Stocks

Bloomberg Never in modern trading history have Canadian stocks fallen so much in a single day of trading as they did this week. Growing alarm over the coronavirus and plummeting oil prices have been catalysts for the slump. But one historian sees two underlying factors at play: a fractured geopolitical environment that has coincided with market volatility the world over, …

Bloomberg Bitcoin is proving to be no haven asset amid the current global market meltdown. The price of the largest digital currency continued to swing wildly as a rout that began in earnest showed no signs of slowing down. Bitcoin dropped as much as 32% to $3,915, its weakest since March 2019, before clawing back loss, according to consolidated pricing …

Bloomberg Wednesday brought another day of reversals in many major markets, with US stock futures dropping, the dollar weakening and Treasury yields falling after surging a day earlier. Contracts on the S&P 500 Index fell about 2% after the US administration failed to offer details on what President Donald Trump said would be “major” measures to combat the economic impact …

Bloomberg Indian stocks advanced in a volatile session after the nation’s benchmark capped its steepest two-day slide in more than 11 years. Investors weighing an oil slump against economic risks fuelled by the coronavirus outbreak sent the S&P BSE Sensex Index up 0.2% to 35,697.4 at the close in Mumbai, reversing an earlier loss of as much as 1.1%. The …

Bloomberg It doesn’t seem to matter anymore whether global stocks are rising or falling — investors just keep snapping up more gold. Holdings in gold-backed exchange-traded funds surged by 55 tons in the previous three days, accounting for almost a third of year-to-date inflows, according to a preliminary tally by Bloomberg. As a haven asset, demand for gold tends to …

Bloomberg Stocks climbed globally along with US index futures on Tuesday, recovering some ground after the deepest equity rout since the great financial crisis. Bonds and haven currencies trimmed their exceptional gains from a day earlier and the dollar strengthened. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index jumped alongside contracts on the three main American gauges, though few benchmarks came close to …

Bloomberg European stocks rebounded on Tuesday from their biggest selloff since 2008 on optimism about stimulus measures to counter the impact of the coronavirus. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index rose as much as 3.5%, tracking gains in US futures, after President Donald Trump said he will seek a payroll tax cut and “very substantial relief” for industries hit by the …

Bloomberg The S&P/ASX 200 index erased an early loss and surged out of bear market territory amid hopes for government measures that will offset the economic impact of the spreading coronavirus. Australia’s benchmark index rose 3.1% to close at 5,939.6, its largest gain since November 2016, after having earlier declined as much as 3.9%. The market flirted with a bear …

Bloomberg Oil prices crashed, equities plunged and Treasuries soared on Monday as the world headed for a full-blown price war in crude and panic appeared to grip financial markets. In a dramatic start to the week across assets: Futures on the S&P 500 Index fell about 5%, triggering trading curbs designed to limit the most dramatic moves while cash markets …

Bloomberg Sovereign bonds in India rose to their highest in more than a decade and stocks fell the most since 2015 amid rising risks to the nation’s financial system along with a plunge in crude that led to panic sell-off of risk assets globally. The yield on the benchmark 10-year debt slid below 6% for the first time since 2009. …