Bloomberg Japan Exchange Group Inc. will join Japan’s Nikkei 225, becoming the index’s latest entrant following the buyout of Sony Financial Holdings. The operator of the Tokyo and Osaka exchanges will join the blue-chip index on July 29, Nikkei Inc. announced on Wednesday. SMS Co. Ltd will replace Sony Financial on the Nikkei 500 index. The outcome comes after Sony ...

Bloomberg Shares in Chinese biotechnology company Beigene Ltd. jumped the most in eight months after Hillhouse Capital invested about $1 billion in the largest equity financing ever by a biotech company. The Asian private equity firm’s stake in Beigene increased to about 12.7%, according to a regulatory filing confirming a report by Bloomberg News. Hillhouse acted as the anchor investor ...

Dubai / WAM A new launch date for the UAE Hope Probe mission to Mars have been set for Friday July 17 at 12:43am UAE time. The UAE Space Agency and the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, in collaboration with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, made the announcement following a decision to delay the mission due to bad weather conditions. The UAE’s ...