Από τις χορηγήσεις δανείων, τις πληρωμές και τις συναλλαγές με κάρτες προέρχονται περίπου τα τρία πέμπτα των προμηθειών των ελληνικών τραπεζών, που αυξήθηκαν την τελευταία διετία κατά 17,5%.

Iron ore futures prices rose on Monday to their highest levels in nearly two weeks, helped by better-than-expected factory data in top consumer China and hopes of more stimulus measures in the world’s second-largest economy later this month.

The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships ferrying dry bulk commodities, edged higher on Wednesday as gains in the panamax vessel segment countered declines in the larger capesize segment.

Copper output in Chile, the world's largest producer of the metal, edged down in March, data from copper commission Cochilco showed on Friday, as production slid at state-run miner Codelco COBRE.UL but rose at other major mines in the country.

Egypt, a major wheat importer, has procured 900,000 metric tonsof local wheat thus far in the harvest season that started on April 13, about 30% of its target, the supply ministry said on Monday.

Iron ore futures were poised for a third straight weekly rise as prices largely consolidated gains on Friday, with improving demand in top consumer China countering higher portside inventories.