Bloomberg US stock futures turned lower while European shares held onto modest gains after Chinese officials told agriculture companies to pause imports of some farm goods. Treasuries erased their earlier declines. State-owned traders Cofco and Sinograin were ordered to suspend purchases, according to a person familiar with the matter. The move raises the risk of heightening tensions between the two ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong stocks rose, with the benchmark index capping its best day in more than two months, on speculation the US administration won’t take extreme steps in response to China’s crackdown on the city. The Hang Seng Index closed 3.4% higher, led by real estate firms, after falling almost 7% last month. Shares on the mainland also climbed, with ...

Bloomberg Four Singaporean blue-chip stocks lost a combined market capitalisation of $613 million amid record volumes after MSCI Inc. deleted them from its benchmark for the city-state’s largest stocks. Two of the four shares excluded from the MSCI Singapore Index — Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. and Sembcorp Industries Ltd. — became over-sold on a technical indicator, while ComfortDelGro Corp. and ...