Kolkata / AFP Four people were killed when the crude bombs they were making exploded in India’s West Bengal, where bitterly fought state elections are underway, a senior police official said on Monday. Another six people were injured in the explosion on Sunday night in a village about 360 kilometres (220 miles) north of Kolkata, close to the eastern …

  BLOOMBERG With many markets across the world closed, investors pared back higher-risk holdings, keeping the Japanese yen near its strongest level in 18 months. Gold advanced with sovereign bonds, oil declined and European equities held onto their biggest loss in two months. Japan led a selloff in Asian equities, with the Topix index sliding for a fifth day as …

  ABU DHABI / EMIRATES BUSINESS The Emirates Securities Market Index has decreased by -1.05% to close at 4528.92 points. Accordingly the Market Capitalization has lost AED 7.76 billion attaining AED 734.65 billion. A total of 399.22 Million Shares were traded with a total value of AED 0.63 billion during the trading session of 02-05-2016 through 6588 transactions. The number of companies …