Bloomberg Stocks and futures were mixed as the global sovereign-bond selloff paused and investors turned their focus to corporate earnings. Energy companies were among the biggest declines in Europe’s Stoxx 600 Index, as crude oil slipped from a seven-year high, while the rally in metals boosted miners. US futures advanced. Treasury yields dipped, but remain higher for the week …

  Bloomberg SoftBank Group Corp. priced its biggest-ever yen bond on Thursday, using its popularity with retail investors to raise 550 billion yen ($4.8 billion) to pay off other debt. Billionaire Masayoshi Son’s technology conglomerate, which made headlines last year due to losses on Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc., has been the single-biggest issuer in the Japanese corporate bond …

  Bloomberg Global oil markets look tighter than previously thought as demand suffers surprisingly little impact from the latest coronavirus strain while supplies are curbed by disruptions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said. The surplus facing world markets this year is shrinking, with oil demand — slightly upgraded from last month — on track to hit pre-pandemic levels of 99.7 …