NEW YORK / Bloomberg U.S. stock-index futures fell, after the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index trimmed its second weekly rally, amid concern policy makers around the world aren’t doing enough to bolster the global economy. Bank of America Corp. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. fell at least 1.1 percent in premarket trading, signaling lenders will snap a two-day advance. Valeant ...

Rio De Janeiro /Bloomberg Brazil’s real advanced as China’s efforts to boost its economy offset increasing tension between President Dilma Rousseff and her party as a corruption investigation gets closer to her administration. The currency gained 0.2 percent to 3.9907 per U.S. dollar in Sao Paulo. It was headed to its first monthly advance since November. One-week implied volatility for ...

NEW YORK / Bloomberg Hedge funds are the most bullish on Treasury benchmark 10-year notes in two years, as U.S. government securities head for a second straight monthly gain. Large speculators including hedge funds boosted their positions in Treasury 10-year futures to a net 84,659 contracts as of Feb. 23, according to the latest data from the Commodity Futures Trading ...