Bloomberg Add Kazakhstan to the list of oil producers whose supply is restricted. The central Asian nation’s output slipped by about 240,000 barrels a day, data from the country’s Ministry of Energy show. The cause and duration of the dip aren’t known, but the country suffered a few supply outages earlier this year involving the giant Kashagan field in the …

Bloomberg US stocks pared gains amid fresh tough talk on trade by a Trump administration official. Treasuries advanced with the dollar and oil gained. The S&P 500 pared two-thirds of a gain that reached 0.9 percent, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq indexes turned lower after Larry Kudlow said America is not retreating in its approach on trade. Stocks rose at the …

Bloomberg Uphold, an exchange for digital coins and currencies, agreed to acquire New York-based broker-dealer JNK Securities Corp., the latest push by a crypto platform to position itself in more regulated markets. “Many crypto assets (particularly ICO tokens) may be treated as securities in some cases,” Uphold Chief Executive Officer Adrian Steckel said. “Through Uphold’s new securities division, the digital …