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Bloomberg Stocks climbed, led by some of the world’s largest technology companies. Traders also assessed the impacts from Tropical Storm Ida, which sank insurers and energy firms, while pushing gasoline higher. The S&P 500 notched its 12th all-time high in August, and the Nasdaq 100 rallied as Apple Inc’s market value topped $2.5 trillion. Robinhood Markets and Charles Schwab Corp. ...

Bloomberg Chinese technology shares climbed on Monday after recording their best weekly advance since January as bargain hunters continued to load up on the beaten-down sector. The Hang Seng Tech Index rallied 1.1%, led by live streaming giant Kuaishou Technology and Alibaba Health Information Technology Ltd. Food delivery company Meituan erased earlier losses and rise 1.5% ahead of its results, ...

Bloomberg Stocks in Europe and US futures were steady on Monday, bolstered by Jerome Powell’s signal that pandemic-era Federal Reserve policy support will be withdrawn cautiously and gradually. Contracts on the S&P 500 were little changed and those on Nasdaq 100 edged higher after a record Wall Street close in the wake of Chair Powell’s Jackson Hole speech, while the ...

Bloomberg Delta cases. Inflation. Fed tapering. China’s crackdown. These are among the reasons why investors could soon get more nervous about this stock market. The S&P 500 hit another record after Jerome Powell’s dovish taper speech reassured investors. However, the mood seems more cautious compared with a few weeks ago, when companies were in the middle of a record-setting earnings ...

Bloomberg Chinese tech stocks’ best weekly rally since January may not be enough to persuade some investors to return to a market still reeling from an unprecedented private-industry assault. JPMorgan Asset Management is waiting for clearer policy signals, while Amundi believes Beijing’s new focus on data protection means uncertainty will remain high for internet companies. Martin Currie Investment Management, which ...

Bloomberg Stocks and US futures were steady as a rebound in Chinese technology shares stalled and markets settled into a holding pattern ahead of the Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole policy symposium later this week. The Stoxx Europe 600 index posted a modest gain at the open, while contracts on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 fluctuated after the indexes reached ...

Bloomberg Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler has a warning for hundreds of Chinese companies that have raised billions of dollars in US markets: Submit to more scrutiny soon or get kicked out. In an interview, he pledged to strictly enforce a three-year deadline that requires Chinese firms to permit inspections of their financial audits. If businesses refuse, ...

Bloomberg Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX) is planning a maiden dollar bond offering, which would make it the latest entrant in a rush by Asian firms to lock in cheap borrowing costs. The city-state’s sole equities bourse hired banks for a potential US currency note and will hold investor calls from on Tuesday, according to a person familiar with the matter, who ...

Bloomberg As India’s world-beating stock rally powers ahead, skeptics are pointing to lousy market breadth as a sign that further gains may be harder to come by. The NSE Nifty 200 Index has more than doubled from a March 2020 low — weathering alarming Covid-19 infection and death rates, strict lockdowns and slower economic growth — thanks to a massive ...

Bloomberg Stocks in Europe rise on Monday along with US futures as traders took advantage of last week’s selloff while keeping a wary eye on risks from the delta virus strain and China’s regulatory crackdown. Bonds declined. The Stoxx Europe 600 index climbed for a second day, though the gauge pared gains after purchasing managers surveys from the region’s biggest ...