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European stocks climbed, extending the Stoxx Europe 600 Index’s first weekly advance in May, as Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Monti said that most European Union leaders support joint bonds for the euro area.

Spain’s central government will analyze “with all caution” requests from regional governments to help them regain access to capital markets, Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said today after a cabinet meeting.

Catalonia will comply with its budget program and will honor its commitments, the regional government said today.

Monti told Italian television station La7 yesterday that the majority of EU leaders at a Brussels meeting this week backed joint euro-area bonds. He added that Italy can help persuade Germany to support Europe’s “common good” as well.

National benchmark indexes climbed in 13 of the 18 western- European markets. The U.K.’s FTSE 100 added less than 0.1 percent. Germany’s DAX increased 0.4 percent and France’s CAC 40 climbed 0.3 percent. Greece’s ASE sank 3.5 percent.

Lonmin and Fresnillo retreated 1.6 percent to 729 pence and 2.2 percent to 1,317 pence, respectively. Vedanta Resources Plc declined 3.3 percent to 966.5 pence. A gauge of mining companies posted the biggest decline on the Stoxx 600.

Mobistar, Belgium’s second-biggest mobile-phone company, slid 3.4 percent to 25.45 euros and Telecom Italia SpA lost 2 percent to 69.5 euro cents.

The euro touched its lowest level since July 2010 against the dollar amid concern Spain’s regional governments may lose access to capital markets. The shared currency erased earlier gains against the dollar and yen after Catalan President Artur Mas repeated his call for Spanish central government to help regions access funding and remained lower after Standard & Poor’s cut the credit ratings of five Spanish banks.

Catalonia is complying “strictly” with its budget program and will honor its commitments, according to a statement. Spain’s government is analyzing “with all caution” requests from regional governments to help them regain access to capital markets, Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said.

Spanish 10-year yields rose 15 basis points, or 0.15 percentage point, to 6.31 percent. They touched 6.51 percent on May 16, the highest since November.

The Dollar Index, which IntercontinentalExchange Inc. uses to track the greenback against the currencies of six U.S. trading partners, was little changed at 82.352, after climbing as high as 82.461, the most since September 2010.

Oil rose on reports showing that U.S. consumer confidence gained and that the United Nations’ atomic agency found evidence that Iran boosted its output of enriched uranium that could be used for a nuclear weapon.

Futures climbed as much as 0.7 percent after the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final index of consumer sentiment advanced to 79.3, the most since 2007. Iran almost doubled its supply of 20 percent-enriched uranium, to 145 kilograms (320 pounds) since February, the International Atomic Energy Agency said today.

Crude oil for July delivery rose to $91.32 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Brent oil for July settlement rose 29 cents, or 0.3 percent, to $106.84 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange.

U.S. stocks fluctuated as concern about Spain’s finances tempered optimism with data showing American consumer confidence rose to the highest since 2007.

Equities were little changed as Reuters reported that Spain’s Catalonia is running out of debt financing options and needs help, quoting Catalan President Artur Mas. Spain’s government is analyzing “with all caution” requests from regional governments to help them regain access to capital markets, Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said.

Concern about a worsening of Europe’s debt crisis offset better-than-estimated U.S. economic data. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final index of consumer sentiment climbed to 79.3 from 76.4 the prior month. The gauge was projected to hold at the preliminary reading of 77.8, according to the median forecast of economists.

Chesapeake Energy Corp. rallied 2.6 percent to $15.99. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, known for pushing for change at the companies in which he invests, has become one of Chesapeake’s largest shareholders, said a person with knowledge of the matter.

Quest Software Inc. jumped 4 percent to $26.18. Dell Inc. is in discussions to acquire the maker of tools that help companies manage their computer systems, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Gold is rising after a four-day decline against the backdrop of a weakening dollar. Euro on Friday walked away from a two-year low against the dollar, but continues to be under pressure amid fears that Greece will leave the eurozone.

Analysts at Moody's Investor Service downgraded the three largest banks in the Nordic region, citing the high level of competition in retail lending, as well as the spread of the crisis in the eurozone. However, it should be noted that the downgrade was small compared with the Spanish and Italian representatives of the industry, which confirms the high position of the creditors of Scandinavian competitors.

Thus, analysts Moody's lowered the credit and deposit ratings of Swedish banks Nordea and Handelsbanken by one notch to Aa3, while the Norwegian lender DNB rating was lowered one level as before the A1/C-.

Resistance 3:1363 (May 10-11 highs)

Resistance 2:1348/50 (area of May 14-15 high)

Resistance 1:1330 (session high)

Current price: 1318,00

Support 1:1317 (area of session low and МА (200) for Н1)

Support 2:1300 (area of support line from May 21)

Support 3:1288 (area of May 18 and 21 lows)

EUR/USD $1.2500, $1.2550, $1.2600, $1.2630, $1.2635, $1.2500

USD/JPY Y79.25, Y80.00

EUR/JPY Y100.00, Y100.50

GBP/USD $1.5685, $1.5700, $1.5800

EUR/GBP stg0.8000, stg0.8050

AUD/USD $0.9800

U.S. stock futures fell amid concern Spain’s regional governments are having trouble with finances.

