The collapse of China’s stock markets a year ago was eye-catching, but in the end, hardly earth-shattering. Despite the pain for millions of retail investors, the fact is that stocks remain a small part of the financial system in China. Their brief, giddy rise and spectacular collapse never really threatened the wider Chinese economy, let alone the global financial ...

  Bloomberg US stocks fluctuated near an all-time high, while a rebound in crude oil lifted energy producers and gold snapped its longest rally in six weeks. The rally in global bonds faltered. The S&P 500 Index swung between gains and losses as retailers stumbled a second day on lackluster quarterly results. Crude rose past $40 a barrel after U.S. ...

  DUBAI / Reuters Egypt’s stock market closed at a one-year high on Wednesday on optimism among local investors that a loan deal with the International Monetary Fund would boost the economy, while weak oil prices and global bourses pushed Gulf bourses down further. Cairo’s main index jumped 1.6 percent to a one-year high of 8,105 points in rising turnover, ...