Stocks

Bloomberg China’s embattled technology shares looked like the worst was behind them as they rallied towards a bull market this week — until Beijing took aim at gaming companies again. After a six-month rout that wiped out almost half the market value of stocks on the Hang Seng Tech Index, the gauge had rebounded 17% from its August low by …

Bloomberg European shares dropped amid a blurred outlook for global growth, as investors await Thursday’s update from the European Central Bank (ECB). The Stoxx Europe 600 Index was down 1.1% as of 9:01 am in London, trading at its lowest level since August 19 as automakers, banks and industrials led losses. Miners and technology outperformed, but all sectors were lower. …

Bloomberg Bitcoin’s slump following El Salvador’s troubled rollout of the largest cryptocurrency as legal tender has put several key technical levels into focus that could point to greater losses ahead. The virtual coin was trading at about $44,900 as of 9:15 am in London, having slid as much as 17% a day earlier before paring some of the losses while …

Bloomberg Risk sentiment that boosted Asian markets weakened in European hours as investors weighed China’s better-than-forecast trade data against the threat of a reduction in central-bank support. Nasdaq 100 Index futures rise, while contracts on Russell 2000 Index fall, as the US markets reopened after the Labor Day holiday. Equity gains in China and Japan were followed by losses in …

Bloomberg SoftBank Group Corp surged the most in nine months after unveiling a deal to acquire 4.5% of Deutsche Telekom AG and sell part of its stake in T-Mobile US Inc to the German telecommunications carrier. The Japanese investment giant announced a complicated deal under which it will swap T-Mobile shares for an initial 225 million shares of Deutsche Telekom. …

Bloomberg Officials in China’s financial capital of Shanghai are closing a route used for decades by companies operating in the technology sector to draw foreign investment. Startups that have recently applied to Shanghai’s National Development and Reform Commission for permission to inject money into affiliated entities incorporated in places like the Cayman Islands are being turned away, according to people …

Bloomberg European stocks rise with US equity-index futures as investors bet slower hiring in the world’s largest economy may delay a tapering of Federal Reserve stimulus. Aluminum hit a decade high amid political unrest in Guinea. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index inched closer to its record high, led by technology shares. Contracts on the S&P 500 Index rises 0.2% even …

Bloomberg The split screen views of US-listed Chinese stocks falling as the S&P 500 marches higher suggest that China’s pains are localised. That may be true, but one group of investors is not taking its chances. Hedge funds that make both bullish and bearish wagers on stocks are slashing their exposure to American companies that lean heavily on China for …

Bloomberg Blank-check companies could revive Singapore’s languishing market for initial public offerings as stock exchanges from Mumbai to Seoul profit from blockbuster deals. Singapore Exchange Ltd. this week presented rules for the listing of special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, as it attempts to get a slice of what has become a worldwide frenzy. It is allowing SPACs to list …

Bloomberg European equities advanced the most in a month on Wednesday as investors bet the global economic rebound would persist even as central banks prepare to scale back support. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index was up 0.9% at 9:50 am in London to be within 0.3% of an historical peak. Retail and travel and leisure were among the best performers, …