Currencies
Commodities: DoE data boosts WTI futures, net oil imports lowest since 1992
Energy futures climbed on Thursday following the release of data showing a large drawdown in US stockpiles, which helped to buoy the entire complex.
Countries with restrictions on freedom of speech rank highest in annual corruption perception index
Transparency International's 2017 Corruption Perception Index reveals high levels of corruption in over two-thirds of countries, with the UK among the few that managed to improve their rating.
US initial jobless claims decline
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell last week, according to data released by the Labor Department on Thursday.
Parliament to question Cambridge Analytica chief as part of 'fake news' inquiry
Parliament's Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (DCMS) is questioning Alexander Nix, CEO of Cambridge Analytica on 27 February as part of parliamentary enquiry into fake news to investigate if the public has been manipulated and been fed untruths.
US corporate investment may be coming out of the doldrums, Fed's Quarles says
Corporate investment may finally be coming out of the doldrums, a top US central bank official said, sticking to the monetary authority's mantra that policy should continue to be gradually "normalised" given job market strength and the "likely only temporary" softness of inflation.
German business confidence deteriorates more than expected in February - Ifo
German business confidence deteriorated more than expected in February, according to a widely-followed survey released on Thursday.