Stocks

Bloomberg Indian stocks climbed, taking the benchmark index to its highest level in more than three months, after a report of a step back in a border dispute with China. The S&P BSE Sensex added 0.9% to 35,238.03 as of 2:01 pm in Mumbai, while the NSE Nifty 50 Index advanced by 1.1%. Both gauges are set for their biggest ...

Bloomberg European stocks pared losses and US equity futures rallied as investors bet that the economic recovery will keep going, even as virus infection rates rise. Gold approached the highest since 2012, while Treasuries and the dollar were little changed. Retail stocks climbed, limiting losses in the Stoxx Europe 600 Index. Wirecard AG shares were in freefall again as the ...

Bloomberg Indian stocks rose as they entered their final full week of trading for the quarter, as investors weighed the reopening of the economy against a rising number of novel coronavirus infections in rural areas. The S&P BSE Sensex added 0.9% to 35,038.49 as of 10:22 am in Mumbai, while the NSE Nifty 50 Index advanced 1%. While volatility may ...

Bloomberg Investors should be more selective in the next six months as asset returns are likely to diverge because liquidity “cannot paper over specific weaknesses indefinitely,” according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. An “indiscriminate approach” to a portfolio would largely have worked in April and May, when most financial assets rallied — a typical result at a turning point in ...

Bloomberg As social-distancing measures are relaxed across the US, Wall Street is searching in some unconventional places for clues about where interest-rate markets are headed. The rally in US Treasuries buckled to risk-on sentiment earlier this month on signs of progress in the reopening of businesses around the country and a turnaround in economic data. But interspersed with those announcements ...

Bloomberg Sustainable investing is exploding in Canada as the coronavirus and an anti-racism movement highlight long-standing social inequalities. Net inflows into Canadian exchange-traded funds that track companies focusing on environmental, social and governance factors has surged to C$740 million ($544 million). That has already outstripped the C$200 million invested in 2018 and the C$142 million last year, excluding seed capital, ...

Bloomberg The world’s largest wealth manager has a message for any clients tempted to follow day traders into some of equity market’s more exotic stocks in search of a fast buck: don’t even go there. With little-known companies from Fangdd Network Group Inc. to Nikola Corp. having seen their stock prices surge manyfold during recent market rally, UBS Global Wealth ...

Bloomberg Stocks edged lower with US equity futures on Thursday as investors sought fresh catalysts for gains amid a rising numbers of coronavirus infections in some countries. Treasuries advanced. The Stoxx Europe 600 opened in the red, with travel shares and miners leading declines. Contracts on the main US equity benchmarks came off their lows earlier in the session to ...

Bloomberg India stocks fluctuated as a surge in new coronavirus cases raised concerns over business recovery, while a border conflict with China’s military has raised tensions. The S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.1% at 33,568.89 as of 10:13 am in Mumbai, after initially falling as much as 0.4%. The NSE Nifty 50 Index climbed 0.2%. Rising Covid-19 infections in India and ...

Bloomberg China’s investors are bracing for a major shakeup in the nation’s stock market, which will affect everything from risk-control systems to margin financing, share pledging and exchange-traded funds. For the first time in decades, some shares listed in Shenzhen will be allowed to move as much as 20% either way in a single session. It’s double the cap that’s ...