Bloomberg US equity futures fluctuated and stocks slipped on Monday as investors weighed a weekend full of negative coronavirus news against the stimulus measures that triggered a bounce in risk assets last week. The dollar rebounded, Treasuries edged higher and oil sank. Contracts on the S&P 500 Index swung between losses and gains after President Donald Trump abruptly abandoned his ...

Bloomberg Indonesian stocks snapped a two-day winning streak as investors remained wary about rising Covid-19 cases domestically and globally. The Jakarta Composite Index fell 2.9% on Monday, taking the monthly decline to most since October 2008. The benchmark gauge hit a 5% circuit breaker, triggering the first trading halt since the Indonesia Stock Exchange implemented a shorter operational schedule. Indonesian ...

Bloomberg Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. were granted approvals to take control of their securities joint ventures in China as policy makers push ahead with the opening of the nation’s $45 trillion finance industry even as they fight to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Morgan Stanley plans to boost its stake to 51% from 49% with the approval from ...

Bloomberg The Bank of Korea (BOK) will provide $12 billion to banks in its first round of dollar injections using a currency swap line with the Federal Reserve. The auction will be held on Tuesday at 10 am Seoul time, and banks may apply for seven-days debt of up to $300 million, and 84-days debt of up to $1.5 billion, ...

Bloomberg The two-decade run of record profits at China’s biggest banks, which even survived the financial crisis, is facing its biggest test. Banks such as Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., the world’s largest by assets, are caught in a vise as their operations are hammered by the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus. At the same time, they are ...

Bloomberg South African banks are being criticised by labour unions and small business owners for not doing enough to help struggling customers as the coronavirus lockdown looms. “The response is quite underwhelming,” said Matthew Parks, a parliamentary coordinator for the Congress of South African Trade Unions. “There are too many ifs and buts. It’s hitting too few people. It’s just ...

Bloomberg PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia has revived its plan to sell a stake in its life insurance arm, which is attracting interest from suitors in a deal that could fetch about $500 million, according to people familiar with the matter. FWD Group Ltd., backed by Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li, and BNP Paribas Cardif SA are among potential bidders for ...

Bloomberg Jamal Al Kishi, Deutsche Bank AG’s chief executive officer (CEO) for the Middle East and Africa, has quit to join Bahrain-based Gulf International Bank (GIB). Al Kishi, who had been with the German lender since 2007, will become CEO of GIB’s parent company and deputy group CEO, the bank said in a statement. Headquartered in Bahrain, GIB is almost ...

Bloomberg EasyJet Plc grounded its entire fleet after completing customer-repatriation flights, and said it’s in talks to build a cash cushion to see it through the gap in business caused by the coronavirus. The restart of scheduled flights will depend on government restrictions as well as demand, the UK discount carrier said in a statement. The shares fell as much ...

Bloomberg Eight people were killed after a Lionair plane caught fire before it took off from Manila for Tokyo on a medical mission. The plane was a West Wind 24 aircraft bound for the Haneda airport in Japan with two passengers and six crew members on board, according to Manila airport authorities. Manila International Airport fire and rescue officials rushed ...