(raw materials / closing price /% change)

Gold $1,372.2 -0.10 -0.007%

ICE Brent Crude Oil $107.44 -0.71 -0.66%

NYMEX Crude Oil $98.19 -0.05 -0.05%

(index / closing price / change items /% change)

Nikkei 14,815.98 -14.41 -0.10%

Hang Seng 21,756.08 -145.87 -0.67%

Shanghai Composite 2,019.11+21.42 +1.07%

S&P 500 1,846.34 -21.86 -1.17%

NASDAQ 4,260.42 -62.91 -1.46%

Dow 16,108.89 -231.19 -1.41   

FTSE 6,553.78 -67.12 -1.01%    

CAC 4,250.51 -55.75 -1.29%    

DAX 9,017.79 -170.90 -1.86%

(pare/closed(GMT +2)/change, %)

EUR/USD $1,3870 -0,23%

GBP/USD $1,6622 +0,03%

USD/CHF Chf0,8741 +0,02%

USD/JPY Y101,87 -0,86%

EUR/JPY Y141,29 -1,10%

GBP/JPY Y169,32 -0,83%

AUD/USD $0,9037 +0,55%

NZD/USD $0,8440 -0,95%

USD/CAD C$1,1067 -0,47%

(time / country / index / period / previous value / forecast)

04:30 Japan Industrial Production (MoM) (Finally) January +4.0% +4.0%     

04:30 Japan Industrial Production (YoY) (Finally) January +10.6% +10.6%     

07:00 Germany CPI, m/m (Finally) February +0.5% +0.5%     

07:00 Germany CPI, y/y (Finally) February +1.2% +1.2%     

08:15 Switzerland Producer & Import Prices, m/m February 0.0% +0.3%     

08:15 Switzerland Producer & Import Prices, y/y February -0.3% -0.4%     

09:30 United Kingdom Trade in goods January -7.7 -8.7     

12:30 U.S. PPI, m/m February +0.2% +0.2%     

12:30 U.S. PPI, y/y February +1.2% +1.1%     

12:30 U.S. PPI excluding food and energy, m/m February +0.2% +0.1%     

12:30 U.S. PPI excluding food and energy, Y/Y February +1.3%         

13:55 U.S. Reuters/Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (Preliminary) March 81.6 81.9

The dollar rose sharply against the euro amid falling risk appetite during the U.S. session , when the stock markets fall , despite strong U.S. data . Note that one of the reports showed that initial applications for unemployment benefits fell by 9,000 and amounted to a seasonally adjusted 315,000 in the week ended March 8. The result was the lowest since late November. Number of references to the previous week were revised slightly higher. Economists had forecast 334,000 new claims will be filed last week.

It was also reported that retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 0.3% in February from January . Retail sales excluding auto purchases grew at the same pace . Economists had forecast a 0.3 % increase in total sales last month and an increase of 0.2 % excluding autos . Sales rose by a modest 1.5% compared with a year earlier . Changes showed that retail sales fell 0.6 % in January compared with the originally voiced by -0.4 %.

Also had a noticeable impact statements of the head of the ECB Draghi, who said that the ECB is preparing to take extra steps to protect the eurozone from deflation as the strong euro " crushes " on prices. He also noted that the risk of deflation were " very limited " , but the longer inflation remains at a low level , the greater the likelihood of developing deflationary risks. "That's why the ECB is preparing additional non-standard measures of monetary policy to protect against such accidents and is ready to take further decisive action if necessary ," said Draghi .

The Canadian dollar rose against the U.S. currency due to improved relative to risk and strengthening currencies of New Zealand and Australia. The Canadian dollar was supported by the growth of the Australian and New Zealand dollars, which tend to be closely linked with the Canadian currency, after increasing by 25 basis points rate Reserve Bank of New Zealand and surprisingly strong report on the number of jobs in Australia in February. Interbank trading and interest in investment funds supported the Canadian dollar currency in the London session . Slight weakening of the Canadian dollar was noted after the news that U.S. retail sales rose 0.3 % in February, but quickly regained those losses .

The yen has appreciated strongly against the U.S. dollar amid falling risk appetite . Couple became under pressure when the stock market in the United States moved into negative territory . Growth of the yen also help data released today in Japan , which suggests that the company at least , do not expect a cruel blow. This is good news for abenomiki that in recent months , it seems , began to fizzle out as the promised recovery of exports has not materialized . Strong investment companies talk about what lies ahead - news gets even better . Basic orders for machinery and equipment - a leading indicator of investment in six months - in January jumped by 13.4 % compared with the previous month . It is the second largest growth in the current series of data , which was launched in 2005. He says that the company seems more confident than expected, that the economy can withstand the increase of the sales tax . Another positive sign is the strength of orders in the manufacturing sector , which in recent months lagged nonproductive orders.

