| * Iran deal dents oil prices, bolsters Asia shares * Relief sweeps Tehran on landmark deal * Beijing claims Senkaku air zone... * ...Abe urges China to withdraw air defence plan * Ukraine needs help to shake off Russia * Chile: Just deserts * Korean cosmetics seduce Asia * Trafigura raises $500m from sale of 10% Puma stake * Jakarta outsider Joko Widodo tipped for national role * Japan rejects China claim on airspace over disputed islands * Markets: up! Iran deal dents oil prices, bolsters Asia shares Oil prices fell sharply on Monday after Iran and six world powers sealed a deal curbing its nuclear program, a fillip for global economic growth that found expression in heartier share prices in Tokyo and Seoul. http://reut.rs/18iber9 Relief sweeps Tehran on landmark deal Iranians hope the Geneva agreement will give the government breathing space to tackle with rocketing inflation, recession and high unemployment http://on.ft.com/1jzL8PZ Japan anger at China air zone over disputed islands Beijing declares 'air defence identification zone' over disputed islets in the East China Sea, prompting Tokyo to lodge a protest http://on.ft.com/1jzL8PQ Abe urges China to withdraw air zone plan In escalating war of words, Japan's PM calls on China to withdraw a plan for an air defence zone that overlaps with one already operated by Tokyo http://on.ft.com/1c4ooHb Ukraine needs help to shake off Russia The EU has the power and the ability to come back with the means to keep the country out of Moscow's imperialist sphere of influence http://on.ft.com/1jzL8PT Chile: Just deserts Michelle Bachelet's promises – more jobs, more education, more tax – could intensify the struggle for viability for the country's copper miners http://on.ft.com/1jzL96d Korean cosmetics seduce Asia Encouraged by a boom in Korean pop culture, AmorePacific and its peers are aggressively trying to take share from western rivals and tap overseas markets http://on.ft.com/1c4ooHc Trafigura raises $500m from sale of 10% Puma stake Trafigura, one of the world's largest commodities trading houses, has raised $500m from the sale of a 10 per cent stake in Puma Energy in a deal that makes a stock market flotation of its fast-growing petrol station and oil terminal unit less likely. http://on.ft.com/IaBPdn Jakarta outsider Joko Widodo tipped for national role As he conducts one of his trademark spot checks on a canal dredging project in a slum area, Joko Widodo, Jakarta governor, is mobbed by hundreds of locals desperate to shake his hand, take a photo or grab one of the exercise books that he is handing out. But although this flood-prone city of 12m people is well into the rainy season, disaster mitigation is not the main game in town. http://on.ft.com/1bfP5Ks Emerging Markets MSCI Emerging Market Index up +0.47% at 1,014 Europe FTSE down +0.29% at 6,694 RTS up +0.08% at 1,446 Warsaw Wig up +0.63% at 55,180 FTSE 300 Eurotop up +0.52% at 1,304 Americas DJIA up +0.34% at 16,065 S&P 500 up +0.50% at 1,805 Bovespa up +0.21% at 52,801 Asia Nikkei 225 up +1.54% at 15,619 Topix up +0.88% at 1,260 Hang Seng down -0.05% at 23,684 Shanghai Composite down -0.47% at 2,186 MSCI Asia ex-Japan up +0.37% at 469.40 CNX Nifty up +2.00% at 6,115 Currencies €/$ 1.35 (1.35) $/¥ 101.74 (101.33) Commodities Brent Crude (ICE) down -1.76 at 109.29 Light Crude (Nymex) down -1.28 at 93.56 100 Oz Gold (Comex) down -12.80 at 1,231 |