On Monday, Asian equities edged lower, as traders and investors await the US corporate earnings reports.
According to official data, Japan's bank lending surged by 6.3% last month, as the COVID-19 pandemic pressured the services sector.
On Monday, the US Dollar languished near a two-and-half week lows against a basket of major currencies, as a drop in the US Treasury yields restrained the Greenback.
Canada's trade surplus narrowed to $792M in February from $960M in January, a report published by the Statistics Canada shows.
Sales of Mercedes-Benz cars increased 60.1% to 222,520 units in the first three months of 2021, the German carmaker Daimler reports.
The global manufacturing activity expanded in March, data published by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing show.
The Greek economy is expected to expand 4.8% in 2022, the Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras says.
Reuters revealed on Sunday that Microsoft had bid $16 billion for Nuance Communications.
On Sunday, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell stated that the US economy is at an infection point.
On Sunday, two of South Korea's biggest electric-vehicle battery producers SK Innovation Co and LG Energy Solution agreed on a $1.8B settlement.
As reported by the Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitung on Sunday, the leader of Switzerland's financial watchdog FINMA asked Credit Suisse about the risks of Greensill.
On Sunday, voters in the Republic of Benin cast their ballots in a presidential election after a week of violent protests.
On Sunday, the French Minister for European Affairs Clement Beaune said that it was too early to guarantee summer holidays abroad.
On Sunday, South Korean battery makers announced a 1.8$ billion settlement with the Unites States in an ongoing trade dispute.
Board Member of the ECB Fabio Panetta stated on Sunday that the European Central Bank should not delay the rising of inflation.
On Sunday, the price for Bitcoin reached above the 60,000 USD mark, as talks of reduced supply renewed.
On Saturday, the US Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell met with former US President Donald Trump to discuss support for 2022 Congress elections.
The Spanish government revised its economic growth forecast to 6.5% in 2021, down from 7.2%, as the country faces a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The unemployment rate in Canada declined 0.7% to 7.5% in March 2021, the lowest level in a year, a report published by the Statistics Canada shows.
Mexico's industrial activity increased 0.4% in February, compared to the previous month, data published by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography show.
Retail sales in Italy rose 6.6% in February, compared to the prior month, a report published by the National Statistics Institute shows.
China's railway freight volume increased 12% to 920M tonnes in the first three months of the current year, the national railway operator reports.
Ford Motor sold 153,822 vehicles in China in the first quarter of 2021, an increase of 73.3% from the same period in 2020, the Detroit News reports.
Bilateral trade between China and Brunei rose 72.5% to $1.91B in 2020, the Chinese Ambassador to Brunei Yu Hong says.