Bloomberg Some two dozen Metro Bank Plc office staff got an early taste of what hybrid working will look like this week as they trialled their firm’s new approach to office life. Hovering outside the lender’s Moorgate branch in the City of London until it opened at 8:30 am, colleagues on the bank’s financial crime team greeted each other in …

Bloomberg Chinese technology shares climbed on Monday after recording their best weekly advance since January as bargain hunters continued to load up on the beaten-down sector. The Hang Seng Tech Index rallied 1.1%, led by live streaming giant Kuaishou Technology and Alibaba Health Information Technology Ltd. Food delivery company Meituan erased earlier losses and rise 1.5% ahead of its results, …

Bloomberg Stocks in Europe and US futures were steady on Monday, bolstered by Jerome Powell’s signal that pandemic-era Federal Reserve policy support will be withdrawn cautiously and gradually. Contracts on the S&P 500 were little changed and those on Nasdaq 100 edged higher after a record Wall Street close in the wake of Chair Powell’s Jackson Hole speech, while the …