Street traders covers stalls with umbrellas along abandoned railway line in Nigeria's oil hub city of Port Harcourt in this December 3, 2012 file photo. Nigeria is expected to report GDP output data this week. (Photo by Akintunde Akinleye/Reuters)





A Citroen Traction Avant, built in the 1950s, sits parked on a London street, in this December 12, 2007 file photo. France is expected to report GDP data this week. (Photo by Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters)





Two Egyptian women buy “breathable” nail polish from a store in a Dubai shopping mall in this November 18, 2013 file photo. The United Arab Emirates is expected to report inflation data this week. (Photo by Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters)





Two cranes with the French construction group Bouygues company logo are seen in the morning sky in Orly, France, near Paris, in this August 1, 2015 file photo. Bouygues is expected to report 2015 results this week. (Photo by Stephane Mahe/Reuters)





A winglet of the Airbus A350 XWB flight-test aircraft is pictured during a media day event at Guarulhos airport in Sao Paulo in this August 7, 2014 file photo. Airbus is expected to report annual results this week. (Photo by Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)





Rene Penia drives his VW Beetle 1995, locally called “Vocho”, through the streets of Monterrey, Mexico in this April 22, 2015 file photo. VW is expected to report Q4 results this week. (Photo by Daniel Becerril/Reuters)





A Dassault Rafale fighter takes part in a flying display during the 49th Paris Air Show at the Le Bourget airport near Paris in this June 25, 2011 file photo. Dassault is expected to report full-year sales this week. (Photo by Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters)





A plant belonging to Germany's largest drugmaker Bayer is seen in Leverkusen in this January 30, 2013 file photo. Bayer is expected to report Q4 results this week. (Photo by Ina Fassbender/Reuters)





A woman stands at the balcony of her house which will be demolished to build new apartments in downtown Shanghai in this December 1, 2010 file photo. China is expected to release housing price data this week. (Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters)





Workers work at the Zara factory at the headquarters of Inditex group in Arteixo, Northern Spain in this 29 March 2006 file photo. Spain is expected to release GDP data this week. (Photo by Miguel Vidal/Reuters)





A fishmonger makes a sale at a market in Kuala Lumpur in this August 14, 2010 file photo. Malaysia is expected to release inflation figures this week. (Photo by Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters)





A yellow ambassador taxi drives past the HSBC bank building in Kolkata in this November 5, 2013 file photo. HSBC is expected to report results this week. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Workers prepare giant mining trucks at the Fortescue Solomon iron ore mine located in the Sheila Valley, around 400 km (249 miles) south of Port Hedland, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia in this December 2, 2013 file photo. Fortescue Metals is expected to report H1 results this week. (Photo by David Gray/Reuters)





Flight attendants of the long-haul carrier AirAsia X watch a performance during the launch of the company's prospectus in Kuala Lumpur in this June 10, 2013 file photo. AirAsiaX is expected to report Q4 results this week. (Photo by Bazuki Muhammad/Reuters)





A shop assistant arranges summer clothes in a shop window in the Myeong-dong shopping district in Seoul in this May 20, 2014 file photo. South Korea is expected to release inflation data this week. (Photo by Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters)





Women stand outside a CIMB bank branch in Putrajaya in this July 17, 2014 file photo. CIMB is expected to report Q4 results this week. (Photo by Olivia Harris/Reuters)





People look at a Lamborghini Reventon Roadster car on display at the shopping street of Orchard Road along with other rare and iconic super car models showcased by the Italian carmaker, in Singapore in this August 28, 2014 file photo. Sinagpore is expected to release inflation data this week. (Photo by Edgar Su/Reuters)





A man walks after shopping at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo in this March 19, 2011 file photo. Japan is expected to report inflation data this week. (Photo by Toru Hanai/Reuters)





The 67-storey-high “The Masterpiece”, one of Hong Kong's most luxurious high-rise residential buildings, is seen during foggy conditions under the influence of a warm maritime airstream at sunset in Hong Kong in this March 21, 2011 file photo. Hong Kong is expected to report trade data this week. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





