Currencies

• EUR/USD The dollar advanced versus most of its major counterparts as Asian stocks fell and European finance ministers withheld an aid package for Greece.
  • The dollar rose 0.2 percent to $1.3255 per euro as of 6:30 a.m. in London

• AUD/USD Australia's dollar fell from near a six-month high after the Reserve Bank lowered its forecasts for growth and inflation this year, boosting scope for policy makers to reduce interest rates.
  • Australia's dollar slid 0.7 percent to $1.0714 at 4:13 p.m. in Sydney, after reaching $1.0845 on Feb. 8, the most since Aug. 2

Commodities

• Oil fell from the highest in three weeks, trimming a weekly gain, as concern that Europe's debt crisis will worsen and curb global commodity demand.
  • Oil for March delivery fell as much as 46 cents to $99.38 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange and was at $99.57 at 5 p.m. Sydney time

• Gold hovered unchanged at around $1,730 an ounce on Friday in cautious trade as euro zone finance ministers held off on approving a bailout package for Greece even after it said it had clinched a deal on economic reforms.
  • Gold Price was little changed at $1,732.34 an ounce by 0315 GMT, after two straight days of losses.

Equities

• Asian stocks fell, paring the regional index's longest streak of weekly gains since 2005, as European leaders held back aid for debt-laden Greece pending a parliamentary vote on an austerity plan and as companies cut earnings forecasts.
  • The Nikkei 225 Stock Average lost 0.6 percent today.
  • South Korea's Kospi Index dropped 1 percent.
  • Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index both fell 1.2 percent.

• US stocks rose, sending the Standard & Poor's 500 Index higher for a third day, as Greek political leaders struck a deal on a package of austerity measures needed to secure international rescue funds.
  • The S&P 500 increased 0.2 percent
  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 6.51 points

• European stocks rose for the first time in four days as Greek political leaders reached a consensus on austerity measures and the European Central Bank held its benchmark interest rate at a record low.
  • France's CAC 40 added 0.4 percent.
  • Germany's DAX climbed 0.6 percent.
  • U.K.'s FTSE 100 gained 0.3 percent.

Sources: Bloomberg, FT