European stocks fell, extending a one-month low, with a slump in Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc (MRW) leading retailers lower, while concern grew over the situation in Ukraine.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index lost 1 percent to 324.82 at 4:30 p.m. in London after earlier gaining as much as 0.2 percent. The gauge declined 1.1 percent yesterday amid stake sales in companies, while Russia and Ukraine continued a standoff over Crimea. The European index has fallen 4 percent from a six-year high reached Feb. 25.

The U.S. and Germany stepped up pressure on Russia to back down from plans to annex Crimea from Ukraine as western powers try to muster economic and diplomatic sanctions to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to defuse the situation. The region will hold a referendum in three days.

U.S. President Barack Obama, who met Ukraine’s interim Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk at the White House yesterday, said “the international community -- the European Union and others -- will be forced to apply a cost to Russia’s violations of international law and its encroachments on Ukraine.”

A Commerce Department showed that sales at U.S. retailers climbed 0.3 percent in February, the first increase in three months, after a revised 0.6 percent drop in January. Economists survey had called for a gain of 0.2 percent.

Separate data showed that initial jobless claims unexpectedly fell to 315,000 in the week ended March 8, the lowest level since November, from 324,000 in the earlier period. That compares with the 330,000 economists had predicted.

National benchmark indexes retreated in all of the 18 western-European markets today.

FTSE 100 6,553.78 -67.12 -1.01% CAC 40 4,250.51 -55.75 -1.29% DAX 9,017.79 -170.90 -1.86%

Morrison slumped 12 percent to 205.6 pence. The smallest of the U.K.’s four main grocers forecast a third straight decline in pretax profit and said it will sell 1 billion pounds ($1.7 billion) in property over the next three years. Earnings may drop to as little as 325 million pounds this year, the company said as it posted a 13 percent drop in underlying pretax profit for the year ended Feb. 2.

Delhaize Group fell 8.3 percent, the most since May 2012, to 48.38 euros after predicting lower profitability in Belgium. The owner of the Food Lion supermarkets reported fourth-quarter adjusted EBIT (DELB) of 182 million euros ($253 million), trailing the 188 million-euro analyst projection.

Adecco lost 6.6 percent to 73.45 Swiss francs. Jacobs Holding AG sold 30.2 million shares for 71.50 francs each. Adecco jumped 4.5 percent yesterday after posting full-year profit that exceeded analysts’ estimates.

Lufthansa advanced 3.8 percent to 18.60 euros. Europe’s second-largest airline said it will pay a dividend of 45 euro cents a share. Operating profit in 2013 fell to 697 million euros, exceeding the 662 million-euro average analyst estimate.

Royal Boskalis Westminster NV rose 3 percent to 37.43 euros. The Dutch dredging company said revenue in 2013 rose to a record 3.54 billion euros from 3.08 billion euros a year earlier, beating analyst projections. Net income climbed to 366 million euros last year from 249 million euros. The company said it will buy back as many as 10 million shares through 2016.

Oil futures show mixed results , as weaker -than-expected Chinese economic data fueled fears for the future demand . The course of trade also continues to influence the tense situation between Russia and Ukraine.

According to figures released today by the State Statistical Office of the country , China's industrial output in January-February 2014 grew by only 8.6% compared to the same period last year , while analysts had expected an increase of 9.5% on the figure . And disappointing data on retail sales, which showed a rise in February, only 11.8% , while analysts had expected an increase of 13.5 % figure . In addition, upset and figures on the volume of investment in fixed assets in China , which increased for the first two months of the year by 17.9 %. Experts expect the growth rate of 19.4 %. It is worth noting that China does not give separate figures for January and February , combining statistics for the first two months of the year , allowing you to avoid misrepresentation in connection with the celebration of the New Year according to the Lunar calendar , which falls every year on different dates .

Concerns about the growth of demand in the market strengthened and news from the U.S. . It is learned that the Americans are planning to hold a test sale of oil from the strategic reserve , as has been rumored in the media led to a drop in oil prices by 2%. Test volume was insignificant, but symbolic. Thus, on the eve of " referendum " in Crimea Americans have shown that they are willing to include the most powerful anti-Russian arms - derail oil prices . But the market is now formed a record long speculative positions in oil. And if we can provoke them unloading , then the fall in oil prices by 20% and sales of strategic reserves is not required.

