MARKETS

Toshiba has emerged as one of the strong performers as its shares rose by 3.4%.

A new jobs report will also be released later this week.

Worries over French presidential election, Trump and Brexit drive gold market sentiment as the dollar weakens.

Shares in Sainsbury's lost ground after losing market share in a poll by Kantar Worldpanel.

South African rand plunges more than 1.5% against the dollar, after S&P slashes country's credit rating.

Atop gas fields and Grangemouth refinery, Ratcliffe's Ineos will soon manipulate infrastructure that delivers 40% of North Sea oil and gas.

As the general election looms in France, its aftermath could have a profound impact on the euro.

Traders are also awaiting the RBA's monetary policy decision which is expected to be announced later in the day.

The electric car company overtook Ford to become the second most valuable car maker in America.

Libyan production rebound puts pressure on crude futures riding high on the back of Opec output cut chatter.

BP is a strong riser in the top flight after it sells North Sea pipeline to rival Ineos for $250m.

Euro falls flat despite Eurozone's factory output hitting highest level since 2011.

Oil major and petrochemicals firm ink £200m deal giving the latter access to 40% of British crude production.

Investors remain concerned over Donald Trump's first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week.

Slow day in commodities sees oil and gold futures register most moves as dollar remained strong intraday.

Stocks with significant South African operations slump after President Jacob Zuma sacks finance minister.

South African rand plunges 5% against the dollar after President Jacob Zuma reshuffles its cabinet.

Research suggests investors are increasingly worried about Brexit aftermath and populist movements in Europe.

The Chinese government's preventative restrictions have caused a 0.1% growth rate in property prices.

China manufacturing PMI climbed to 51.8 in March, marking the highest levels seen in almost 5 years.

All three major markets ended up one day before the end of the first quarter.

Gold price slide extends into second successive session with strong dollar proving to be drag on trading.

Shares in Scottish energy supplier SSE fell after it said it it expects profit at its networks division to be £100m lower.

Dollar edges higher after positive GDP data, while euro remains under pressure ahead of French elections.

Investors are also concerned over ECB policymakers being wary of changing their policy.

Bullish analyst predicts double-digit earnings growth for quarter.

The move comes as Brussels confirms it will block the €29bn merger of the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse.

Invocation of Article 50 by London did not pull in a flurry of bets on gold as precious metal prices tumbled.

Pound gains against euro and dollar after Theresa May triggers Article 50 to begin Brexit.