1-South African Stocks End at Near 3-Month Low 2-Oil Prices Extend the Decline 3-Annual inflation rate in India accelerated for a 5th straight month to 6.07% in February of 2022, the highest since June of 2021 4-The Indian rupee weakened towards 76.6, not far from it's all-time low of 77.1 hit earlier in the month, 5-India kept its interest rate at a record low of 4% since March 2020 to support economic recovery from the pandemic. 6 -Investors focused on the Russia-Ukraine war and the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates. 7- yield hits 2.14% — its highest point since July 2019