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Bloomberg Hong Kong stocks dropped, with investors selling some of the quarter’s top performers on concern more firms may be kicked out of global equity benchmarks and that Chinese banks may be targeted as China-US tensions grow. The Hang Seng Index retreated as much as 2.2% before paring to end Monday 1.2% lower, with volume 42% higher than the three-month …

Bloomberg Voracious cash appetite among virus-strapped companies and a battered economy that makes buybacks tough to justify are warping supply and demand dynamics in the stock market, something for bulls to worry about heading into year end. While American firms normally repurchase way more stock than they sell, this year has been different, as offerings by everyone from Snowflake Inc …

Bloomberg While Bitcoin’s record-high grabs attention, its crypto compatriot Ethereum is continuing to broaden its appeal beyond the software programming crowd. Before this year, most investors’ first stop was Bitcoin, according to Michael Sonnenshein, managing director at Grayscale Investments LLC, which has investment products that track both and allows investments from institutional and accredited investors only. But the Ethereum blockchain, …

Bloomberg US futures slipped and European stocks steadied on the last day of the month after record-breaking rally in global equity markets. Oil extended a retreat on signs of discord among Opec+ ministers. The rotation that sent stocks to all-time highs showed signs of a slight reversal, with technology companies holding firm, while small-caps, banks and energy producers were broadly …

Bloomberg South Africa’s main stock benchmark index dropped for a second day, down 1.1% by 9:42 am in Johannesburg, the biggest intraday decline in more than a week, as market giant Naspers Ltd joined diversified miners and banks in pulling the main gauge lower. Risk-off sentiment was evident in early trade, with 91 of the 141 listed companies declining, while …

Bloomberg In a record-breaking month that added $1.7 trillion to European equities, none rallied as hard as unloved bargain stocks. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index has surged 15% in November, on track to overtake the previous record set in April 2009 in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Now, like then, value and cyclical sectors such as banks, insurance …

Bloomberg Most Middle East stock markets advanced, taking their cue from rising crude oil prices and gains elsewhere in emerging markets last week. Indexes in Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and Oman climbed as much as 0.3%, while those in Kuwait slipped. The Tadawul All Share Index in Riyadh rose for the sixth consecutive session to trade at the highest …

Bloomberg Count Guggenheim Partners LLC among those institutional investors casting an eye on cryptocurrencies. Guggenheim is reserving the right for its $5.3 billion Macro Opportunities Fund — which aims for total return via fixed income and other debt and equity securities — to invest in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust. The trust’s shares are solely invested in Bitcoin, and track the …

Bloomberg Global stocks paused amid their best monthly gains in three decades as investors awaited a slew of economic indicators that could support the rally in risk assets. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index drifted at the open, as cyclicals such as mining and energy firms fell, offsetting advances in defensives including utility shares. Bank stocks edged higher following a report …

Bloomberg India’s equity benchmark retreated from a record as an early rally in Asian equities faltered. The S&P BSE Sensex lost 0.6% to 44,268.87 in Mumbai, while the NSE Nifty 50 Index declined by the same magnitude. Both slipped from all-time highs, as did the region-wide MSCI AC Asia Pacific Index, which was little changed. “These levels could prove to …