• ECB President claims strategy is starting to work
• European bond sales are a success
• US slap sanctions on Chinese firms • Data expected to show US consumer confidence is higher
• Merkel’s party put pressure on Greece • Obama asks Congress for another $1.2tn
• Asian stocks at one-month high on European optimism • European indexes set to rise today
• Euro set to halt five-week drop • Oil up for first time in three days • Corn drops for third straight day, extending three-month slump
