Equities

• Stocks in Asia increased after Europe and Ireland agreed on a bailout overshadowing concerns that tensions on the Korean peninsula may escalate
• MSCI Asia Pacific index climbed 0.5% to 129.62 in Tokyo, rebounding from three consecutive weeks of declines. About five stocks climbed for every three that fell
• Japan’s Nikkei 225 advanced 0.9% as a European Central Bank governing council member,  said in Tokyo that the ECB will maintain emergency measures as long as necessary
• Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index rose 0.4%. South Korea’s Kospi Index fell 0.3% while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index was little changed. The Shanghai fell 0.3% in China
• US stocks declined Friday posting a weekly loss amid concern that an Irish financial bailout will fail to contain Europe’s debt crisis, China will raise interest rates to cool inflation and the Korean peninsula conflict will escalate
• The S&P 500 Index slid 0.9% last week to 1,189.40 as 8 of 10 industry groups declined. The Dow lost 1% to 11,092, with 25 of its 30 companies posting loses
• European stocks fell as a bailout for Ireland failed to easy concerns that the sovereign debt problems will not spread in the region
• The Stoxx 600 fell 0.4% to 266.6

Bonds

• Treasuries and the German bunds declined snapping a gain from last week as EU arranged a rescue plan for Ireland, decreasing demand for safe haven assets
• Benchmark 10-year yields rose one basis point to 2.88% early morning in London
• The yield on the 10-year bund increased four basis points to 2.78% as of 7:07 a.m. in London

Commodities

• Oil futures rose as much as 0.8% after the EU and the IMF extended an aid- package to Ireland
• The January contract climbed as much as 70 cents to $84.46 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange and was at $84.30 at 2:41 p.m. Singapore time
• Gold decreased as military and political tensions on the Korean peninsula drove the dollar to a two-month high making the precious metal expensive for non dollar denominated investors
• Gold for immediate-delivery fell as much as 0.8% to $1,353.30 an ounce and was at $1,361.85 at 2:47 p.m. in Tokyo