Bloomberg Chinese developers are driving convertible bond sales in Hong Kong as analysts warn of a stock price correction. Seven Chinese companies have sold HK$41.8 billion ($5.3 billion) of the hybrid securities this year, surpassing previous full-year totals, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Led by China Evergrande Group’s record sale this week, five developers have priced convertibles, which typically …

Bloomberg US stocks remained down after recovering from steeper early losses, while European and Asian equities slumped. Treasuries and the dollar stabilised. Oil fell and copper rose. The S&P 500 Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average each fell more than 1 percent at the open on Monday, before a rally in utility and consumer shares pulled them back up somewhat. …

Reuters Most Middle Eastern stock markets fell on Monday in line with a weak global trend, with Saudi Arabia seeing profit-taking in cement shares, but Egypt rose on the back of several blue chips, The region had already dropped on Sunday in response to Wall Street’s plunge on February 2, so Gulf markets far outperformed other bourses in Asia, where …