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US equity futures decline while oil slides below $15

Bloomberg US equity futures fell alongside Asian stocks on Monday while European shares fluctuated as investors weigh the latest evidence the coronavirus is slowing and prepare for earnings season to ramp up. Treasuries rose with the dollar and oil plunged. Contracts on the S&P 500 slipped after American stocks posted the first back-to-back weekly gain since early February. The Stoxx ...

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Singapore stocks rally is pricing in virus bottom: Citi

Bloomberg The recent surge in Singapore stocks from a bottom at the end of March suggests investors are starting to price in a post-coronavirus recovery, according to analysts with Citigroup Inc. The Straits Times Index has climbed 17% since hitting its lowest level in more than a decade as recent economic indicators including exports and cargo volumes growth have begun ...

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Price glitch leads to slump in China stock index

Bloomberg The Shanghai Stock Exchange said a system upgrade was behind Monday’s rare index malfunction that had earlier showed a record slide in a gauge of health-care shares. The glitch was due to a change to its index-calculation system completed over the weekend, the exchange operator said in a statement posted on its social media account. It also apologised for ...

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HDFC seen outperforming as Indian banks’ woes continue

Bloomberg HDFC Bank Ltd. reported net income growth of nearly 18% and ramped up bad loan provisions in the latest quarter, a period marked by the bailout of another bank as well as the imposition of a nationwide lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus. Analysts remain bullish on HDFC Bank, with an average rating of 4.76 on a Bloomberg ...

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ABN Amro files claims against Singapore’s troubled oil trader

Bloomberg ABN Amro Bank NV has become the latest lender to make a claim against a Singapore oil trading giant that filed for protection from creditors amid a plunge in oil prices. The Dutch bank filed applications for charges related to irrevocable letters of credit tied to goods and documents of Hin Leong Trading (Pte) Ltd., according to filings with ...

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Australia shouldn’t worry about huge debt: Lowe

Bloomberg Australia shouldn’t be concerned about its escalating government debt in response to the coronavirus crisis because of the long record of responsible fiscal policy, Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe said. “If ever there’s a time to borrow, now is it,” the RBA chief told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.’s Four Corners program in a report on the scramble to combat ...

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India’s sovereign bonds rally on signs of purchases by RBI

Bloomberg Sovereign bonds in India rallied after data showed the central bank bought debt earlier in the month, fuelling speculation that it will do more to support a market worried about record government borrowings. The yield on the benchmark 10-year debt fell 14 basis points to 6.21%, its biggest drop in a month. The 6.18% 2024 debt fell 21 basis ...

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Rupiah gyrations to keep foreign bond bulls at bay

Bloomberg Foreign buyers are likely to steer clear of Indonesian bonds until the rupiah’s gyrations start to die down. That’s despite the value in the long end of the curve. International funds fled in the first quarter, with a record $8.7 billion in net foreign outflows, according to exchange data compiled by Bloomberg. Although Indonesian bond performance has improved, global ...

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Virus forces Deutsche Bank to confront old fears

Bloomberg The mood at Deutsche Bank AG’s headquarters in Frankfurt was tense. It was late March, and clients were drawing down credit lines at such a rapid pace that the bank’s treasury department was on alert. Liquidity never was an issue, according to a person familiar with the matter. But the episode, which also attracted the attention of the European ...

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America’s top airlines prepare for painful fall

Bloomberg US airlines face a bleak future of depressed traffic and volatile revenue well into 2021, as the global economy transitions from the acute damage of a public health catastrophe into a potentially long recession. Already a bumpy ride for the “Big Three” carriers, the journey promises to get worse this fall when billions of dollars in government assistance comes ...

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