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Europe’s bond recovery drops

  Bloomberg All it took was a strong US jobs report to expose the fragility of last week’s bond rally in Europe. Within minutes of the print, German bonds had erased almost half of their day-before rally, which had been turbocharged by expectations central banks were nearing an end to their hiking cycles. Jubilation is giving way to fresh anxiety ...

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Stocks, futures decline on Fed outlook; dollar rises

  Bloomberg European stocks and US equity futures slumped as an unexpectedly strong US jobs report raised the prospect of more rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. Concern over US-China geopolitical tensions also weighed on sentiment. The Stoxx Europe 600 index dropped more than 1% after closing on February 3 in a bull market, with the technology and real estate ...

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Adani rout drags India’s weighting in EM Index

  Bloomberg India’s weighting in MSCI’s emerging-market benchmark dropped after the brutal selloff in Adani group’s stocks, giving away its second spot to Taiwan after a rally in the latter’s market. As of the end of January, Taiwan’s weighting in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index rose to 14.2%, behind leader China’s 31.2%, while India’s fell to the third spot with ...

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