On the Hong Kong stock exchange, China Railway Construction Corp. closed Monday's trading at 5.31 Hong Kong dollars (68 U.S. cents), down 7.3%.

WSJ: Chinese High-Speed Rail Section Collapses

The existing bridge in Woking town centre and a section of the canal towpath will be closed from 23 April to allow construction to start.

BBC: Work to begin on Bedser Bridge over Basingstoke Canal

Construction sites were quiet, some restaurants closed.

NPR: California Farm Workers Honor Boycott

Netanyahu said at a closed-door Knesset committee meeting that Israel would agree only to a partial reduction of housing construction and for a limited time, not the year the United States would like, said a government official who was not authorized to speak about the meeting and did not want to be identified.

CNN: Netanyahu rules out freeze on Israeli settlements, source says

Earlier in the week, Netanyahu said in a closed-door Knesset committee meeting that Israel would agree only to a partial reduction of housing construction and for a limited time, not the year the United States would like, said a government official who did not want to be identified because he was not authorized to speak about the meeting.

CNN: U.S. envoy struggles to renew Mideast talks