Wall Street extends decline as mood sours

Yen hits 18-month high and gold price surges

April oil price gain nears seven-year record

Weak dollar and declining US production ease oversupply concerns

Yen surges to 18-month high

Japan’s currency on track for biggest weekly advance since 2008

China warns off commodity market punters

Text message warning to retail speculators is latest effort to prevent a bubble

Japanese equity funds hit by outflows

Seventh week of withdrawals as rise in the yen leads to retreat 

Happy anniversary to the Bund tantrum

Goldman Sachs warns that German bonds are still overvalued

European clearers pass first stress tests

Regulator assesses risk managers for potential systemic shocks

Fears Venezuelan imports heading for 60% slide

Government spending tumbles fast as crisis grows

Rating agency gives Portugal lifeline

Investment grade move allows ECB to keep buying country’s bonds

BT buoyed by easing competition fears

Banks lead fallers as FTSE 100 slips 1.3%

Market fears rise of late Brexit result

Electoral Commission says vote may not be known when markets open

Games makers defy predictions of doom

Top publishers have seen shares double in three years

MSCI Peru ruling threatens Frontier index

Fears the move would drive foreign investment away from $67bn bourse

China’s salary competitiveness slips

Shortage of talent and call of overseas opportunities help drive up pay, eroding competitiveness

EM flows maintain their momentum

Strong inflows help to compensate for outflows at start of year, though analysts warn of turbulence

Singing the blues over ‘broken’ boss pay

Weir vote reflects wider dismay at efforts to recast remuneration

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