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European stocks see decline with US futures; oil advances

Bloomberg European stocks dropped with US futures on Thursday as investors weighed the latest signs of the coronavirus’s impact on the global economy and a slew of corporate earnings. Crude oil rose to about $15 a barrel in New York. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index quickly erased its opening gain as an estimate of private-sector activity in the euro area ...

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India stocks set for second day of gains

Bloomberg Indian stocks rose, set for a second straight day of gains, as investors bought riskier assets amid a partial easing of the nationwide lockdown and signs of the coronavirus outbreak easing globally. The S&P BSE Sensex climbed 9% to 31,673.78 as of 1:19 pm in Mumbai, while the NSE Nifty 50 Index advanced by the same magnitude. Both measures ...

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Credit Suisse takes $1b hit as it warns on pain ahead

Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG is setting aside more than $1 billion to cover writedowns and provisions for bad loans, the biggest such hit in more than a decade as the coronavirus pummels economic activity across the globe. The bank is holding back 568 million Swiss francs ($585 million) for credit losses, almost triple what analysts had been expecting, and ...

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