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The euro rebounds as Wall St rallies, but mood remains cautious on fears the impasse over Greece’s bail-out may result in a messy default

Commodity Futures Trading Commission set to approve $2bn as minimum gross notional value of swaps a company may sell in a year before it is designated a dealer

WGC believes Beijing made significant purchases in final months of 2011, contributing to a surge in the country’s imports

Irish sovereign debt has enjoyed one of the strongest rallies in bond markets since July, with some bondholders sitting on a 50 per cent return on investments

Time and again the central bank has avoided crystallising losses, preferring to play for time in an effort to paper amortise the pain

February is set to be the busiest trading month, apart from last August, since Vix options began trading in 2006

Europe has been slow to adopt new trading rules, but the move could prevent volatile price movements in smaller commodities markets

Bank stocks fell in early trading after the rating agency Moody’s warned it may downgrade a host of US and global financial institutions

Fears of disorderly default stalk global financial markets with the single currency reaching a low of $1.2929 and the yen continuing its downward trend

Group outperforms flat London market after Deutsche note on further consolidation in the tobacco industry