An Air New Zealand plane flies over houses in Mount Victoria as it approaches Wellington airport, in this October 7, 2011 file photo. Air New Zealand is expected to report results this week. (Photo by Marcos Brindicci/Reuters)





Peugeot miniature model vintage cars are lined-up in the store at French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen headquarters in Paris in this February 13, 2013 file photo. PSA Peugeot Citroen is expected to report full-year results this week. (Photo by Charles Platiau/Reuters)





A stand displays brochures at a DIA supermarket in central Madrid in this February 23, 2015 file photo. DIA is expected to report full-year results this week. (Photo by Andrea Comas/Reuters)





A customer pushes a shopping cart at Sun Art Retail Group's Auchan hypermarket store in Beijing, China, in this November 9, 2015 file photo. Sun Art Retail is expected to report results this week. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)





An exhibitor displays jewellery at the Hong Kong International Jewellery Show in Hong Kong in this March 4, 2011 file photo. Hong Kong is expected to release inflation data this week. (Photo by Bobby Yip/Reuters)





Commuters disembark from crowded suburban trains during the morning rush hour at Churchgate railway station in Mumbai in this July 11, 2012 file photo. India is expected to reveal its railway budget to parliament this week. (Photo by Vivek Prakash/Reuters)





Three oil and gas rigs owned by Transocean Ltd sit idle in the Grand Harbor in Valletta, Malta in this October 22, 2015, file photo. Transocean Inc., is expected to report Q4 earnings February 24, 2016. (Photo by Balazs Koranyi/Reuters)





Labourers pour molten iron into a container at a foundry in Xiangfan, Hubei province in this July 2, 2010 file photo. Iron ore is enjoying its biggest rally in years, outpacing copper and oil so far in 2016, but still weak forward prices show it may be tough to stretch the bullish outlook. Improving steel prices in top market China are helping fuel iron ore's climb as producers gear up for a seasonal uptick in demand. Yet there is no shortage of doubters who see gains in the bulk commodity as fleeting given a large glut and challenges for China's economy. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





A cob of corn is seen in a field during the harvest in Minooka, Illinois, in this September 24, 2014, file photo. As the U.S. farming sector enters the third year of a downturn caused by a global glut of grains and slumping commodity prices, bankers across the Midwest are starting to tighten lending conditions and even cutting some clients off. Many corn and soybean farmers already are trying to adjust by selling off grain stockpiles, begging landlords to reduce rents and pleading with bankers to restructure debt and give them more time to pay it back. (Photo by Jim Young/Reuters)





A cleaner talks on a phone in front of a billboard at the Yujiapu financial centre, in Tianjin, China February 22, 2016. Yujiapu, part of a highly touted financial district in Tianjin's Binhai New Area once billed by leaders as China's answer to Manhattan, has drawn scrutiny from experts as an example of the costly infrastructure splurges that fuelled development across the country at the height of the economic boom. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





A Qantas Airways Airbus A330-300 jet takes off from Sydney International Airport over the city skyline, in this December 18, 2015 file photo. Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd on February 23, 2016 posted a record first-half profit as the lower oil price shrank its biggest single overhead, and wooed investors with a second straight A$500 million ($361 million) share buy-back. (Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters)





A bucket wheel reclaimer collects ore at the BHP Billiton iron ore loading facility in Port Hedland, north of Perth, Australia in this May 26, 2008 file photo. Top global miner BHP Billiton slashed its interim dividend by 75 percent on February 23, 2016, abandoning a long-held policy of steady or higher payouts as it braces for a longer-than-expected commodities downturn. (Photo by Tim Wimborne/Reuters)





A woman tries a gold ring at a jewellery showroom in Mumbai in this October 21, 2014 file photo. India's overseas gold purchases are likely to hit a more than two-year low in February, as rising prices and hopes for a cut in import taxes keep buyers away, industry sources said. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





In this Wednesday, February 3, 2016, photo, tourists from Taiwan carry shopping bags as they walk along Lincoln Road Mall, a pedestrian area featuring retail shops and restaurants in Miami Beach, Fla. The Conference Board releases its February index on U.S. consumer confidence on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016. (Photo by Lynne Sladky/AP Photo)