Slightly influenced the course of trading today's data on the U.S., which was better than many experts had expected .

April futures price for U.S. light crude oil WTI (Light Sweet Crude Oil) rose to $ 98.34 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX).

April futures price for North Sea Brent crude oil mixture declined 47 cents to $ 107.74 a barrel on the London exchange ICE Futures Europe.

Gold prices fell , retreating from six-month high , which was associated with the release of better than expected U.S. data . As it became , initial applications for unemployment benefits fell by 9,000 and totaled a seasonally adjusted 315,000 in the week ended March 8. The result was the lowest since late November. Number of references to the previous week were revised slightly higher. Economists had forecast 334,000 new claims will be filed last week. Stronger decline suggests that employers cut fewer workers than in previous months - the development , sometimes pointing to boost employment.

Another report showed that retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 0.3% in February from January . Retail sales excluding auto purchases grew at the same pace . Economists had forecast a 0.3 % increase in total sales last month and an increase of 0.2 % excluding autos . Sales rose by a modest 1.5% compared with a year earlier . Changes showed that retail sales fell 0.6 % in January compared with the originally voiced by -0.4 %. Like other aspects of the economy , retail sales slowed in December and January after rising in most of the past year. But sales have bounced back in most categories last month, including restaurants , sporting goods stores and furniture dealers .

Meanwhile, add that on concerns about the Chinese economy and geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine, gold is still in demand as a " safe haven ." Support to the market also gives the strengthening euro, which reached a maximum level against the U.S. dollar since October 2011. , And speculative activity , against which continues to increase the likelihood of correction .

The data also showed that the largest gold reserves in the world of exchange-traded fund SPDR Gold Shares fell on Wednesday , recording his first loss since February 19 .

The cost of the April gold futures on the COMEX today dropped to $ 1368.90 per ounce.

USD/JPY Y102.00, Y102.70, Y102.85, Y103.10, Y103.15, Y103.25, Y103.65, Y104.00

EUR/USD $1.3800, $1.3900, $1.3910, $1.3930, $1.3950

GBP/USD $1.6670, $1.6700, $1.6725

EUR/GBP stg0.8200, stg0.8275, stg0.8300

AUD/USD $0.8960, $0.9000, $0.9005, $0.9040/50, $0.9155, $0.9175

USD/CAD C$1.0970, C$1.1000, C$1.1050, C$1.1190

U.S. stock futures advanced as data showed retail sales rose in February and jobless claims unexpectedly fell in the latest week.

Global markets:

Nikkei 14,815.98 -14.41 -0.10%

Hang Seng 21,756.08 -145.87 -0.67%

Shanghai Composite 2,019.11 +21.42 +1.07%

FTSE 6,611.31 -9.59 -0.14%

CAC 4,312.76 +6.50 +0.15%

DAX 9,217.45 +28.76 +0.31%

Crude oil $97.78 (-0.21%)

Gold $1366.30 (-0.31%).

07:45 France CPI, m/m February -0.6% +0.4% +0.6%

07:45 France CPI, y/y February +0.7% +1.1% +1.1%

09:00 Eurozone ECB Monthly Report March

12:30 Canada New Housing Price Index January +0.1% +0.3% +0.3%

12:30 U.S. Retail sales February -0.6% Revised From -0.4% +0.3% +0.3%

12:30 U.S. Retail sales excluding auto February -0.3% Revised From 0.0% +0.2% +0.3%

12:30 U.S. Import Price Index February +0.4% Revised From +0.1% +0.6% +0.9%

12:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims March 324 Revised From 323 334 315

The euro has risen sharply against the U.S. dollar in the absence of significant macro-statistics . Secondary data came from information on inflyatsii.Vo France French measure of inflation, agreed by EU standards , accelerated in February, slightly faster than expected, data showed on Thursday statistical office INSEE. Harmonized index of consumer prices , or HICP, rose 1.1 percent year on year , after rising 0.8 percent in January . Economists had expected the rate of inflation will be 1 percent . On a monthly measurement of the harmonized index of consumer prices rose 0.6 percent in February , replacing a similar decline in January. Monthly data were in line with expectations of economists.

HICP growth in February came mainly from the end of the winter sales and its effect on the prices of clothing and footwear , and to a lesser extent on the price of industrial products.

In turn, the consumer price index rose by 0.9 percent a year in February , after a 0.7 percent gain in the previous month . Economists forecast the inflation rate of 1 percent . Core inflation rose to 0.7 per cent compared with January unusually low level of 0.1 percent. The monthly increase was 0.5 percent in February compared with 0.4 percent in the previous month . On a monthly basis, the CPI rose by 0.6 per cent , offsetting the decline of similar size in the previous month . Economists had expected a gain of 0.5 percent.

