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Stocks rise as China cuts quarantine; dollar steady

  Bloomberg Stocks rise on Tuesday after China softened its strict Covid-19 protocols, easing investor concerns about global growth. Mining and energy shares led gains in Europe’s Stoxx 600, while US equity futures advanced about 0.6%. An Asian equity index erased losses to climb for a fourth session. China cut in half the time new arrivals must spend in isolation, ...

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Coinbase declines as Goldman downgrades to sell after 75% rout

Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group analysts downgraded Coinbase Global to a sell rating as the crypto winter continues to take its toll on the struggling digital currency exchange. Shares of the firm slumped 11% to $55.96, extending their decline this year to 78% as Bitcoin trades at less than half its value from six months ago. Goldman analyst William Nance cited ...

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Global stocks extend gains

  Bloomberg Global stocks extended gains on Monday after posting their best performance in a month last week. US futures rise, with the Nasdaq 100 advancing 0.6% and technology heavyweights including Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. climbing in premarket trading. Tech shares also boosted indexes in Europe and Asia. Quarterly portfolio rebalancing by institutional buyers could be helping ...

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Crypto exchanges hunker down as woes pile up in India

  Bloomberg India’s largest digital assets exchanges are bracing for a drawn-out crypto winter — one with some unwelcome local twists. With token prices plummeting, customers unable to transfer money to their accounts and a dreaded transaction tax on cryptocurrencies just around the corner, exchanges like Binance-backed WazirX have put expansion plans on the back burner. “We have cut down ...

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Global equity funds see their biggest outflows in 9 weeks

  Bloomberg Global equity funds saw their biggest outflows in nine weeks as investors piled into cash amid fears that the US economy could be headed for a recession. About $16.8 billion exited global stock funds in the week through June 22, with US equities seeing their first outflow in seven weeks at $17.4 billion, Bank of America Corp (BofA) ...

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European stocks to rally after tough first half, say analysts

Bloomberg After what is poised to be the worst first half since 2008 for European equities, strategists are optimistic that at least some of the losses will be clawed back by the end of the year. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index will end December at 467 index points, according to the average of 15 forecasts in Bloomberg’s monthly survey. That ...

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European stocks drop with yields on rising recession risk

  Bloomberg European stocks retreated and bond yields tumbled as comments by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and growth data in Europe stoked fear about a global dowturn. Oil extended losses. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index slipped about 1%, with miners and energy firms posting the biggest declines. Contracts on the Nasdaq 100 flipped to gains from losses while those ...

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SoftBank’s Son faces shareholders shaken by $34 billion loss

  Bloomberg SoftBank Group Corp founder Masayoshi Son is used to praise and encouragement from shareholders. But company’s loss of $34 billion in market value over the last year is a test for even his most faithful admirers when they gather for the annual shareholders’ meeting. Investors stuck by Son when SoftBank announced a holding company strategy in 2015 to ...

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Stocks, futures decline on pervasive economic fears

  Bloomberg Stocks in Europe fall along with US futures and commodities amid ever-louder warnings that Federal Reserve monetary tightening may lead to an economic downturn. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index retreated while contracts on the Nasdaq 100 extended declines to 2% and those on the S&P 500 also dropped, pointing to a reversal from Monday’s bounce in the main ...

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Bitcoin sinks again as risk-off mood returns on recession fears

  Bloomberg Bitcoin resumed a fall on Wednesday, moving in tandem with weakening stocks amid mounting concerns about a global recession. The largest cryptocurrency declined as much as 4.3% to $19,947, and was holding right around the key $20,000 level as of 9:08 am in London. Ether falls by a maximum 5% to $1,066.02. Shiba Inu, the 14th-biggest cryptocurrency by ...

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