Bloomberg European stocks got a boost from upbeat corporate results that helped allay concern about the rising toll of the virus. The dollar extended a rebound. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index surged 0.7%, with energy and tech firms leading gains in almost every industry sector. S&P 500 contracts erased losses following a retreat in the US benchmark all week. Nasdaq …

Bloomberg Up four weeks and six of the last seven, US stocks are doing something they haven’t done since March: fall on consecutive days. For the first time in a long time, Wall Street pundits found themselves trying to explain a weak market. Covid-19 cases are surging around the world. Anxiety is swirling that new lockdowns could be afoot. Tension …

Bloomberg Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s biggest, returned 4%, or 382 billion kroner ($45.7 billion), in the first quarter after gains in its stock portfolio made up for bond losses. “The rise of the equity market was to a great extent driven by the finance and energy sector,” Deputy Chief Executive Officer Trond Grande said in a statement on …