GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks rise, yen dips as Crimea tension eases

GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks rise, yen dips as Crimea tension eases
UPDATE 2-Portuguese yields fall sharply on debt buyback plan
EMERGING MARKETS-Latam stock markets rally, tracking global equities
GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks up, yen down as peaceful Crimea vote boosts risk appetite
FOREX-Yen slides as Russia sanctions seen as modest
UPDATE 2-Russian assets rally on view Western sanctions to be limited
CANADA FX DEBT-C$ firms as risk aversion fades after Crimea vote
REFILE-FOREX-Yen retreats after Crimea vote, euro holds ground
EU watchdog says gathering data on forex market
UPDATE 1-Russian govt admits economy in crisis as Ukraine weighs
GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks rise, yen slips after peaceful Crimea vote
RPT-Fitch: China Reform Drive Subject to Full Employment Constraint
Debt buyback plan drives Portuguese bond yields sharply lower
Economists raise Brazil 2014 inflation view to 6.11 pct
EMERGING MARKETS-Rouble touches new record low as sanctions loom; yuan falls
Fortress-linked Pantera invested $10 mln in Bitstamp - Bloomberg
East-West standoff complicates any IMF deal for Ukraine
GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks near 1-month low as western sanctions on Russia loom
REFILE-WRAPUP 2-China's yuan dips in widened band, but scope for big swings seen limited
FOREX-Euro slips on risk of lower inflation data, yen drifts lower
Bund yields hold near eight-month lows after Crimea vote
Russian official warns country's economy in crisis
Russia may offer special tax regime for Crimea - Finance Ministry
Russia's cbank shifts boundaries of rouble's floating corridor
Moscow stocks open higher, rouble weaker after Crimea votes to join Russia

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 09:47 AM PDT

NEW YORK, March 17 (Reuters) - World stocks rose sharply on Monday as prices of the safe-haven yen and U.S. Treasuries fell, a day after Crimea's vote to join Russia passed without major violence,...

UPDATE 2-Portuguese yields fall sharply on debt buyback plan

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 09:44 AM PDT

* Portugal plans to buy back October 2015 bonds on Tuesday

EMERGING MARKETS-Latam stock markets rally, tracking global equities

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 08:09 AM PDT

By Asher Levine SAO PAULO, March 17 (Reuters) - Latin American stock markets tracked global equities markets higher on Monday as investors awaited the next steps in the standoff between Western...

GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks up, yen down as peaceful Crimea vote boosts risk appetite

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 07:59 AM PDT

* Yen extends losses after U.S. announces sanctions on Russian, Ukraine officials

FOREX-Yen slides as Russia sanctions seen as modest

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 07:58 AM PDT

* Short-term safe-haven bids for yen unwound after calm Crimean referendum

UPDATE 2-Russian assets rally on view Western sanctions to be limited

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 07:45 AM PDT

MOSCOW, March 17 (Reuters) - Russian shares and the rouble rebounded on Monday on the view that Western sanctions over Crimea would be limited to individuals rather than including trade or financial...

CANADA FX DEBT-C$ firms as risk aversion fades after Crimea vote

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 06:56 AM PDT

* Canadian dollar at C$1.1076 or 90.29 U.S. cents * Bond prices lower across the maturity curve By Leah Schnurr TORONTO, March 17 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar strengthened against the greenback on...

REFILE-FOREX-Yen retreats after Crimea vote, euro holds ground

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 05:31 AM PDT

* Euro flat vs dollar in European trade even after lower inflation data

EU watchdog says gathering data on forex market

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 05:27 AM PDT

LONDON, March 17 (Reuters) - The European Union's markets watchdog is studying the foreign exchange market following allegations that some of its benchmarks may have been manipulated by banks.

UPDATE 1-Russian govt admits economy in crisis as Ukraine weighs

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 05:14 AM PDT

MOSCOW, March 17 (Reuters) - Russia's government acknowledged for the first time on Monday that the economy was in crisis, undermining earlier attempts by officials to suggest albeit weakening growth...

GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks rise, yen slips after peaceful Crimea vote

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 05:07 AM PDT

* Euro under pressure after euro zone inflation revised down

RPT-Fitch: China Reform Drive Subject to Full Employment Constraint

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 05:04 AM PDT

March 17 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency)

Debt buyback plan drives Portuguese bond yields sharply lower

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 04:58 AM PDT

* Portugal plans to buy back October 2015 bonds on Tuesday

Economists raise Brazil 2014 inflation view to 6.11 pct

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 04:37 AM PDT

BRASILIA, March 17 (Reuters) - Economists raised their forecasts for inflation in Brazil this year to 6.11 percent from 6.01 percent previously, a weekly central bank survey showed on Monday. The new...

EMERGING MARKETS-Rouble touches new record low as sanctions loom; yuan falls

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 03:39 AM PDT

LONDON, March 17 (Reuters) - The rouble touched new lows on Monday on fears of economic fallout from Russia's standoff with the West over Ukraine, while the yuan took its biggest daily fall in three...

Fortress-linked Pantera invested $10 mln in Bitstamp - Bloomberg

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 03:18 AM PDT

March 17 (Reuters) - Pantera Capital Management LP, a hedge fund that manages money for Fortress Investment Group LLC executives, invested about $10 million in Bitstamp Ltd months before it emerged...

East-West standoff complicates any IMF deal for Ukraine

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 02:23 AM PDT

By Marc Jones LONDON, March 17 (Reuters) - Ukrainian bond prices are holding up better than expected in the stand-off with Russia because investors think the International Monetary Fund might not...

GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks near 1-month low as western sanctions on Russia loom

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 02:10 AM PDT

LONDON, March 17 (Reuters) - World stocks traded near a one-month low on Monday and the dollar and German bonds held firm as investors worried about the economic impact of possible western sanctions...

REFILE-WRAPUP 2-China's yuan dips in widened band, but scope for big swings seen limited

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 02:05 AM PDT

* Central bank seeks to end one-way bets on currency appreciation

FOREX-Euro slips on risk of lower inflation data, yen drifts lower

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 01:56 AM PDT

* Euro falls vs dollar, risk from revision to inflation data

Bund yields hold near eight-month lows after Crimea vote

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 01:26 AM PDT

LONDON, March 17 (Reuters) - German Bund yields held near eight-month lows on Monday, with tensions between the West and Moscow over the Crimean region's 96 percent vote in favour of joining Russia...

Russian official warns country's economy in crisis

Posted: 17 Mar 2014 12:35 AM PDT

MOSCOW, March 17 (Reuters) - Russia's deputy economy minister warned on Monday that the country's economy is in crisis.

Russia may offer special tax regime for Crimea - Finance Ministry

Posted: 16 Mar 2014 11:51 PM PDT

MOSCOW, March 17 (Reuters) - Russia's finance ministry said on Monday Moscow may offer a special tax regime for Ukraine's southern Crimea region, which voted overwhelmingly in a referendum on Sunday...

Russia's cbank shifts boundaries of rouble's floating corridor

Posted: 16 Mar 2014 11:18 PM PDT

MOSCOW, March 17 (Reuters) - Russia's central bank has shifted its target exchange-rate corridor for the rouble by 15 kopecks, following market interventions to curb the pace of the currency's...