Bloomberg US equity futures drifted while European shares fell and Asian stocks were mixed as investors marked time before key central bank meetings in the coming days. The dollar strengthened. Contracts on the three main US indexes signalled they’ll open with modest declines. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index dropped a second day, led by financial services and health-care shares. The ...

Bloomberg Small is decidedly not beautiful for European equities, according to Societe Generale (SocGen) SA. Investors should short the Euro Stoxx Small Index while going long on the blue-chip Euro Stoxx 50 Index, given the prospect of greater “liquidity-driven shocks” ahead for markets, SocGen strategists said. European equity funds have registered almost nonstop outflows this year, a trend that isn’t ...

Bloomberg Chinese investors have paused in their pursuit of Hong Kong stocks. They sold a net HK$175 million ($22 million) of the city’s shares on Tuesday, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That followed purchases of $10.2 billion over the previous 37 sessions, the longest streak since late 2017. Mainland traders had been attracted by cheap valuations as the benchmark ...