A new week has begun and trading will kick off soon.
Here are 4 tips for today's trading. This will help you decide where you should invest and what to look for:
1. Shell shock
Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell (RDSB) announced overnight that it would stop all offshore drilling in Alaska for the foreseeable future after a key exploration well did not yield sufficient amounts of oil and gas.
The stoppage comes as oil prices trade around $45 per barrel -- a level that has squeezed profitability at oil producers around the world.
Shares in Shell are trading sideways in Europe.