Bloomberg Japanese equities fall, pushing the Nikkei 225 Stock Average to a seventh-daily loss and the brink of a technical correction, amid market disappointment with a new government and a host of threats to global economic growth. The blue-chip measure closed 2.2% lower, capping its worst longest losing streak since May 2019 and extending its loss from a September high …

Bloomberg Opec+ agreed to maintain its schedule of gradual monthly production increases, triggering a surge in crude prices. Ministers ratified the 400,000 barrel-a-day supply hike scheduled for November after a short video conference on Monday. Going into the talks, there had been speculation that they could opt for a larger supply increase, but no such proposal was made, delegates said, …

Bloomberg Airbus SE is confident its global supplier base can overcome pandemic-induced pressures and boost output for the company’s workhorse A320 aircraft family despite the “unprecedented” labour and materials strains currently complicating that effort, Chief Executive Officer Guillaume Faury said. In an interview with Bloomberg News, Faury reaffirmed the company’s plan to boost A320 output from 40 per month today …