Bloomberg US equity indexes fluctuated after a tumultuous morning that saw the Dow swing more than 900 points in 25 minutes. The benchmark gauge for US share volatility went through wild gyrations after hitting a two-year high. The S&P 500 Index plunged as much as 2.1 percent at the open of trading on Tuesday before regaining ground. The Dow declined …

Reuters Middle Eastern stock markets fell on Tuesday because of the global downturn in equities, but the region outperformed emerging markets in Asia, where MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares ex-Japan plunged 3.6 percent. Because of low oil prices and poor liquidity, the Gulf greatly underperformed the uptrend in global emerging markets in 2017, so fund managers say it may …

Bloomberg BP Plc dodged the disappointment that afflicted other oil-company earnings as it did a better job of exploiting the upswing in crude prices. Oil and gas output rose following the startup of seven new projects last year, helping the London-based giant post a fivefold increase in fourth-quarter profit from a year earlier to the highest since the start of …