The dollar strengthened for a fifth
day against a basket of major peers as an agreement to start de-escalating the conflict in Ukraine sent stocks higher and pushed
Treasuries down the most in a month. SEE MORE Gold futures fell as signs of gains
in the U.S. economy eroded demand for the metal. Platinum
dropped amid signs of progress in the labor dispute in South Africa, the world’s biggest producer. SEE MORE Vietnam’s petroleum price
stabilization fund was estimated to have VND842.016 billion ($39.87
million) margin by end of the first quarter of 2014, dddn.com.vn
reported, citing data from the Ministry of Finance (MoF). SEE MORE The Prime Minister has issued Decision 447 on borrowing and repayment
plans in 2014. Limits on government-guaranteed loans and medium and
long-term foreign loans of enterprises and organizations in 2014 are
also mentioned in the decision. SEE MORE China Minmetals Corp., the state-owned metals trader, led a group that agreed to pay $5.85
billion for Glencore Xstrata Plc (GLEN)’s Las Bambas copper project in Peru as China seeks greater control over material supplies. SEE MORE