SHANGHAI, April 29 (Reuters) - China's finance ministry on Monday urged qualified financial institutions to actively participate in government bond trading when the country expands its retail-focused OTC market next month, as Beijing prepares to ramp up treasury issuance. All bonds issued by the central and local governments can be traded on the over-the-counter (OTC) market through bank outlets, the...

* TSX flat; pares after hitting a two-week high * Broad gains offset by declines in resource stocks (Updated at 9:47 a.m. ET/ 1347 GMT) By Purvi Agarwal April 29 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index trimmed gains after hitting its highest in over two weeks amid broader gains, while investors awaited a week of corporate earnings and the U.S....

* Colombia stock exchange measures may allow it to stay in JPM index * IMF approves $8.1 bln flexible credit line for Colombia * Brazil's central government posts budget deficit in March * Latam stocks up 0.6%, currencies add 0.5% By Bansari Mayur Kamdar April 29 (Reuters) - Colombia's peso rose on Monday, tracking broader emerging market currencies as the...

(Updated at 10:24 a.m. ET/ 1424 GMT) By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, April 29 (Reuters) - Japan's currency surged as much as 5 yen against the dollar from a fresh 34-year low hit earlier on Monday, with traders citing yen-buying intervention by Japanese authorities for the first time in 18 months. The outsized move kicked off what could be a...