Bloomberg Cenovus Energy Inc agreed to buy Husky Energy Inc in an all-stock deal valuing Husky at about C$3.8 billion ($2.9 billion), creating Canada’s third-largest oil and natural gas producer. The deal promises to combine two of the largest players in Canada’s oil sands at a time that valuations have crumbled in the sector. Even before this year’s oil-price slump, …

Bloomberg China’s fast-growing $157 billion market for exchange-traded funds became directly accessible to overseas investors, at least four years since the plan was first hatched. Four so-called “feeder” ETFs began trading in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, the first batch in a project aimed at connecting the two markets. The Shenzhen funds track the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index and the …

Bloomberg Philippine stocks are beating global peers this week after having spent much of the year in the company of the world’s worst-performing equity markets. The turnaround has been spurred by economic reopenings and a drop in the pace of Covid-19 cases, which saw foreign investors turning net buyers of local stocks after 28 days of selling. The Philippine Stock …