Bloomberg US stocks rose for a fourth day, with technology shares leading the advance as investors awaited fresh catalysts after digesting solid American economic data and inconclusive trade talks in Washington. The S&P 500 overcame morning weakness to push higher, while Nvidia, Adobe, Microsoft and Apple led the Nasdaq indexes to solid advances. Alphabet reports earnings after the closing bell. …

Bloomberg India’s benchmark equity index rose to its highest level since September in a late surge helped by gains in a handful of large-cap stocks, as investors digested the the government’s last federal budget before the national ballot. The S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.3 percent to 36,582.74 in Mumbai after falling as much as 0.7 percent in early trade. The …

Bloomberg Australian investors just got the final piece of a 13-month inquiry into rampant misconduct at nation’s biggest banks and financial firms that could set the tone for country’s stocks this week. The report on financial companies was released after the stock market closed on Monday and recommended against a structural separation. The S&P/ASX 200 Finance Index, whose companies account …