Also today published a monthly report by the ECB. In its March bulletin of the ECB Governing Council reiterated that rates will be kept low for a long period of time , according to the downward revision of inflation associated with the continued weakness of the eurozone economy and " high level of spare capacity , and reducing the growth of money and credit " .

Yet a moderate recovery in the region takes place in accordance with the forecasts of the ECB, and the current outlook for prices and the economy confirms the need to continue accommodative policy , as it is necessary to maintain recovery.

The Governing Council of the ECB expects that " in 2014, the annual HICP growth will be 1.0% , in 2015 - 1.3% , and in 2016 - 1.5% ," adding that "in the last quarter of 2016 the annual rise is expected to be + 1.7 %. " As for GDP growth , the Bank expects that in 2014 it will be 2% , in 2015 - 1.5 %, and in 2016 - 1.8%.

Finally, the report calls on the National Bank of the governments of member states to increase efforts aimed at " reducing the national debt by implementing financial strategies under the Stability and Growth Pact . Authorities also need to continue structural reforms aimed at reducing the level of unemployment in the region.

The British pound also rose substantially against the dollar on housing data . Rising house prices in the UK slowed in February , showed on Thursday last poll from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). House price balance amounted to six minimum score of 45 . The result fell short of forecasts, at 52 , that it would be unchanged compared with the result of January (which was revised down from 53 ) .

Among the individual components of the survey, subindexes price expectations , sales and number of customers continued to increase . Regionally, prices rose at a much faster pace in London and the South East .

EUR / USD: during the European session, the pair rose to $ 1.3967

GBP / USD: during the European session, the pair rose to $ 1.6717

USD / JPY: during the European session, the pair fell to Y102.41 and stepped

In the U.S. at 14:00 GMT will change in the volume of reserves in commercial warehouses for January. At 21:30 GMT New Zealand will release the index of business activity in the manufacturing sector of Business NZ in February. At 23:50 GMT the meeting minutes will be published on the Bank of Japan's monetary policy .

EUR/USD

Offers $1.4000, $1.3967/75

Bids $1.3880, $1.3820

GBP/USD

Offers $1.6785/800, $1.6745/55, $1.6720/25, $1.6700/10

Bids $1.6650, $1.6630-10

AUD/USD

Offers $0.9150, $0.9100

Bids $0.9025/20, $0.9000, $0.8950, $0.8910/00

EUR/JPY

Offers Y144.00, Y143.75/80, Y143.45/50, Y143.15/20

Bids Y142.50, Y142.20, Y142.00, Y141.50

USD/JPY

Offers Y103.75/80, Y103.50, Y103.20, Y103.00

Bids Y102.30/20, Y102.00, Y101.50

EUR/GBP

Offers stg0.8435/40, stg0.8415/20, stg0.8390/405, stg0.8380

Bids stg0.8320

European stocks were little changed, after closing at a one-month low, as a slump in Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc led retailers lower. U.S. stock-index futures and Asian shares climbed.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index gained 0.2 percent to 328.58 at 9:34 a.m. in London. The gauge declined 1.1 percent yesterday amid stake sales in companies, while Russia and Ukraine continued a standoff over Crimea. Standard & Poor’s 500 Index futures added 0.3 percent, and the MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 0.2 percent.

A Commerce Department report at 8:30 a.m. Washington time may show that sales at U.S. retailers climbed 0.2 percent in February after a 0.4 percent drop the previous month, according to the median economist forecast in a Bloomberg News survey.

Separate data will probably show that initial jobless claims rose to 330,000 in the week ended March 8 from 323,000 in the earlier period, economists said before the report.

Morrison slumped 6.3 percent to 218.4 pence. The smallest of the U.K.’s four main grocers said it will sell 1 billion pounds ($1.7 billion) in property over the next three years after forecasting a third straight decline in pretax profit. Earnings may drop to as little as 325 million pounds this year, the company said as it posted a 13 percent drop in underlying pretax profit for the year ended Feb. 2.

Adecco lost 6.9 percent to 73.20 Swiss francs. Jacobs Holding AG sold 30.2 million shares for 71.50 francs each. Adecco jumped 4.5 percent yesterday after posting profit that exceeded analysts’ estimates.

Lufthansa advanced 5.4 percent to 18.88 euros. Europe’s second-largest airline said it will pay a dividend of 0.45 euros a share. Operating profit in 2013 fell to 697 million euros, in line with the company’s forecast of 600 million euros to 700 million euros, and exceeding the 662 million-euro average analyst estimate compiled by Bloomberg.

