There’s been a spate of stories about the troubles of high-frequency trading (HFT) firms. This is no temporary downswing. The factors that allowed successful firms to trade actively for a decade with seemingly no losing days are gone and there’s no reason to expect them back. Nevertheless, HFT will be as important a force in the market in the 2020s ...

Bloomberg US equity-index futures gained along with European stocks on Wednesday and crude oil rallied amid signs the spread of the coronavirus in China is slowing and investor optimism the global economy can weather the storm. Treasury yields edged higher. Contracts on all three major American gauges pointed to a firm open after China’s Hubei province reported the lowest number ...

Bloomberg Indian stocks rose for a second day as a general appetite for risk, seen across Asia, helped drive gains in equities. The S&P BSE Sensex advanced 0.9% to 41,565.9, at in Mumbai and the NSE Nifty 50 Index climbed 0.8% on Wednesday. The S&P BSE Midcap Index, comprising 101 companies, dropped 0.3%; the gauge of mid-sized firms has risen ...