Bloomberg Indian equities declined anew, with the benchmark index tumbling to a three-year low, as worries mounted that the world’s second-most populous nation could become the next global hotspot for coronavirus infections, further damaging an already fragile economy. The S&P BSE Sensex slumped 5.6% to 28,869.51 to its lowest level since March 2017, marking a third straight session that ended ...
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US stock futures whipsawed; dollar jumps, yuan weakens
Bloomberg US equity futures fluctuated on Tuesday and European stocks dropped as investors struggled to find their feet after the biggest plunge on Wall Street since 1987. The dollar jumped, while Treasuries retreated with gold. It was another day of volatility, with contracts on American share gauges at one point rising by their daily limits in the wake of the ...
Read More »India stocks drop in volatile trade after central bank steps
Bloomberg India’s benchmark stock index closed negative, reversing gains, after the country’s central bank announced a currency swap and measures to boost liquidity but held back from following global peers with an emergency rate cut. The S&P BSE Sensex fell 2.6% to 30,579 as of the 3:30 pm close in Mumbai on Tuesday after dropping as much as 3.2% and ...
Read More »Indonesian stocks slump, triggering trading halt
Bloomberg Indonesian stocks slumped on Tuesday, triggering a trading halt for the third time in a week. The Jakarta Composite Index ended the day down 5% to its lowest level since January 2016. A total of $356 million in equity value changed hands as of the time of the market suspension , Laksono Widodo, director of trading and membership at ...
Read More »US equities hit limit-down; Japanese yen rebounds
Bloomberg US equity futures tumbled by their limits and Treasuries surged at the start of what’s set to be another volatile week, with investors responding to the rapidly escalating economic hit from the coronavirus and a massive emergency move by the Federal Reserve to ease lending. Contracts on the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 and Dow Jones Industrial Average all sank ...
Read More »Indian stocks extend slump to lowest since 2017 amid virus fear
Bloomberg India’s benchmark stock index slumped to its lowest since September 2017 after entering a bear market last week amid concern that the novel coronavirus outbreak may threaten the nation’s already fragile economy. The S&P BSE Sensex fell 8% to 31,390.07 in Mumbai, with all 30 members declining, following a wild session last week, when the gauge swung to end ...
Read More »Zimbabwe restricts old mutual shares’ trading
Bloomberg Zimbabwean Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube restricted trading in three companies’ stocks to try and halt a rout of the nation’s currency. The measure to limit trading of dual-listed shares Old Mutual Ltd, PPC Ltd and Seed Co will be in place for a year, Ncube said in a Government Gazette. The order doesn’t have any impact on the settlement ...
Read More »Historic market fall exposes Canada’s economic fault lines
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, ...
Read More »Bitcoin drops 50% in epic tumble since ’19
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 ...
Read More »Most Asian benchmarks fall, Japanese yen rallies
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 ...
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