Oil futures have been falling since last Wednesday as Brent futures plummeted by 13.08 percent and Western Texas Intermediate oil futures dropped 12.8 percent.

Last week, gold futures had the biggest weekly loss since September 2011, losing around 9.6 percent.

In recent days the major global central banks have been attempting to take action against the effects of the spread of the coronavirus, which is currently disrupting the day-to-day life

Copper markets have been experiencing a losing streak since mid-January.

This week has been a mainly positive experience for the British pound. On Monday, it advanced 0.17 percent against the dollar,

The euro has been suffering through a losing streak since the beginning of February, losing around 2.39 percent so far in the first two weeks of the month.

European Union negotiator Michael Barnier announced on Thursday that it's time to start negotiating with the UK.

Oil has been losing territory against the US dollar since the end of 2019. From January 30, 2019 to February 4, 2020, Brent oil futures lost around 10 percent of their value

Just under a week ago, President Donald Trump authorised a drone strike near Bagdad airport which killed a senior Iranian general, Qaseem Suleimani.

The EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB) passed its third reading in the Commons last night. It will now be considered by the Lords, but even if they decide to try to amend it, with the size of the government’s majority in the Commons, the amendments will be rejected.