Eventful week, oil price drop, corporate and geopolitical news
Stock market news
• With Japan's election sending the yen to a three-month low, a busy US earnings calendar, the UK budget and the fast-approaching US election making for an eventful week.
• The yen fell and Japanese stocks rose after Japan's ruling coalition lost its parliamentary majority in elections over the weekend, raising the specter of protracted political wrangling and more fiscal stimulus.Markets are also betting the policy will make the job of the Bank of Japan more difficult as policy normalization is already complicated by a fragile economy and volatile markets. It is...