Crude oil prices surged by 37 cents or 0.6% on Monday morning, reaching $63.45 per barrel, amid supply cuts made by OPEC countries as well as maintenance of sanctions against Venezuela and Iran.
The Nissan Motor Co CEO Hiroto Saikawa stated on Monday that the company most probably would claim damages against its former director Carlos Ghosn because of his financial misconduct.
The UK proposed new online safety regulations, which would slap penalties over social media and technology firms, if they fail to protect any user from harmful content.
Haruhiko Kuroda, the Bank of Japan Governor, stated the country's economy was anticipated to keep expanding moderately, although output and exports could feel the pinch from weakening overseas demand.
KPMG announced plans for its British operations' overhaul to create an independent audit company, regardless of decision by the competition regulator to trigger a break-up of the Big Four accounting firms, The Times' report showed.
Carlyle Group agreed to buy a 30% stake in Spain's oil and gas firm Cepsa from a sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi in a $3.6B deal with debt, the Financial Times stated.
United Arab Emirates' Dubai Islamic Bank has entered talks to take over the Dubai-based Noor Bank, according to Bloomberg's report seen on Sunday, in a potential deal that could be valued at $75 billion in assets.
A stake sale in the Indian troubled Jet Airways is likely to be postponed due to the reason that lenders need to receive more clarity from India's central bank, according to the Business Standard's statement published on Sunday.
According to report published by the China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange, the country's foreign exchange reserves increased by $8.6B or 0.3%, reaching $3.0988T.
Starting from Monday, the Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang will pay an official visit to several European countries to strengthen ties and reaffirm commitment to common strategic goals.
Malaysia's exports decreased 5.3% year-over-year to $16.3B in the month of February, hitting the weakest rate since August 2016.
Elbit Systems, the largest non-state defence company of Israel, stated that its US subsidiary signed a deal with Harris Corp. to buy its night vision business for $350M.
Israel Electric and the Leviathan agreed over the short-term deal to supply natural gas, which is estimated to reduce costs and save up to $175M.
China increased the country's gold reserves for the fourth month in succession in March to amount 60.62M ounces, the People's Bank of China reported.
AK Party of the President Tayyip Erdogan is set to ask Turkey's electoral board for a recount of all Istanbul's votes cast in elections, an official stated.
China's foreign currency reserves grew for a fifth month in succession in March, as increasing optimism over the prospects for the US-China trade deal offset concerns over weakening economic growth.
South Korea's automaker Hyundai Motor denied the report stating that the company signed a deal with China's tech firm Tencent to develop software for self-driving vehicles.
South Korea's LG Chem stated that it created a JV with Vietnam's VinFast to produce Li-ion batteries for the Vietnamese vehicle maker's electric scooters and electric cars.
Olaf Scholz, the German Finance Minister, called on the UK government and opposition Labour Party to find an agreement for the country to leave the European Union.
China is likely to step up the policy of cuts to required reserve ratios of banks to encourage funding for small and medium-sized enterprises, which play a significant role in economic growth.
Global software leader Infosys stated it opened an office in Switzerland to help service the company's clients in the industry of energy and aerospace.
Mercedes-Benz USA revealed sales of 27,004 Mercedes-Benz cars in March, while Vans unit reported monthly sales of 3,533 models, making grand total of more than 30K vehicles for the month.
A consortium led by French Engie SA submitted the offer for Brazilian Petroleo Brasileiro's major gas pipeline unit, presenting an $8.6B bid for 90% of the pipeline.
California-based transportation network company Lyft stated that it is set to invest $50M or 1% of its profits into locally-driven transportation services and other initiatives through the company's City Works programme.