Bloomberg US stocks rallied to all-time highs after a trade truce with China, though gains eased after measures of manufacturing activity showed growth slowing in the world’s largest economy. Gold, the yen and Treasuries all retreated. The S&P 500 surpassed its intraday record, with chipmakers surging after President Donald Trump agreed to ease a ban on American companies supplying Chinese …

Bloomberg Germany’s DAX Index is starting the second half of the year with a bang as the benchmark is set to enter a bull market. The gauge rose as much as 1.8 percent in the first hour of trading on Monday, bringing the total gain to 22 percent since a closing low on December 27. The guage is up 1.5 …

Bloomberg The dollar fell against the yuan and commodity-related currencies in Asia-Pacific trading on Monday after the US and China backed down from threats to escalate their trade war. Haven currencies weakened. The yen and Swiss franc, which tend to act as refuges in times of market distress, declined against the greenback, while the Australian dollar — a proxy for …