Spain’s government is analyzing “with all caution” requests from regional governments to help them regain access to capital markets, Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said. “These are complex mechanisms, which have to analyzed with all the difficulties and complexities,” she told reporters today after a cabinet meeting.

Investors also awaited the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final index of consumer sentiment for May. The gauge climbed to 77.8, the highest since January 2008, from 76.4 the prior month, according to the median forecast of economists.

Global Stocks:

Nikkei  8,580.39 +17.01 +0.20%

Hang Seng 18,713.41 +47.01 +0.25%

Shanghai Composite 2,333.55 -17.42 -0.74%

FTSE  5,313.91 -36.14 -0.68%

CAC  3,017.33 -20.92 -0.69%

DAX 6,284.95 -30.94 -0.49%

Crude oil $90.52 (-0.15%)

Gold $1561.50 (+0.26%)

The euro retreated from a 22-month low against the dollar after Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said Greece will probably stay in the euro, and Germany can be persuaded to support Europe’s “common good.”

But the 17-nation common currency fell again after reports commentsz from Spain Catalonia region that they are in need of govt help as running out of debt financing options.

Euro-area finance ministers and leaders don’t plan to meet again until after the Greek election next month, which may determine the fate of the currency bloc. The June ballot was called after a May 6 vote left no party able to form a government, with voters sending the anti-bailout Syriza party into second place.

EUR/USD

Offers $1.2650, $1.2605/10

Bids $1.2515/00, $1.2485/80, $1.2450 

GBP/USD

Offers $1.5800, $1.5770, $1.5740/50, $1.5695/710

Bids $1.5610/00, $1.5580, $1.5550

Resistance 3: Y80.55 (May 16 high)
Resistance 2: Y80.15 (May 22 high)
Resistance 1: Y79.90 (resistance line from Apr 2)
Current price: Y79.52
Support 1: Y79.20 (May 23)
Support 2: Y79.00 (May 18 low)
Support 3: Y78.55 (МА (200) for D1)

Resistance 3: Chf0.9780 (high of 2011)

Resistance 2: Chf0.9700 (psychological level)

Resistance 1: Chf0.9600 (area of session high and high of January)

Current price: Chf0.9550

Support 1: Chf0.9530 (session low, May 24 low)

Support 2: Chf0.9490 (МА (100) for Н1)

Support 3: Chf0.9460 (МА (200) for Н1 and May 22 low)

Resistance 3 : $1.5840 (area of May 18-22 high)

Resistance 2 : $1.5810 (МА (200) for Н1)

Resistance 1 : $1.5730 (МА (100) for Н1, May 24 high)

Current price: $1.5670

Support 1 : $1.5640 (area of session low and May 24 low)

Support 2 : $1.5600 (psychological level, low of March)

Support 3 : $1.5520 (line of support from May’2010)

Resistance 3 : $1.2690 (May 23 highs, МА (200) for Н1, resistance line from May 1)
Resistance 2 : $1.2650 (МА (100) for Н1)
Resistance 1 : $1.2600 (area of session high and May 24 high)
Current price: $1.2580
Support 1 : $1.2510/00 (area of session low and May 24 low)
Support 2 : $1.2400 (psychological level)
Support 3 : $1.2300 (psychological level)

EUR/USD $1.2500, $1.2550, $1.2600, $1.2630, $1.2635, $1.2500

USD/JPY Y79.25, Y80.00

EUR/JPY Y100.00, Y100.50

GBP/USD $1.5685, $1.5700, $1.5800

EUR/GBP stg0.8000, stg0.8050

AUD/USD $0.9800

Asian stocks fell, with the regional benchmark index extending a four-week loss, on concern China’s biggest banks may fall short of loan targets for the first time in at least seven years amid an economic slowdown.

China Minsheng Banking Corp. fell 3 percent, leading banks lower in Hong Kong.

Nikkei 225 8,580.39 +17.01 +0.20%

S&P/ASX 200 -26.65 -0.66%

Shanghai Composite 2,333.55 -17.42 -0.74%

Esprit Holdings Ltd., a clothier that depends on Europe for 79 percent of its sales, lost 3.1 percent in Hong Kong. Sims Metal Management Ltd. slid 6.1 percent in Sydney as the processor of scrap metal forecast full-year earnings will decline.

