Stocks

Bloomberg European stocks rise with US equity futures as optimism crept into markets that Tuesday’s tumble drew a line under the recent selloff. Shares climbed broadly in Europe while AstraZeneca Plc slipped on news it paused trials of a leading experimental Covid-19 vaccine when a participant got sick. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 contracts advanced in the wake of large …

Bloomberg European stocks dropped after President Donald Trump stoked tensions with China and virus cases across Germany and the UK continued to rise. Treasury yields fall and oil dropped to a two-month low. Technology shares led losses in the Europe Stoxx 600 Index, while the FTSE 100 Index was buoyed by the weaker pound. EasyJet Plc shares slumped after the …

Bloomberg India’s sovereign bond market is on tenterhooks again. Just days after announcing measures to lower yields, the central bank has given signals that traders interpret as a lack of interest from authorities in pushing rates down further. The yield on the five-year bond climbed 29 basis points so far in the three trading sessions to Tuesday while the rate …

Bloomberg Asian investors appear confident the current gyrations in US tech stocks will not spark the same level of swings in the Asia Pacific region, according to at least one key indicator. While a gauge of 10-day volatility in the S&P 500 Index spiked to a two-month high last week amid the accelerating selloff in tech, a similar measure for …

Bloomberg European stocks climbed as analysts speculated the market could be relatively resilient as Asian and US markets start pulling back. The pound weakened on concern the UK is inching closer to a no-deal Brexit. The Europe Stoxx 600 opened higher on Monday with broad gains across industry groups. The dollar index strengthened, while oil extended a retreat below $40 …

Bloomberg SoftBank Group Corp. shares tumbled in Tokyo after reports that the Japanese conglomerate made substantial bets on equity derivatives amid the surge in technology stocks. SoftBank shares dropped as much as 8%, the most on an intraday basis since March. The stock had gained 33% this year before Monday. The Financial Times, Wall Street Journal and Zero Hedge reported …

Bloomberg Chinese regulators vowed to accelerate the opening up of its capital markets and deepen reforms to attract more foreign investors. The regulator will expand the scope of investments allowed in the stock connect program link with Hong Kong, and allow foreign investors to trade more commodities futures products, China Securities Regulatory Commission Vice Chairman Fang Xinghai said at the …

Bloomberg Nancy Tengler has managed money for 35 years. She’s confident in her positions. When one of her companies reports good earnings, she expects it to go up. But nothing prepared her for what happened on Aug. 26 in Salesforce.com Inc., when its quarterly results ignited a paroxysm of buying that pushed the shares 26% higher in a day. Tengler’s …

Bloomberg A sell-off of technology shares in the US is reverberating in Canada, even though the sector makes up only a 10th of the nation’s stock market. The small contribution of tech stocks to Canada’s market helped the S&P/TSX Composite Index outperform its US counterpart: Canada was down 1.5%, while the S&P 500 Index plunged 3.5%. But as the rout …

Bloomberg European stocks extended gains with US equity futures as investors anticipated positive reports on jobs and the economy in Washington. The dollar headed for its best advance in eight sessions. All 19 industry groups pushed higher on the Stoxx Europe 600 Index, with chemicals and technology shares among the top gainers. Infrastructure giant Atlantia SpA jumped as much as …