Bonds
Narrow money supply in the euro area stabilises further in November
The euro area's money supply tightened further last month but some economists believed they could spy a silver lining in the data.
Bonds: Government debt markets extend gains at the start of 2019
These were the movements in some of the most widely-followed 10-year sovereign bond yields:.
Trump calls for deal to end US federal government shutdown
America's President reached out overnight to Democratic lawmakers to resolve a dispute over funding for extending the border wall with Mexico which had led to a partial shutdown of the US federal government just under a fortnight before.
Caixin China manufacturing sector PMI drops below 50.0 point mark in December
Factory sector conditions in China weakened further at the end of 2018 with companies continuing to pare their headcount and to trim prices amid soft demand conditions, the results of one of the most widely-followed surveys revealed.