind than originally predicted for the lamps and luminaries unit.

Altice jumped 11 percent to 33.57 euros, while Bouygues lost 6.3 percent to 28.88 euros. Cable billionaire Patrick Drahi’s Altice will pay 13.5 billion euros in cash and give Vivendi 20 percent of the company created from a merger of its Numericable Group with SFR. Vivendi will receive an extra 750 million euros if earnings targets are met, the companies said in separate releases. Vivendi added 0.3 percent to 20.61 euros.

Alfa Laval AB gained 1.3 percent to 179.90 kronor. The maker of heat exchangers agreed to buy Norwegian pumpmaker Frank Mohn AS for 13 billion kroner ($2.2 billion) in cash to capture spending in offshore oil and gas drilling.

Oil prices show a slight decline on the news about the opening of the oil terminals in the north of Libya , reinforcing expectations of a quick recovery volume of supplies from the country. On the eve of the representative of the Libyan rebels announced the readiness of the rebels "temporarily" to open two export terminal on the east of the country , blocked earlier. 2 more Libyan port , also blocked , will open a month later . In total export capacity 4 terminals is about 900 thousand barrels per sutki.Ranee today media, referring to the country's Justice Minister Salah al- Margani reported that the Libyan government has agreed with the militants seized a number of oil ports in the country, the opening of oil terminals in Eze Zuvaytina cities and Mars el Hariga in the north. Note that oil production in Libya , which has the largest reserves of African oil has dropped dramatically due to the insurgency , blocking both mining and export capacity in the country. The volume of oil Libya in March 2014 fell to 250 thousand barrels per day from 1.4 million barrels a day year ranee.Soglasno data, the damage from the blockade of ports, which lasts nine months , authorities estimate at least $ 14 billion .

The dynamics also influenced the news that Iran intends shortly to increase oil production from 2.8 million to 4.2 million barrels per day. This was stated by Minister Bijan Namdar Iranian Oil Zangene . In an interview , he said that Iran " will not wait for permission USA " and that imposed by the U.S. and its Western partners sanctions do not become an obstacle for increasing exports . " We have extensive plans to increase oil exports, we have already increased its production to select the OPEC quota ," - said the Minister. Zangene expressed cautious optimism about the prospects for the abolition of oil sanctions , but noted that "if they continue ," that Iran would "work based on this situation ."

May futures for U.S. light crude oil WTI (Light Sweet Crude Oil) fell to $ 100.67 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX).

May futures price for North Sea Brent crude oil mixture dropped 47 cents to $ 105.60 a barrel on the London exchange ICE Futures Europe.

Gold prices fell slightly after the highest growth for the three weeks of growth caused by the publication of a report on U.S. employment . The dynamics affect the likelihood of further reductions in the program of quantitative easing in the U.S. .

Investors continue to evaluate data on the U.S. labor market in March. As reported by the Ministry of Labour of the country , with the seasonally adjusted number of non-farm payrolls in March increased by 192 thousand added that the figures for January and February were revised by a total of 37,000 . Nevertheless , the unemployment rate remained at the same value in March - at 6.7 %. Economists forecast that the number of employees will grow by 196 thousand and the unemployment rate dropped to 6.6%.

Analysts note that the higher rate of employment would increase the likelihood of higher interest rates in the United States in the near future , and low interest rates - one of the most important incentives for higher gold prices in recent years.

Market participants are also waiting for the publication of minutes of the meeting of the Federal Reserve in March . Such data can exert significant pressure on the dynamics of market prices. Recall that during this meeting it was decided to decrease the volume of the quantitative easing program in the amount of $ 10 billion for the third consecutive time. Thus, the monthly amount of redemption will be now about 55 billion dollars. Moving at a pace further regulator can completely abandon the loose monetary policy in the autumn of this year. Most analysts hoped to see the outcome of the meeting in a more precise allusions to the program deadlines . In addition, they want to know when will increase the base interest rate . At the moment, there are suggestions that the rate increase from the current level of 0-0.25 % will begin no earlier than mid- 2015.

Meanwhile, adding that stocks the world's largest gold exchange-traded fund secured SPDR Gold Trust on Friday fell by 1.8 tonnes to 809.18 tonnes.

Demand in the physical market dropped as markets in China , the world's largest consumer of gold, closed on the national holiday .

The cost of the June gold futures on the COMEX today dropped to $ 1300.70 per ounce.

USD/JPY Y103.00/10, Y103.50/60, 103.75, Y104.25, Y104.30, Y104.50, Y105.00

EUR/USD $1.3650, $1.3700, $1.3750, $1.3765, $1.3775, $1.3790/95, $1.3800

AUD/USD $0.9175, $0.9230, $0.9300

USD/CAD Cad1.0850, Cad1.1040, Cad1.1100

EUR/JPY Y142.15, Y142.65

GBP/USD $1.6440, $1.6540

EUR/GBP stg.0.8150

AUD/JPY Y94.00, Y97.00

USD/CHF Chf0.8775, Chf0.8900, Chf0.9000, Chf0.9045

U.S. stock-index futures fell, investors awaited this week’s start to the first-quarter corporate-earnings season.

