| * Stocks climb on Yellen remarks * PetroChina and Cnooc ink Americas deals * Ukraine throws EU deal in jeopardy as it delays key vote * Severstal calls for global steel agreement * Rajan defends rupee as concerns resurface * Tata chairman warns over India roadblocks * India's retail brokers miss the party * Haiyan relief effort lays bare China's limits * Glencore Xstrata lists shares in S Africa Markets: up, up, up Stocks climb on Yellen remarks
Prepared remarks show US Federal Reserve chief nominee to take dovish tone at Senate hearing, suggesting sustained stimulus measures
http://on.ft.com/1aG2gOy PetroChina and Cnooc ink Americas deals
PetroChina buys Peruvian oil and gasfields stakes from Petrobras while separately Cnooc eyes building a terminal to export LNG in western Canada
http://on.ft.com/1aUpBSu Ukraine throws EU deal in jeopardy as it delays key vote
Ukraine's chances of signing historic deals with the EU this month are in jeopardy after its parliament delayed until next week a vote to allow jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko to be released to Germany for medical treatment.
http://on.ft.com/1eLBeNb Severstal calls for global steel agreement
Russian group calls for companies and states to agree massive restructuring of global steel industry in order dramatically to cut output and capacity
http://on.ft.com/1aUpBC4 Rajan defends rupee as concerns resurface
Having recovered from an all-time low at the end of August, the rupee has once again begun to slide back against the US dollar
http://on.ft.com/1aUpAhz Tata chairman warns over India roadblocks
In rare public comment on India's policy shortcomings, Ratan Tata, elder statesman of Indian business, makes televised criticism of roadblocks to investment in India
http://on.ft.com/1aG2gOz India's retail brokers miss the party
Retail brokerages face toughest conditions in 10 years despite the rally, in contrast to counterparts in Japan enjoying a lucrative lift in trading volumes
http://on.ft.com/1aG2eGf Haiyan relief effort lays bare China's limits
Experts say Chinese military has a long way to go before it can perform overseas relief operations at the level that the US, Japan and Australia do
http://on.ft.com/1aUpBSx Glencore Xstrata lists shares in S Africa
Secondary listing is not raising new money for Glencore, but is seen as a way to attract funds from investors who face limits on foreign investments
http://on.ft.com/1aUpAhA Emerging Markets
MSCI Emerging Market Index up +0.83% at 988.00 Europe
FTSE down +0.47% at 6,661
RTS up +1.91% at 1,434
Warsaw Wig up +0.99% at 53,202
FTSE 300 Eurotop up +0.44% at 1,289 Americas
DJIA up +0.45% at 15,822
S&P 500 up +0.81% at 1,782
Bovespa up +0.82% at 52,230 Asia
Nikkei 225 up +2.12% at 14,876
Topix up +1.19% at 1,219
Hang Seng up +0.82% at 22,649
Shanghai Composite up +0.60% at 2,101
MSCI Asia ex-Japan up +0.85% at 460.81
CNX Nifty up +1.11% at 6,056 Currencies
€/$ 1.34 (1.35)
$/¥ 99.98 (99.22) Commodities
Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.52 at 107.64
Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.20 at 93.68
100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +12.50 at 1,281 | 
