SINGAPORE, March 6 (Reuters) - Asia stocks fell on Friday and were headed for their sharpest weekly drop in six years while oil prices were poised for their biggest jump in three in a turbulent week for global markets as the conflict in the Middle East showed few signs of easing. Investors sought the safety of cash as they sobered...

March 6 (Reuters) - Concerns that the Middle East conflict could fuel inflation have driven euro zone government bond yields towards their biggest weekly rise since March last year, when Germany announced plans for a major increase in fiscal spending. Germany's 10-year government bond yield, the bloc's benchmark, dropped one basis point to 2.84% on Friday. It reached 2.853% on...

March 6 (Reuters) - Aluminium is set to end the week higher on Friday due to supply concerns, as all eyes are on the war-hit Middle East, which produced 8% of the world's aluminium last year. The most-active aluminium contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange declined 2.03% to 24,650 yuan ($3,571.43) a metric ton as of 0305 GMT, poised to...

* Oil prices surge, stoking inflation fears * Asia stocks down more than 6% this week, biggest fall since March 2020 * Yields jump as rate expectations turn hawkish By Rae Wee SINGAPORE, March 6 (Reuters) - Asia stocks fell on Friday and were headed for their sharpest weekly drop in six years while oil prices were poised for their...