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European stocks slump as futures steady; oil declines

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Bloomberg European stocks slipped on Monday, with travel shares slumping amid restrictions prompted by coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19) strains, while US futures were little changed alongside Asian equities. The Stoxx 600 Index was led lower by the likes of Tui AG and EasyJet Plc, with the highly contagious Delta strain threatening to derail summer travel in Europe just as the northern ...

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Virus lockdowns send Malaysia stocks falling to seven-month low

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Bloomberg Malaysian stocks tumbled to a seven-month low amid a selloff across much of southeast Asia’s equities markets, after the local government extended a nationwide lockdown due to elevated Covid-19 infections. The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Index dropped as much as 1.3% on Monday, while Indonesia’s stock benchmark fell the most in six weeks. In Thailand, the key index sinks ...

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Aramco bets on blue hydrogen exports ramping up from 2030

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Bloomberg Saudi Aramco outlined plans to invest in blue hydrogen as the world shifts away from dirtier forms of energy, but said it will take at least until the end of this decade before a global market for the fuel is developed. “We’re going to have a large share” of the market for blue hydrogen, Aramco’s chief technology officer, Ahmad ...

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