Bloomberg Saudi Arabian stocks rose the most in the Gulf as the country’s oil giant delayed a long-awaited initial public offering (IPO), easing a sell-off of other stocks intended to fund purchases in the share sale. The Tadawul All Share Index climbed as much as 2.3%, recovering from a loss of 0.8% last week and trimming losses in October to ...

Bloomberg Global finance ministers and central bankers pledged to use all their tools, including fiscal policy, to support demand amid a “highly uncertain” outlook and elevated risks. “The outlook is highly uncertain and subject to elevated downside risks,” including trade tensions, policy uncertainty and geopolitical risks, according to a communique issued by the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), the ...

Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc may partially exit stock trading in some developed Western markets as part of a cost-cutting drive by Noel Quinn, the interim chief executive who wants the top job on a permanent basis. Equities sales and trading units in France, Germany, US and the UK are likely to be scaled back, according to people familiar with the ...