Bloomberg Stocks and US futures were mixed on Tuesday amid caution in global markets ahead of the Federal Reserve interest-rate hike. European energy and mining stocks rallied with oil and metals, while retailers and banks fell after disappointing reports from Walmart Inc and UBS Group AG. The Stoxx 600 fluctuated as S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures slipped. Stocks …

  Bloomberg Bitcoin sank to a one-week low, buffeted by investor skittishness ahead of a looming Federal Reserve interest-rate hike and amid harsher regulatory scrutiny of the cryptocurrency sector. The largest token dropped as much as 5.9% on Tuesday and was trading at around $21,100 in London. The MVIS CryptoCompare Digital Assets 100 gauge shed more than 4%. Equity markets …

Bloomberg European natural gas prices rose for a fourth consecutive session, with little clarity on future flows via a major Russian pipeline. While the Nord Stream pipeline is sending gas to Germany at a consistent rate of 40% of capacity following the end of maintenance on July 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that this could decline to 20% if …