Bloomberg Investors betting on Singapore’s two largest internet companies are staring down hefty losses as rising interest rates and recession risks extended a tech rout that wiped out $110 billion from their market capitalisation. E-commerce platform operator Sea Ltd plunged 78% this year while ride-hailing firm Grab Holdings Ltd has more than halved. The two companies, both listed in ...

  Bloomberg Gold rose — trading above $1,800 an ounce — as China swept away more of its Covid-19 controls, piling pressure on the dollar as risk assets gained. China will no longer subject inbound travellers to quarantine from early January, adding to the rapid rollback of strict pandemic rules and boosting sentiment towards Asia’s biggest economy. Markets are also ...

  Bloomberg Bangladesh’s capital now has its first metro rail, a Japanese-funded project that aims to ease commuting in one of the most congested cities in the world. A section of the over 20-kilometre (12.427 miles) urban rail project, known as Line 6, was inaugurated by PM Sheikh Hasina. The line connects the northern zone of Dhaka to a hub ...