Bloomberg Stocks fell and gold and the yen climbed as geopolitical tensions flared up again, with U.S. President Donald Trump weighing new economic sanctions that could target China after a nuclear test on Sunday by North Korea. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index declined, with all industry sectors in the red, after a report that Pyongyang is preparing to launch an ...

Reuters Stock markets in the United Arab Emirates were mostly quiet on Monday as they resumed trading after a long holiday weekend for Eid al-Adha, but Abu Dhabi-listed Dana Gas soared after it agreed on overdue payments from Iraqi Kurdistan’s government. Dana jumped 14.1 percent to 0.73 dirham, its highest level since early July, and was by far the market’s ...

Bloomberg UK Brexit Secretary David Davis dismissed as “nonsense” published reports that Prime Minister Theresa May is set to approve paying as much as 50 billion pounds ($64.8 billion) to leave the European Union. May is ready to agree to the total in a bid to kickstart trade talks, but won’t disclose details until after the Conservative Party conference in ...