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U. S. crude prices rose on Friday as supply disruption fear from Sudan and Libya kept the prices in check during the Holiday week in all major markets.

Supply outages in Africa are also in focus and added some geopolitical risk premium to prices. Crude oil prices are expected to move up for the week as ongoing tensions in Libya and Sudan can support oil prices, also draw down in Crude inventories can push the prices higher.    

Gold prices moved in range on Friday over thin trading volume in international market and physical buying from Chinese consumers. Gold is already down more than 25% for the year. SPDR Gold Trust GLD, the world's largest Gold-backed exchange-traded fund's holdings continued to fell and are down by 0.19% yesterday.

According to the latest figures released, Japanese consumer inflation rose 1 per cent during the month of November for the first time in five years.

Retail giant, Target has said that hackers were able to steal debit-card PINs from millions of customers who shopped from its stores a month earlier.

hackers who breached the retailer's network were also able to steal encrypted personal identification numbers (PINs) of the shoppers. Minneapolis-based discounter, Target Corporation has said that it will offer discounts to customers shopping in its stores on 21 and 22 December.

New York, Dec. 28 : Israeli actress Gal Gadot, who was recently cast to play the Wonder Woman in the upcoming ' Man of Steel ' sequel, has now broken responded to the criticism that she's too thin.

When asked about criticism that the 28-year-old former Miss Universe contestant was too thin (or too flat-chested) to play a famed super-heroine, who's been depicted as a busty crusader since she was created in 1941, she replied that she represented the Wonder Woman of the new world, asserting anyone could buy breasts for 2,500 dollars.

Coming year will be good for emerging market because economic growth in emerging markets is about four times faster than in developed countries. 2013 was year of IT, Pharma, FMCG and Auto. Sectors like PSU, Capital Goods which were bitten down in 2013 could be the best sectors to stay in year 2014. 2014 can be the best year for sectors bitten down in 2013 like PSU, Capital Goods.