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Stocks, futures drop with focus on China, earnings

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Bloomberg Stocks fall with US futures on Monday at the start of a busy week of earnings and policy updates, with China’s widening technology crackdown weighing on risk sentiment. Treasuries rise. Contracts on key US gauges slipped following a record close for Wall Street. European equities fall from an all-time high as carmakers and banks led losses. Shares in China ...

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Traders seek growth in emerging markets as recovery angst builds

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Bloomberg Some of the assets most exposed to fears around the spread of the delta variant are luring traders with tempting signals of strength and stability. Emerging-market corporate earnings have outpaced estimates for the first time in 30 months amid an economic rebound in developing nations. Meanwhile, MSCI’s index of emerging currencies remains up this year, defying the declines seen ...

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Dubai records 6,388 real estate deals worth AED14.8b in June

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DUBAI / WAM Dubai’s real estate sector recorded 6,388 sales transactions in June, worth AED14.79 billion, according to the 16th edition of Mo’asher, Dubai’s official sales price index. This was the highest value of sales in eight years, noted officials. The sales transactions in June 2021 were 44.33 percent higher, in terms of volume, and 33.2 percent higher in value ...

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