Bloomberg US futures climbed with global stocks on optimism over economic stimulus and that President Donald Trump may soon leave the hospital. The yen retreated and Treasuries were steady. Consumer companies and banks led a broad advance among European stocks. Equities in Asia notched gains, while crude oil rebounded from a three-week low. Haven assets dipped, with gold and the …

Bloomberg Singapore Exchange Ltd. (SGX) is beginning to reduce its pact with MSCI Inc. months earlier than expected, citing market uncertainty into year-end to speed up delisting the largest derivatives product it has in partnership with the index provider. The exchange will migrate all open positions in the MSCI Taiwan Index futures to its newly launched FTSE contracts on October …

Manama / Emirates Business Trade between the UAE and Bahrain returned to levels not seen since before the Covid-19 pandemic, with new figures revealing $936 million in bi-lateral commerce during the first half of this year. June’s figures showed the positive economic impact of support measures on the economies of both kingdoms, with trade returning to $139.6 million — the …

Bloomberg Libya’s oil output has risen to 295,000 barrels following a truce in the Opec nation’s civil war and the lifting of a blockade on energy facilities. Fields that feed the newly restarted eastern ports of Hariga, Brega and Zueitina are ramping up production, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. Output was 250,000 barrels a day a …

New Delhi / WAM Even as India extended the ban on regular, scheduled international air travel until October 31, the Minister of Civil Aviation, Hardeep Singh Puri, said he expected international flights to be fully operational by the first quarter of 2021. In a series of media interactions, including a conversation with the Emirates New Agency (WAM), the minister anticipated …

Bloomberg Saudi Arabia added new incentives to keep its mortgage boom going by scrapping a 15% value-added tax on property sales and offering other relief for home buyers amid a push by the Arab world’s largest economy to expand residential ownership. Property transactions will instead be subject to a new 5% real estate sales tax, according to state-run news agency …

Bloomberg Chile’s government is considering ways to boost the attractiveness of green-hydrogen projects as the biggest copper-producing nation strives to become carbon neutral. “We will announce the details early November,” Energy Minister Juan Carlos Jobet said in an interview in Santiago. “It will come in the form of some financial assistance to allow investors to have returns during the early …

Bloomberg Noble Energy Inc shareholders approved the company’s acquisition by Chevron Corp, cementing one of the US oil industry’s biggest transactions this year. The vote during a virtual shareholder meeting came despite opposition from Elliott Management Corp. The activist hedge fund was said to seek a break-up of the deal because it thought Chevron wasn’t paying enough. The biggest proxy-advisory …

Bloomberg The nuclear industry should tap into rising investor interest in hydrogen-fuel to revive the flagging prospects of reactor operators in an increasingly crowded marketplace for clean power. That was the message delivered by executives and scientists who convened at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Higher demand for hydrogen from industry and heavy transport could make production of the …

Bloomberg Suncor Energy, Canada’s biggest oil-sands producer, will trim 10% to 15% of its workforce in the next 18 months, joining a long list of energy companies in Alberta that have announced layoffs following a collapse in fuel demand due to the virus. Suncor had already been preparing for a smaller workforce but the planned cuts, which could affect as …