India’s government forecast a robust economic recovery of 11% for fiscal 2021-22 in its annual economic statement

The benchmark STOXX 600 index dropped 1.6% in early trading

Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 4.0 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020

PJSC RusHydro (ticker symbol: MICEX-RTS, LSE: HYDR; OTCQX: RSHYY) announces operating results for the 4th quarter and full year ended December 31 2020

Brent fell 46 cents, or 0.8%, to $55.35 a barrel. WTI fell 36 cents, or 0.7%, to $52.49 a barrel.

"The surprise cut that they have done recently is a really brilliant move that led to stabilization of the market joined by other OPEC members at the most critical time," Dmitriev, who has been leading Russia's diplomacy in Saudi Arabia alongside Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, said at the Saudi Future Investment Initiative conference.

At a briefing, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden "continues to believe that Nord Stream 2 is a bad deal for Europe."

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 9.9 million barrels to 476.7 million barrels.

The pan-European STOXX 600 fell 1.9%, turning negative for the year

While renewables' 2020 performance was impressive, especially during a global pandemic, the report warns that the average pace of deployment through the 2020s will need to more than double that of the prior decade if the EU is going to hit its target of a 55 percent reduction in emissions by 2030.