Bloomberg European stocks erased losses and US equity futures climbed as investors weighed prospects for the economy to recover during the pandemic. Telecom and health-care shares were among the biggest gainers in Europe. HSBC Holdings Plc slumped after a report that some of Donald Trump’s advisers proposed a move to destabilize Hong Kong’s currency peg to the dollar as a ...

Bloomberg India stocks swung as investors weighed the gradual resumption of business activity against a steady rise in new coronavirus cases, ahead of the quarterly earnings season starting on Thursday. The S&P BSE Sensex was little changed at 36,714.87, at 10:05 am in Mumbai, as was the NSE Nifty 50 Index after both gained at least 0.4%. The measures have ...

Bloomberg Chinese investors are loading up on leverage to speculate in the stock market at the fastest pace in more than five years. They pushed outstanding margin debt on domestic exchanges to more than 1.2 trillion yuan ($171 billion). The figure rose 36.7 billion yuan from July 3, the biggest increase since January 2015. The surge in leverage shows how ...