Global markets:

FTSE 6,651.05 -0.66%

CAC 4,457.21 -0.61%

DAX 9,556.50 -1.44%

Nikkei 14,808.85 -1.69%

Hang Seng 22,377.15 -0.59%

Crude oil $100.42 (-0.71%)

Gold $1298.50 (-0.39%).

06:00 Germany Industrial Production s.a. (MoM) February +0.7% Revised From +0.8% +0.3% +0.4%

06:00 Germany Industrial Production (YoY) February +4.9% Revised From +5.0% +4.8%

07:00 Switzerland Foreign Currency Reserves March 433.5 437.9

07:15 Switzerland Consumer Price Index (MoM) March +0.1% +0.2% +0.4%

07:15 Switzerland Consumer Price Index (YoY) March -0.1% -0.1% 0.0%

08:30 Eurozone Sentix Investor Confidence April 13.9 13.7 14.1

09:40 Eurozone ECB's Yves Mersch Speaks

10:30 Eurozone ECB's Jens Weidmann Speaks

Euro traded upward against the dollar on better forecasts published statistics. Investor confidence in the eurozone unexpectedly strengthened in April , showed on Monday poll , conducted by the research center Sentix. Investor sentiment index rose to 14.1 in April , its highest level since April 2011, from 13.9 in March. According to forecasts , the index was down to 13.7 . Assessment of the current situation rose to 5.8 from 4.8 points in the previous month . The result was the highest since July 2011 . Meanwhile, the expectations index fell for the second consecutive month in April , to 22.8 from 23.5 in March.

Index of industrial production in Germany grew faster than expected in February , said the country's statistics office on Monday , showing a strong start in Europe's largest economy this year. Industrial production increased by 0.4 % per month , adjusted in February , beating economists' expectations +0.3 % m / m Value in January was revised downward to 0.7 % from 0.8 %. During the year, industrial production increased by 4.8 % in February.

"In general, the industrial sector remained strong in the first quarter , despite the challenges from the strong euro and some geopolitical uncertainty , " - said Annalisa Piazza , economist at Newedge. Data came after unexpectedly strong factory orders in February. Total production orders on a monthly basis by 0.6 % , adjusted for inflation , working days and seasonal effects .

Support for the single currency was a representative of the ECB Nowotny comments . Member of the Management Board of the European Central Bank Ewald Nowotny said that he still believes the risk of deflation in the euro zone limited , adding : ECB has a wide range of tools in case you need . Nowotny said that there is a wide range of tools , but not a priority.

As for the future launch of quantitative easing (QE), then Nowotny does not exclude any type of asset purchases , if necessary , but he personally prefers buying securities backed by assets (asset-backed security, ABS). Nowotny added that the need to strengthen the ABS market in the eurozone. Nowotny also voiced expectations of renewed growth in the prices of services in Germany in the near future , which should alleviate the problem of low inflationary pressures.

At the moment, the yen stabilized pending the outcome of two -day meeting of the Bank of Japan , the announcement of which will be held tomorrow . It is worth noting that this is the first meeting after April 1 the government increased the sales tax in the country. According to the median forecast of economists at the current meeting, the Central Bank is likely to decide to leave its monetary policy settings unchanged. However, there is a high probability that in the coming months, the Bank of Japan may double asset purchase .

EUR / USD: during the European session, the pair rose to $ 1.3737

GBP / USD: during the European session, the pair rose to $ 1.6593

USD / JPY: during the European session, the pair fell to Y102.98 and then increased to 103.31

At 14:30 GMT , Canada will release indicator of expectations in the field of credit and financial institutions , according to the Bank of Canada for the 1st quarter . At 22:00 GMT New Zealand will release the sentiment indicator from the NZIER business environment for the 1st quarter . At 23:50 GMT Japan will total current account surplus and total adjusted current account surplus for February.

EUR/USD

Offers $1.3790/800, $1.3750/60

Bids $1.3645/40

GBP/USD

Offers 

Bids $1.6525\20, $1.6510/00, $1.6485/80

AUD/USD

Offers  $0.9400, $0.9380, $0.9350

Bids $0.9255/50, $0.9225/20, $0.9200, $0.9150

EUR/JPY

Offers Y142.80, Y142.50, Y142.00

Bids  Y141.20/10, Y141.00, Y140.50, Y140.25/20

USD/JPY

Offers  Y104.00, Y103.65/75, Y103.50, Y103.30

Bids Y103.00, Y102.55/50, Y102.20, Y102.00

EUR/GBP

Offers  stg0.8320/25

Bids stg0.8190-80

European stocks declined from a six-year high as technology shares tumbled following a selloff in America. U.S. stock-index futures and Asian shares fell.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell 0.8 percent to 336.63 at 8:18 a.m. in London. The benchmark gauge rose for a ninth day on April 4, the longest streak since October, amid merger and acquisition activity and as U.S. payrolls and manufacturing data increased optimism that the world’s largest economy is strengthening. Standard & Poor’s 500 Index futures slipped 0.3 percent, while the MSCI Asia Pacific Index dropped 0.5 percent.

