Bloomberg US stocks edged higher as Apple Inc’s upbeat sales projection boosted technology shares, while Treasuries climbed before the Federal Reserve’s decision. The S&P 500 Index looked for a fourth day of gains and a fresh record and tech-heavy Nasdaq indexes outperformed as the iPhone maker again closed in on a $1 trillion market valuation. Advanced Micro Devices Inc’s outlook ...

Bloomberg Even with Asia’s top performance, foreign investors are still not convinced to buy Philippine bonds. Local-currency notes in the Philippines have yielded almost 10 percent this year through April, compared with less than 2 percent for China and India, data compiled by Bloomberg show. High taxes, a less liquid market, and tedious documentary requirements are some of the gripes ...

Bloomberg BP Plc boosted cash flow and hit the target on profit estimates in the first quarter as rising oil and gas production and strong trading results offset the effect of lower prices. The company’s performance brightens a mixed picture for Big Oil earnings. While the industry has moved beyond the worst downturn in a generation it’s still enduring volatile ...

Bloomberg Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that oil output from private companies hasn’t risen to a level that would justify restarting auctions that his administration put on hold. Lopez Obrador said private companies are only producing 4,000 barrels of crude per day, based on the information he has from state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos. As of two weeks ...

Bloomberg Sinopec said its first-quarter profit declined 20 percent amid lower crude prices and shrinking refining earnings. Net income dropped to 15.47 billion yuan ($2.3 billion) from 19.31 billion a year ago, the company said in a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange, using international accounting standards. A drop in oil prices typically drags down the value of the ...

Bloomberg Singapore’s office market is running hot — so much so that debt-laden Oxley Holdings Ltd just sold a building for S$365 million ($268 million) more than it paid less than 18 months ago. Oxley agreed to sell Chevron House, a 32-story tower in the central business district, to Golden Compass (BVI) Ltd for S$1.025 billion in cash and assumed ...

Bloomberg European Central Bank policy makers who sounded the alarm about the region’s slowdown last month can now relax a bit as the stimulus they prepped becomes less urgent. It was during the first quarter that officials, led by President Mario Draghi, reactivated plans to aid growth in a moment of embarrassment so soon after concluding bond purchases last year. ...

Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is planning to open a stock-trading brokerage in Mexico as it boosts its presence in Latin America’s second-largest economy. The move will allow the firm to buy and sell stocks locally on behalf of clients, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The new business line, still months away from being up and running, ...

Bloomberg Singapore’s economy will slow in 2019, reflecting a weakening in key trading partners and a further cooling of the electronics sector, the central bank said. The city state is set to expand slightly below the midpoint of a 1.5 percent to 3.5 percent forecast range for this year after growing 3.2 percent in 2018, the Monetary Authority of Singapore ...

Bloomberg The US Treasury Department indicated that the government will need to borrow less than previously estimated as the Federal Reserve slows the reduction of its asset portfolio on its balance sheet. The department expects to issue $30 billion in privately held net marketable debt between April and June, assuming a cash balance of $270 billion at the end of ...