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Sweden’s battered housing market is coping better with the rising borrowing costs than shown by data from the central bank and the statistics office, according to a realtor lobby.

Oil advanced as investors assessed a complex outlook for crude demand after a period of volatile trading and the dollar fell again.

Russia attacked the Kyiv region with 35 Iranian-made Shahed drones overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force said on Telegram. All the drones, which came from the Bryansk region of Russia, were shot down by air defense. The Odesa region was attacked overnight by missiles.

Japan is helping its post-Covid economic recovery with a further easing of virus-related restrictions, a move that’s expected to aid a growth trajectory that has been slower than its peers.

The tremors emanating from the US regional banking sector last week did little to ease the queasiness surrounding deposit flows and systemic risk as the last of Europe’s lenders prepare to report first-quarter results.

Natural gas purchases needed to refill Europe’s storage sites are slower than usual for this time of year despite a recent price drop with some buyers betting on a further slump.

Chinese stocks are likely to rebound on an expected revival in company earnings from this quarter, according to the co-manager of a Vontobel Holding AG emerging-market equity fund.

In China, one of the world’s most active equity markets, stocks that change hands most often are now the ones that are punishing investors.

China is expected to roll out new policies to protect supply chains and boost its birth rate, after President Xi Jinping led a high-profile meeting that established these areas as top economic priorities.