Bloomberg Global trade in goods might be close to plateauing — albeit at a record level — amid an outlook clouded by regional imbalances and coronavirus outbreaks that slow economic activity, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) said. The Geneva-based trade body’s goods trade barometer rises to 110.4 in March, the highest in records going back to 2016, according to a ...

Bloomberg Oil snapped a run of declines as a US industry report pointed to a drop in domestic crude stockpiles. West Texas Intermediate rises 0.5% after a four-day losing run that was the longest since March. The American Petroleum Institute reported that crude inventories fell 1.16 million barrels last week, including a draw at the key storage hub in Cushing, ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates signed a codeshare agreement with Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras SA (Azul), which will allow customers to seamlessly connect to and from eight cities in Brazil to Emirates’ global network via Sao Paulo. The codeshare agreement has been approved by the Brazilian Federal Aviation Agency. Under the codeshare, customers will be able to connect to and from ...