Bloomberg Germany’s DAX Index is starting the second half of the year with a bang as the benchmark is set to enter a bull market. The gauge rose as much as 1.8 percent in the first hour of trading on Monday, bringing the total gain to 22 percent since a closing low on December 27. The guage is up 1.5 ...

Bloomberg The dollar fell against the yuan and commodity-related currencies in Asia-Pacific trading on Monday after the US and China backed down from threats to escalate their trade war. Haven currencies weakened. The yen and Swiss franc, which tend to act as refuges in times of market distress, declined against the greenback, while the Australian dollar — a proxy for ...

Bloomberg Christian Sewing is preparing to undo over a decade of failed expansion at Deutsche Bank AG. The chief executive officer may slash headcount by more than a fifth — as many as 20,000 positions — in what’s shaping up to be the troubled lender’s biggest makeover in years, two people familiar with the matter said. Some of the heaviest ...