Bloomberg Customers of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX sued in bankruptcy court in hopes of being first in line to recover some of the billions lost in the meltdown of Sam Bankman-Fried’s digital-asset empire. A group of four FTX customers asked a bankruptcy judge to rule their holdings in the Bahamas-based exchange belong to them, rather than FTX. They want ...

  Bloomberg Stocks in Europe struggled for direction along with US equity futures as news of further moves by China to reopen its economy failed to lift investor sentiment in the final week of a dismal year for markets. The Stoxx Europe 600 index erased an early advance, with carmakers and technology stocks leading declines. Basic-resources stocks rose as prices ...

Bloomberg Foreigners bought the least amount of Chinese domestic shares this year after a selloff in the world’s second-largest stock market amid stringent Covid-19 restrictions and a housing slump. Overseas investors have purchased a net 87 billion yuan ($12.5 billion) of stocks in Shanghai and Shenzhen so far this year through trading links with Hong Kong. That’s about a fifth ...