Stocks

Bloomberg For the longest time, Canadian real estate investment trusts were a stalwart for income investors. Now, dividend payments hang in the balance as commercial and residential tenants struggle to pay rent during a pandemic that has shut down much of the economy. Typically seen as a place to get a high, safe payout in a world of low bond ...

Bloomberg Stocks fell in Europe and Asia along with US equity futures as investors took in worsening American coronavirus figures and assessed the impact of the pandemic on corporate profits and dividends. The dollar climbed with Treasuries. Banks led the decline in the Stoxx Europe 600 index after lenders including HSBC Holdings Plc and Standard Chartered Plc halted dividends and ...

Bloomberg India kicks off its fiscal year with revenues under severe strain. A prolonged slowdown in the economy depressed tax collections in the financial year that ended on April 1, latest official data show. As India now conducts the world’s biggest lockdown, budget pressures are set to worsen. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has already outlined a virus relief package of ...

Bloomberg US equity futures and European stocks headed for a fifth increase in six sessions, spurring debate over whether the meltdown has ended given the continued spread of the coronavirus. Treasuries edged higher. Contracts on the three main American stock indexes turned from losses to gains overnight as political leaders contemplate a fourth round of stimulus. Battered travel and leisure ...

Bloomberg India stocks advanced on Tuesday as some investors found value in riskier assets with the benchmark equity index capping its worst quarter ever. The S&P BSE Sensex Index rose 3.6% at the close in Mumbai. The quarterly drop of 29%, as the nation saw an acceleration of virus cases and imposed a three-week lockdown, surpasses the previous record of ...

Bloomberg South Africa’s stock market is set for its worst quarter on record as the coronavirus ravages global equities, but gold miners are at least shining amid the gloom. The FTSE/JSE Africa Gold Mining Index is the sole Johannesburg industry sector to post gains in 2020, rising 11% as bullion prices advance for the sixth consecutive quarter. The broader South ...

Bloomberg US equity futures fluctuated and stocks slipped on Monday as investors weighed a weekend full of negative coronavirus news against the stimulus measures that triggered a bounce in risk assets last week. The dollar rebounded, Treasuries edged higher and oil sank. Contracts on the S&P 500 Index swung between losses and gains after President Donald Trump abruptly abandoned his ...

Bloomberg Indonesian stocks snapped a two-day winning streak as investors remained wary about rising Covid-19 cases domestically and globally. The Jakarta Composite Index fell 2.9% on Monday, taking the monthly decline to most since October 2008. The benchmark gauge hit a 5% circuit breaker, triggering the first trading halt since the Indonesia Stock Exchange implemented a shorter operational schedule. Indonesian ...

Bloomberg The convulsions in European markets for the past month have traders looking back to 2008-2009, the last time the financial world seemed on the verge of collapse. The good news this time around is that policy makers are applying lessons learned from that crisis. From the US’s $2 trillion rescue package to massive bond buying by the European Central ...

Bloomberg Gold suppliers are in talks to use chartered or cargo flights to transport the precious metal, which usually moves around the world in commercial planes and has been left stranded as global travel grinds to a halt. The global gold market has been thrown into upheaval by the coronavirus outbreak. Logistics are becoming increasingly difficult and some leading refineries ...