FTSE 100 6,610.59 -10.31 -0.16%

CAC 40 4,303.91 -2.35 -0.05%

DAX 9,204.64 +15.95 +0.17%

USD/JPY Y102.00, Y102.70, Y102.85, Y103.10, Y103.15, Y103.25, Y103.65, Y104.00

EUR/USD $1.3800, $1.3900, $1.3910, $1.3930, $1.3950

GBP/USD $1.6670, $1.6700, $1.6725

EUR/GBP stg0.8200, stg0.8275, stg0.8300

AUD/USD $0.8960, $0.9000, $0.9005, $0.9040/50, $0.9155, $0.9175

USD/CAD C$1.0970, C$1.1000, C$1.1050, C$1.1190

Asian stocks trimmed a rebound, with gauges in Hong Kong and Tokyo reversing, the yen climbed and copper declined as China reported slower-than-estimated growth in industrial production, retail sales and fixed-asset investment. China said industrial output expanded 8.6 percent through January and February, less than the 9.5 percent estimate of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg, underscoring fears of a slowdown that’s fueled a rout in global equities and industrial metals. Premier Li Keqiang pledged to control systemic risks in the financial system as an annual meeting of lawmakers finished today.

Nikkei 225 14,815.98 -14.41 -0.10%

S&P/ASX 200 5,412.61 +28.42 +0.53%

Shanghai Composite +21.42 +1.07%

Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co. surged more than 3 percent on media reports that banks may be the first batch of companies to take part in a preferred-stock trial.

Liquor maker Kweichow Moutai Co. rallied 4 percent after Shenyin & Wanguo Securities Co. targeted a stock price that’s more than 20 percent above current levels.

00:00 Australia Consumer Inflation Expectation March +2.3% +2.1%

00:01 United Kingdom RICS House Price Balance February 52% Revised From 53% 52% 45%

00:30 Australia Unemployment rate February 6.0% 6.0% 6.0%

00:30 Australia Changing the number of employed February 18.0 Revised From -3.7 +15.3 +47.3

01:10 New Zealand RBNZ Governor Graeme Wheeler Speaks

05:30 China Retail Sales y/y February +13.6% +13.5% +11.8%

05:30 China Fixed Asset Investment February +19.6% +19.5% +17.9%

05:30 China Industrial Production y/y February +9.7% +9.5% +8.6%

The yen held a three-day gain versus the dollar before reports in the U.S. and China that come amid concern the world’s largest economies are slowing. Retail spending in the U.S. probably rose 0.2 percent in February from the previous month, when it declined, data due today is predicted to show, according to a separate poll. The Labor Department is forecast to report that initial jobless claims climbed 7,000 to 330,000 in the week to March 8.

Reports today are forecast to show Chinese retail sales grew at a 13.5 percent annual pace, while gains in industrial production slowed to a 9.5 percent rate, according to the median estimates in Bloomberg News surveys.

The kiwi dollar climbed to a record against the currencies of its trading partners as New Zealand became the first developed economy to raise interest rates since 2011.  Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler indicated he will tighten policy further in coming months to damp inflation pressures after today raising the cash rate to 2.75 percent, from 2.50 percent.

Australia’s dollar surged and bonds dropped as employers added the most full-time jobs since 1991. The statistics bureau said employers added 47,300 positions last month, surpassing the 15,000 gain forecast in a Bloomberg survey. Full-time employment increased by the most in more than 22 years. The jobless rate held at a decade-high 6 percent.

EUR / USD: during the Asian session, the pair rose to $ 1.3950

GBP / USD: during the Asian session, the pair rose to $ 1.6670

USD / JPY: on Asian session the pair traded in the range of Y102.60-85

There is a busy schedule on both sides of the Atlantic Thursday, with a full calendar of both data and central bank speakers. The European calendar gets underway at 0745GMT, with the release of the French February HICP data, followed at 0800GMT by the release of the Spanish January retail sales data. At 0815GMT, ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure will deliver a speech on an integrated banking union, in Paris. The ECB will release their monthly report at 0900GMT, largely expected to mirror President Draghi's statement at last week's press conference. Italian final February HICP will also be released at 0900GMT. At 1000GMT, the Bundesbank will hold a press conference to discuss the annual financial statement, in Frankfurt. At the same time, German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks before parliament on the Ukraine situation. Following her appearance in the Reichstag, Merkel and Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka will hold a joint press conference, in Berlin at 1215GMT.