In Germany, a report showed that industrial production rose 0.4 percent in February after a revised 0.7 percent gain the previous month. The February increase compares with a 0.3 percent gain economists had forecast in a Bloomberg News survey.

Iliad lost 5.3 percent to 199 euros, and Nokia fell 2.4 percent to 5.41 euros. A gauge of technology companies posted the biggest decline among 19 industry groups in the Stoxx 600. In the U.S., the Nasdaq-100 Index dropped 2.7 percent on April 4, the most since November 2011, after shares from Google Inc. to Yahoo Inc. plunged as investors sold the bull market’s biggest winners.

Holcim gained 5.7 percent to 84.80 Swiss francs, and Lafarge climbed 4.1 percent to 66.74 euros. Their share-swap will lead to synergies of more than 1.4 billion euros, the companies said. Lafarge Chief Executive Officer Bruno Lafont will lead the merged company, which will be called LafargeHolcim.

Altice jumped 9.5 percent to 33 euros, while Bouygues sank 6.1 percent to 28.96 euros. Cable billionaire Patrick Drahi’s Altice will pay 13.5 billion euros in cash and give Vivendi 20 percent of the company created from a merger of its Numericable Group with SFR. Vivendi will receive an extra 750 million euros if earnings targets are met, the companies said in separate releases. Bouygues had increased its bid for the unit, offering 15.5 billion euros in cash and a 5 percent stake of an entity from combining SFR with Bouygues Telecom.

FTSE 100 6,667.94 -27.61 -0.41%

CAC 40 4,462.35 -22.20 -0.50%

DAX 9,598.21 -97.56 -1.01%

USD/JPY Y103.00/10, Y103.50/60, 103.75, Y104.25, Y104.30, Y104.50, Y105.00

EUR/USD $1.3650, $1.3700, $1.3750, $1.3765, $1.3775, $1.3790/95, $1.3800

AUD/USD $0.9175, $0.9230, $0.9300

USD/CAD Cad1.0850, Cad1.1040, Cad1.1100

EUR/JPY Y142.15, Y142.65

GBP/USD $1.6440, $1.6540

EUR/GBP stg.0.8150

AUD/JPY Y94.00, Y97.00

USD/CHF Chf0.8775, Chf0.8900, Chf0.9000, Chf0.9045

Asian stocks fell for the first time in nine days, snapping the longest winning streak on the regional gauge this year, with telecommunication and technology shares leading declines.

Nikkei 225 14,808.85 -254.92 -1.69%

S&P/ASX 200 5,413.7 -9.13 -0.17%

Naver Corp. slumped 6.5 percent in Seoul, SoftBank Corp. lost 4.6 percent in Tokyo and Tencent Holdings Ltd. fell 4.3 percent in Hong Kong as telecom and technology shares slid.

Fanuc Corp., a Japanese maker of factory equipment, sank 1.7 percent, leading industrial firms lower.

Japanese drug company Daiichi Sankyo Co. rose 3.3 percent after Indian drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. agreed to buy Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. in a $4 billion stock deal. Daiichi owns 63.5 percent of Ranbaxy.

00:00 China Bank holiday

01:30 Australia ANZ Job Advertisements (MoM) March +5.1% +1.4%

The dollar remained stronger against the euro following a three-week rally before the U.S. central bank releases minutes this week of the Federal Open Market Committee’s March meeting. The Fed is due to release on April 9 minutes of its March 18-19 meeting at which it reduced the monthly pace of bond buying by $10 billion to $55 billion. Fed Chair Janet Yellen said at that time that the central bank may start to raise borrowing costs “around six months” after ending its asset-purchase program.

Treasuries gained and the yen strengthened against the dollar on April 4 after U.S. Labor Department data showed payrolls rose 192,000 last month, compared with the 200,000 increase estimated by economists in a Bloomberg News survey. A decline in U.S. bond yields typically damps the allure of the greenback for Japanese investors.

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard is due to speak today.

Demand for the yen was limited as the Bank of Japan today starts its first policy meeting since the government raised the sales tax on April 1. Japan’s central bank may double purchases of exchange-traded funds in coming months, according to a Bloomberg News survey of economists. The BOJ will leave policy unchanged at the meeting that concludes tomorrow, the survey shows.

EUR / USD: during the Asian session, the pair traded in the range of $ 1.3690-00

GBP / USD: during the Asian session, the pair traded in the range of $ 1.6570-85

USD / JPY: on Asian session the pair traded in the range of Y103.15-40