Stocks

  BLOOMBERG A gauge of commodities headed for a five-month high, spurred by gains from metals to soy beans, and weighing on government bonds as the European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged at its latest policy meeting. Steel reinforcement bars jumped to a 19-month high in Shanghai, buoyed by an improving Chinese property market. Brent crude held near $46 ...

  BLOOMBERG U.S. and European shares fluctuated near the highest levels in at least three months as investors focused on companies with results that beat estimates, offsetting declines among energy producers that slumped with the price of crude. The dollar strengthened. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index swung near 2,100, a level it breached Tuesday for the first time in ...

  BLOOMBERG Global stocks climbed to a four-month high and emerging markets rallied as oil rose above $40 a barrel and corporate results beat analyst estimates. European equities were poised for their highest close since January as financial reports boosted companies including Danone and L’Oreal SA. South Korea’s won gained as the central bank refrained from loosening monetary policy and ...

  BLOOMBERG Crude oil’s fourth-straight decline weighed on energy companies and currencies of commodity-exporting nations after talks between major producers ended in Doha without any agreement on limiting output. While the drop in energy prices was moderated by a labor strike in Kuwait that curbed production, it dragged down the ruble, which posted the biggest loss among major currencies. The ...

BLOOMBERG Global stocks rallied for a fifth day and oil climbed, while the dollar reversed gains, and Singapore’s currency dropped as the city state unexpectedly loosened monetary policy. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index rose as Nestle SA led a surge in food companies, after Asian equities posted their longest rally in a year, while Standard & Poor’s Index futures were ...

  BLOOMBERG The cloud that China cast over financial markets is starting to lift — and that’s a boon for stocks and commodities. After trade data pointed to stronger growth in the world’s second-biggest economy, global equities wiped out the last of this year’s losses, copper and iron ore jumped, and haven assets including the yen and gold retreated. European ...

BLOOMBERG Stocks rose with commodities, while the yen and government bonds slipped, as oil’s advance above $40 a barrel boosted economic optimism. The MSCI All-Country World Index pared gains after the International Monetary Fund cut its global expansion forecast. Metals prices jumped, helping push the Bloomberg Commodity Index to the highest this month. The yen fell versus most of its ...

BLOOMBERG Emerging-market currencies and stocks rose for a third day as Chinese inflation data spearheaded an advance in the nation’s equities and a gauge of the dollar extended losses. Ukrainian bonds gained the most in a month after the country’s premier resigned. China’s stocks rose the most this month amid signs of a pickup in industrial demand. Sberbank PJSC led ...

ABU DHABI / EMIRATES BUSINESS The Emirates Securities Market Index has decreased by -0.17% to close at 4496.32 points. Accordingly the Market Capitalization has lost AED 1.21 billion attaining AED 729.36 billion. A total of 0.95 Billion Shares were traded with a total value of AED 1.04 billion during the trading session of 11-04-2016 through 10346 transactions. The number of companies which ...

BLOOMBERG U.S. stocks slipped, gold rallied and the yen strengthened to a 17-month high amid renewed concern that central bank policies have failed to revitalize growth. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index retreated into the middle of range that’s bound trading since the Federal Reserve’s March 16 meeting, while European equities reversed gains as bank shares slid. Gold rose after ...