Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co has landed on six property stocks that can best weather the Hong Kong turmoil after applying a worst-case scenario that envisages home prices plunging 30 percent, retail sales falling by a similar amount and prime office rents sinking 40 percent. While a worst-case scenario may seem a rather grim starting point, analysts at the New …

Bloomberg US equity-index futures rallied alongside European and Asian stocks as traders cheered a reduction in political tension from Italy and Britain to Hong Kong. Treasuries and gold retreated, while the dollar slipped. Contracts on the three major American share gauges jumped, signalling stocks will rebound from declines. All industry groups in the Stoxx Europe 600 index advanced, almost erasing …

Bloomberg The pound rallied 1 percent and gilts slid as investors saw a lower risk of a no-deal Brexit following a defeat for the government in parliament. Sterling led gains among Group-of-10 peers and UK stocks also gained as lawmakers were expected to vote on Wednesday to force Prime Minister Boris Johnson to delay Brexit by three months. Johnson retaliated …