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Three risks for banking in the time of coronavirus

When bankers fret about contagion, it’s usually the financial kind. DBS Group Holdings Ltd. is battling a different outbreak. The full-year results of Singapore’s largest lender are pre-coronavirus. Still, they offer clues to what investors in banks with pan-Asian heft — including HSBC Holdings Plc, Standard Chartered Plc and Citigroup Inc. — should be watching. A day before its earnings ...

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US futures fall after Apple says sales to miss forecast

Bloomberg US equity-index futures fell along with European stocks on Tuesday after Apple Inc said quarterly sales would miss forecasts, spooking investors who had hoped for a limited economic impact from the deadly coronavirus. Treasuries rose as American markets re-opened after a holiday. Contracts on the three major US equity benchmarks dropped, with Apple shares slumping as much as 4.2% ...

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India’s Sensex drops as virus adds to woes

Bloomberg India’s stock benchmark declined for a fourth straight day, with disruptions from the coronavirus outbreak clouding the outlook for an economy already facing its weakest expansion in 11 years. The S&P BSE Sensex Index fell 0.4% to close at 40,894.38 in Mumbai, its longest losing streak in more than four months, after sliding as much as 1.1%. The NSE ...

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