Stocks

  Bloomberg US stocks rise in a late-day turnaround as dip-buyers emerged ahead of a busy week for Big Tech earnings. The S&P 500 rallied back in a choppy afternoon session to end near highs of the day, after falling to lows near the 4,200 level. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 climbed more than 1%. Twitter Inc extended gains after billionaire ...

Bloomberg Fears about the economic toll of China’s strict Covid Zero policy intensified on Monday, as news that lockdowns were spreading to Beijing sent stocks, commodities and the yuan tumbling. The benchmark CSI 300 Index closed nearly 5% down to the lowest level since April 2020, wiping out gains from a sweeping March pledge by officials to support the economy. ...

  Bloomberg India’s decision to go ahead with a much-reduced target for its vaunted life insurer’s initial public offering, as skittish investors continue to pull money from the South Asian nation, is adding to the risks threatening the nation’s fiscal deficit target. Life Insurance Corporation of India’s (LIC) board approved selling a 3.5% stake for about 210 billion rupees ($2.8 ...

Bloomberg Global bonds added to this year’s epic rout as traders brace for the most aggressive Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes in 40 years and the likelihood most global central banks will also tighten. The policy-sensitive two-year yield climbed as much as eight basis points on Friday to 2.76%, the highest since late 2018, after Fed Chair Jerome Powell said overnight ...

  Bloomberg Shareholders in some of the biggest US companies reaped wealth gains in the pandemic that outpaced pay hikes for their employees by more than 50 to 1, according to a study by the Brookings Institution. The report — focused on 22 industry leaders, including Amazon.com Inc. and McDonald’s Corp. — found that stockholders added some $1.5 trillion in ...

  Bloomberg Chinese stocks extended this week’s rout as traders fretted over the economic fallout from the nation’s Covid-Zero strategy, with lower-than-expected policy stimulus adding to their disappointment. The CSI 300 Index slumped 1.8% on Thursday — capping a fifth day of losses — as President Xi Jinping defended China’s lockdown-dependent approach to fighting the Covid-19 pandemic in a speech ...

  Bloomberg US stock-index futures rise amid growing optimism for another strong earnings-reporting season, while a selloff in Treasuries resumed with a debate raging around whether inflation is peaking. June contracts on the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 indexes climbed at least 0.6% each after Tesla Inc posted record profits that blew past estimates. Treasury yields advanced, with the 10-year ...

Bloomberg European stocks gained as a flurry of corporate earnings reassured investors that profits can overcome economic hurdles. The Stoxx Europe 600 climbed 0.4% in London. Banking and technology shares soared, tracking a rally in US stocks. Miners underperformed as metals fall. ASML Holding NV advanced after saying demand for its chip-making machines outstripped supply in the second quarter. Danone ...

Bloomberg Netflix Inc shares are on course to lose about $40 billion in value on Wednesday after the streaming giant reported its first customer decline in more than a decade. Shares in the company fell as much as 26% premarket trading, extending its plunge this year to 57%. If the losses hold, Netflix is poised to become the worst-performing stock ...

Bloomberg China’s technology stocks slumped as trading resumed in Hong Kong after the long weekend, with continued concern over government regulation and a potential delisting of US-traded shares dampening sentiment. The Hang Seng Tech Index declined 3.8% from its closing level on April 14, with video-game streaming site Bilibili Inc plunging almost 11%. China is starting a two-month “clean-up” inspection ...