BoJ's Kuroda: Market interest rates falling a lot

BOJ Governor Kuroda, speaking in parliament, notes that market interest rates are falling a lot, Bloomberg reports. More comments to follow.

Mar 31, 2016

Gold ticks higher in Asia, but stays below $ 1230

Gold is seen reversing a part of yesterday’s losses and defends mild gains on Thursday, amid modestly higher Asian equities and broad based USD recovery.

China investment bank defaults on ‘dim sum’ bond' - FT

The Financial Times reports thata a unit of Guosen Securities, China's eighth-largest investment bank, has defaulted on a Hong Kong-traded renminbi bond.