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US stocks slide amid trade tensions, Treasuries gain

Bloomberg US equity-index futures extended a retreat alongside European stocks on Tuesday as investor optimism over looming trade talks was knocked by news the White House is moving towards possible restrictions on capital flows into China. Treasuries and gold advanced. Contracts for the three major US gauges had gained earlier, but they reversed after China said it strongly opposed an ...

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Chinese stocks rise as trade resumes

Bloomberg Chinese stocks rose as they traded for the first time in a week, with investors focusing on the upcoming trade talks with the US. The CSI 300 Index closed up 0.6%. Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co and Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co halted trading after they were placed on a US blacklist along with six other Chinese technology firms. Hong ...

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US stocks slump as trade roils outlook; Treasuries fluctuate

Bloomberg Futures on US equity indexes ticked lower while the yuan slipped on Monday on concern China may be increasingly reluctant to agree a broad trade deal with the Trump administration. European stocks gained and Treasuries fluctuated. Contracts for the three main US gauges came off their session lows but still pointed to a weak start on Wall Street after ...

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China markets set to reopen with trade, Hong Kong in focus

Bloomberg Chinese financial markets are set to open for the first time in a week on Tuesday, with investors likely to focus on this week’s trade talks with the US and the worsening situation in Hong Kong. Room for disappointment in both is growing. Senior Chinese officials have indicated the range of topics they’re willing to discuss has narrowed considerably, ...

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Stock havens cost more just when investors need them

Bloomberg Some of the highest valuations in years can’t keep exchange-traded fund investors from hunkering down in the safest pockets of the US equity market. As the S&P 500 Index began October with its third week of losses, utilities ETFs took in $726 million, the most of any industry, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Investors had already piled into defensive ...

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Swiss franc weakness short-lived as haven allure may return

Bloomberg The franc is trading near a two-week low versus the euro on Swiss data weakness, with both positioning and charts signaling more short-term pain. Yet, losses may be limited as the currency’s haven appeal should eventually prevail amid the deepening global economic gloom. The franc has pared its year-to-date advance to about 3% on expectations the Swiss National Bank ...

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India to allow FX-settled rupee derivatives trading

Bloomberg India plans to allow foreign-exchange settled rupee derivatives trading in specially designated centers as it tries to deepen the local market. The non-deliverable forwards will be traded on the International Financial Services Centres, the Reserve Bank of India said. GIFT City in Indian state of Gujarat is currently the only operational venue. Trading in the onshore market has been ...

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US futures fall with Europe stocks, Treasuries advance

Bloomberg US stock-index futures retreated with Asian shares while equities sank across Europe as miserable manufacturing data from the world’s largest economy kept reverberating around markets. The dollar advanced. Contracts on the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 and Dow Jones Industrial Average all signalled declines when exchanges open in New York, after the underlying indexes slumped the previous day when a ...

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HK stocks little changed after worst quarter since 2015

Bloomberg Hong Kong’s financial markets showed resilience after a day of violent clashes between protesters and the police brought much of the city’s centre to a standstill. The benchmark Hang Seng Index was little changed on Wednesday, closing down 0.2 percent on volume that was 30 percent lower than the 30-day average. Trading in the local dollar was also muted, ...

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Stocks decline, Treasuries advance after weak data

Bloomberg US stocks fell, while Treasuries rose after a key gauge of manufacturing posted the weakest reading since the end of the last recession. Gold turned higher along with the yen. The S&P 500 declined for the third time in four sessions, erasing an earlier advance more than 0.5 percent, after the Institute for Supply Management’s factory index slipped to ...

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