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Bloomberg European equities kicked off August with a bang, rising to a new record on earnings updates and easing concern about China’s regulatory crackdown. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index was up 0.6% in London, with cyclicals such as automakers and miners leading a broad advance. Banks also outperformed as HSBC Holdings Plc posted results that beat estimates. Meggitt Plc surged ...

Bloomberg It’s been a hellish month for China-based companies listed in the US. A clampdown by Beijing authorities led to the worst selloff since the financial crisis, prompting a broad reassessment for a burgeoning corner of the world’s largest stock market. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index — which tracks 98 of China’s biggest firms listed in the US — ...

Bloomberg The Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure deal envisions imposing stricter rules on cryptocurrency investors to collect more taxes to fund a portion of the $550 billion investment into transportation and power systems. The provisions would raise an additional $28 billion from cryptocurrency transactions, according to a summary of the plan. The proposal would impose more rules on crypto brokers to report ...

Bloomberg US futures rose with European stocks as positive earnings boosted sentiment, while Asian equities were weaker amid Chinese market turbulence. Treasuries fell ahead of the Federal Reserve’s rate decision. Contracts on the Nasdaq 100 Index and the S&P 500 rose, with Alphabet Inc and Microsoft Corp gaining in premarket after their sales topped estimates. Apple Inc dropped 0.9% on ...

Bloomberg A continuing recovery in Bitcoin has put the largest cryptocurrency on course for its longest winning streak this year. The virtual coin rose as much as 6.1% to top $40,000 and was trading at about $39,700 as of 8:15 am in London on Wednesday. It’s advanced for eight straight days. Other coins including second-ranked Ether climbed, boosting the Bloomberg ...

Bloomberg While Chinese markets might look bleak at the moment, the biggest government bond selloff of 2021 has some investors salivating at a buying opportunity. Risk aversion swept the country and spread globally this week after China cracked down on private-education firms. Although reassurance from state media on Wednesday helped stem a selloff in stocks, sentiment remains fragile. The same ...

Bloomberg Meituan has shed more than $60 billion of its market value over two frenetic trading sessions, after Beijing unveiled sweeping reforms against private-sector companies that darkened the outlook for the world’s No 2 economy. China’s top food delivery company slid a record 18% on Tuesday in Hong Kong, on top of a 14% plummet the previous day. Spreads on ...

Bloomberg ESG asset managers are accelerating their use of new climate-investing benchmarks created by European authorities, in a development that’s set to make it harder to get away with greenwashing. While only about $1.2 billion is now tied to gauges that meet European Commission requirements — a tiny fraction of the $35 trillion of ESG assets worldwide — inflows have ...

Bloomberg Stocks fall with US futures on Monday at the start of a busy week of earnings and policy updates, with China’s widening technology crackdown weighing on risk sentiment. Treasuries rise. Contracts on key US gauges slipped following a record close for Wall Street. European equities fall from an all-time high as carmakers and banks led losses. Shares in China ...

Bloomberg Some of the assets most exposed to fears around the spread of the delta variant are luring traders with tempting signals of strength and stability. Emerging-market corporate earnings have outpaced estimates for the first time in 30 months amid an economic rebound in developing nations. Meanwhile, MSCI’s index of emerging currencies remains up this year, defying the declines seen ...