Bloomberg Australia’s central bank staff will be working around the clock to factor in the latest data from Victoria state’s spiralling Covid crisis into economic projections ahead of Tuesday’s policy meeting and Friday’s forecasts publication. Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe is set to keep interest rates and the three-year yield target unchanged at 0.25%, most economists say, and reiterate a …

Bloomberg Bandhan Bank Ltd.’s main shareholder sold $1.4 billion of its stake in India’s most profitable bank to meet the regulator’s ownership rules. Bandhan Financial Holdings Ltd. sold 337.4 million shares in the Indian lender at 313.1 rupees in a block trade on Monday, according to deal teams seen by Bloomberg News. The company’s shares plunged 11% to 307 rupees …

Bloomberg European equities climbed after falling the most since March in July as euro-area manufacturing returned to growth. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index was up 0.2%, led higher by the media and tech sectors. Banks were the worst performers, with HSBC Holdings Plc down 3.8% after first-half pretax profit missed estimates and more than halved to $5.6 billion, while Societe …