The euro headed for its biggest weekly decline this year as signs that Europe’s debt crisis is damping growth curbed demand for the currency. Europe’s shared currency is set for a 1.9 percent slide against the dollar this week, the biggest since the period ended Dec. 16. It has fallen 1 percent versus the yen. The 17-nation euro has fallen versus all but one of its 16 major counterparts since May 18 and before figures next week that may show consumer confidence in the currency bloc was little changed this month, while the jobless rate climbed in April to a 21-year high. A final reading will probably confirm that consumer confidence in the euro area was little changed at minus 19.3 in May from minus 19.9 in the previous month, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey before the figures are released May 30. The unemployment rate climbed to 11 percent in April, the highest in data compiled by Bloomberg going back to 1990, economist forecasts in a separate poll showed before the June 1 report. A composite index based on a survey of purchasing managers in the services and manufacturing industries in the euro bloc fell to 45.9 in May from 46.7 in the previous month, according to a separate report yesterday by Markit Economics. A reading below 50 indicates contraction.

The yen fell versus the dollar as a report showed consumer prices in Japan, excluding fresh food, climbed 0.2 percent in April from a year earlier, remaining far from the Bank of Japan’s 1 percent inflation target after years of falling prices.

The Dollar Index rose to a 20-month high as investors sought the relative safety of the U.S. currency.

Yesterday the euro fluctuated against the dollar after touching the weakest level since July 2010 as German manufacturing data dropped and traders speculated measures may be taken to relieve the bloc’s debt crisis. A German index based on a survey of purchasing managers in the manufacturing industry declined to 45 this month from 46.2 in April, Markit Economics said.

The Swiss franc weakened to its lowest level in two months against the euro amid speculation the central bank may take action to discourage investment in the nation through taxing deposits.

Britain’s pound weakened against the dollar after a report showed U.K. retail sales fell the most in more than two years.

Sales including auto fuel declined 2.3% in April from the previous month, a report showed. The median forecast of economists was for a 0.7% decline.

Asian stocks fell as a survey showed China’s manufacturing may shrink for a seventh month and European leaders meeting in Brussels clashed over how to fight the region’s debt crisis.

Nikkei 225 8,563.38 +6.78 +0.08%

S&P/ASX 200 4,055.8 -11.23 -0.28%

Shanghai Composite 2,351.16 -12.27 -0.52%

Nintendo Co., a maker of video-game players that depends on Europe for a third of its sales, fell 4 percent in Tokyo.

Citic Pacific Ltd., a Hong Kong-based steelmaker with operations in iron-ore mining and property development in China, slid 2.1 percent on concern China needs to do more to support growth.

Hanwha Corp., a trader of petrochemicals and machinery, rose 4 percent in Seoul after its construction unit won an $8 billion deal to build housing units in Iraq.

Resistance 3: Chf0.9675 (Feb 11-15 low)

Resistance 2: Chf0.9640 (161.8% FIBO Chf0.9465-Chf0.9575)

Resistance 1: Chf0.9605 (session high)

The current price: Chf0.9594

Support 1: Chf0.9575 (session low)

Support 2: Chf0.9530 (May 24 low)

Support 3: Chf0.9465 (May 23 low)

Resistance 3 : $1.5775 (May 23 high)

Resistance 2 : $1.5730 (May 24 high)

Resistance 1 : $1.5675 (session high)

The current price: $1.5654

Support 1 : $1.5635 (May 24 low)

Support 2 : $1.5600 (psychological low)

Support 3 : $1.5560 (138.2% FIBO $1.5850-$1.5635)

Resistance 3 : $1.2725 (May 21 low)

Resistance 2 : $1.2685 (May 23 high)

Resistance 1 : $1.2620 (May 24 high)

The current price: $1.2528

Support 1 : $1.2515 (May 24 low)

Support 2 : $1.2455 (161.8% FIBO $1.2690-$1.2545)

Support 3 : $1.2400 (psychological level)

Change % Change Last

Gold 1,559 +10 +0.67%

Oil 90.82 +0.92 +1.02%

Change % Change Last

Nikkei 225 8,563.38 +6.78 +0.08%

S&P/ASX 200 4,055.8 -11.23 -0.28%

Shanghai Composite 2,351.16 -12.27 -0.52%

(pare/closed(00:00 GMT +02:00)/change, %)

EUR/USD $1,2536 -0,40%

GBP/USD $1,5666 -0,15%

USD/CHF Chf0,9580 +0,42%

USD/JPY Y79,57 +0,15%

EUR/JPY Y99,75 -0,25%

GBP/JPY Y124,67 +0,02%

AUD/USD       $0,9766 +0,13%

NZD/USD $0,7542 +0,37%

USD/CAD C$1,0266 +0,21%

06:00 Germany Gfk Consumer Confidence Survey June 5.6 5.8

07:15 Switzerland Employment Level Quarter I 4.04 4.05

13:55 U.S. Reuters/Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (finally) May 76.4 77.7

20:00 U.S. Treasury Currency Report May