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Stocks advance, Treasuries slide on upbeat China data

Bloomberg Stocks strengthened worldwide as strong manufacturing data out of the world’s second largest economy helped ease investor worries about a slowdown in global growth. Treasuries extended losses after as a gauge of US factories topped estimates in March. The S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq were all in the green. Shares of Lyft dropped below its IPO price as analysts ...

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India stocks rise over central bank’s ‘rate cut announcement’

Bloomberg India’s benchmark stocks gauge rose for a third day on Monday to close on the verge of a record. Expectations that the central bank will this week announce its second interest-rate cut for 2019, and a national election that will see Prime Minister Narendra Modi reelected helped boost sentiment in a market that capped its best quarter since June ...

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Bitcoin reaches 2019-high

Bloomberg Bitcoin advanced to the highest level of 2019, the latest milestone for cryptocurrencies as they claw back from a year that saw three-quarters of their market value wiped out. The biggest digital coin on Monday rose as much as 1.6 percent to $4,135.60, the top intraday level since December 24, according to weekday trading data compiled by Bloomberg. So-called ...

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