Bloomberg De Beers increased diamond sales at its third offering this year in a sign of recovering demand for rough gems after a slump last year. Shares of listed parent Anglo American Plc surged as much as 9.4%. De Beers sold $660 million of diamonds in April, the diamond miner said on Tuesday. That’s up from the $617 million of ...

Bloomberg Greece will take a one-week break in bailout review discussions with its creditors, after failing to reach an initial agreement, as officials from the Greek government, the euro area and the International Monetary Fund fly to Washington to attend IMF meetings. Officials decided to “pause,” so they can all go to Washington, Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said in ...

Bloomberg French bonds fell as investors awaited the government’s sale of ultra-long securities. The planned issue of 20- and 50- year debt, which will be conducted via banks and may price on Tuesday, was announced by the French Treasury. The nation is looking to raise longer-term funds to benefit from the euro zone’s low interest rates, while investors will likely ...