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Portuguese yields rise on rescue fund doubts

Portugal’s finance minister says ‘delays and hesitations’ over the fund are destabilising the bloc as yields on his country’s five-year notes hit a fresh euro-era high

Investors start to flee herd mentality

Confidence over the economic outlook means judgments can be based on the prospects of companies rather than sentiment alone, easing the impact of the risk correlation

Brazil opposes commodity price controls

Brazil has voiced its strongest opposition yet to any international move to control commodity prices and has insisted it will not join the US in an alliance to pressure China to revalue its currency

Rate expectations move pound against euro

Sterling traders eye Bank’s quarterly inflation report for monetary policy clues after the market is wong-footed by the news that CPI is at 4%, less than expected

Portugal calls for EU rescue fund flexibility

Lisbon has criticised the European Union for delays in improving the eurozone’s €440bn financial rescue fund as the country’s borrowing costs reach new euro-era highs

US equities rally as Mubarak goes

Though equities rallied off their lows, oil prices are still above $101 as investors puzzle out their reaction to Hosni Mubarak’s resignation as Egyptian president

Increased Treasury yields and fears over inflation lift dollar

The dollar marches to a two-week high against a basket of currencies as continuing turmoil Egypt and worries over emerging market inflation boosts haven demand for the US currency

Cotton prices surge to record high amid global shortages

Cotton prices continue to spike as demand for textiles rebounds from the global financial crisis and India restricts shipments to help its domestic textiles industry

Inflation fears as Vietnam devalues dong

Hanoi slashed the value of its currency by 9 per cent in an attempt to shore up waning confidence in the economy, but economists think the government must increase interest rates in order to rein in price rises

US lawmakers revive China currency bill

US lawmakers reintroduced legislation to punish China for holding down its currency, a bill likely to encounter stiff resistance in the House of Representatives