Bloomberg Gautam Adani’s businesses have lost $108 billion in a week, one of the biggest wipeouts in India’s history, after an explosive report by short-seller Hindenburg Research forced him to pull a stock sale at the 11th hour and led some lenders to reject his securities as collateral for client trades. Adani, who last year became the world’s second-richest ...
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European stocks, US futures extend rally
Bloomberg European stocks climbed with US equity futures, building on Wall Street’s advance after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank had made progress in its battle against inflation. The Stoxx Europe 600 index added about 0.6%, with traders now looking ahead to the European Central Bank’s policy decision after mixed inflation data reignited debate about how ...
Read More »Adani rout passes $80bn as stock sale fails to stems doubt
Bloomberg The crisis of confidence plaguing Gautam Adani is deepening, with the selloff in the Adani group shares triggered by Hindenburg Research’s fraud allegations rapidly turning into a meltdown despite the completion of a key share sale. The declines accelerated in afternoon trading in Mumbai after Bloomberg reported Credit Suisse Group AG has stopped accepting bonds of Adani’s group of ...
Read More »European stocks edge higher, US futures slip
Bloomberg Stocks in Europe edged higher while US equity futures slipped on a day abounding with risks including key economic data, company earnings and the Federal Reserve policy meeting. The Stoxx Europe 600 index held a modest advance after a report showed inflation in the euro area slowed more than economists’ expectations in January, suggesting heated debate to come at ...
Read More »Foreigners scoop up shares in China with Jan inflow at record
Bloomberg Foreigners are returning to China’s stock market with a vengeance, snapping up more shares in January alone than they did for the whole of 2022. Offshore funds have added a net 141.2 billion yuan ($20.9 billion) worth of stocks listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen through trading links with Hong Kong this month, even with a week-long holiday trading ...
Read More »European stocks trim best start of year since 2015 ahead of ECB
Bloomberg European stocks declined on Tuesday, trimming one of the best starts of the year ever, as investors brace for expected interest rate hikes from central banks in the coming days, while also digesting earnings from large lenders. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index was down 0.2% by 9:14 am. Real estate and financial services retreated, while banks outperformed. In a ...
Read More »Adani share sale subscriptions advance
Bloomberg Gautam Adani inched closer to completing his flagship company’s $2.5 billion share sale, a feat that could offer Asia’s richest man some reprieve after his empire was rocked by allegations of fraud by short seller Hindenburg Research. Investors had placed orders for about 85% of the total shares on sale in the follow-on offering by Adani Enterprises Ltd. as ...
Read More »Stocks plunge with eyes on rate hikes; bonds decline
Bloomberg Shares in Europe declined on Monday along with US equity futures as a note of caution crept in at the start of a week marked by interest-rate decisions and big-name company earnings on both sides of the Atlantic. The Stoxx Europe 600 index dropped about 0.6%, taking some of the luster off what was shaping to be the ...
Read More »Taiwan stocks enter bull market as chip shares extend gains
Bloomberg Taiwan’s benchmark stock gauge entered a bull market as trading resumed after the Lunar New Year holidays, with a broad rebound in chip shares boosting foreign buying in the market. The Taiwan dollar also strengthened. The benchmark Taiex index rose 3.8% on Monday, its best day since May 2021. That took gains from an October low to 22%. ...
Read More »Adani rout crosses $51bn as stocks plunge by daily limits
Bloomberg The selloff in Gautam Adani’s corporate empire accelerated on Friday, erasing more than $51 billion of market value in two sessions as Asia’s richest man struggles to contain the fallout from a scathing report by US short seller Hindenburg Research. The rout is piling pressure on the Indian tycoon as it erodes his net worth and threatens to ...
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