Bloomberg Chinese stocks listed in the US soared after Beijing made significant changes to the stringent Covid Zero policy that has bogged down the economy and dented appetite for the country’s equities. The KraneShares CSI China Internet Fund, an exchange-traded product holding more than 40 Chinese stocks, jumped 5.1% in premarket trading. Stocks that are most sensitive to an economic …

Serbia will probably hike borrowing costs as the fastest inflation in more than a decade overshadows the risks of a sharp downturn in economic growth. The National Bank of Serbia will lift its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 4.5%, according to nine of 16 economists in a Bloomberg survey. Five expect a quarter-point increase and two see …

Credit Agricole SA said its regional-bank shareholders would buy up to €1 billion ($1 billion) of the lender’s shares by the first half next year, in a move that takes advantage of depressed prices amid worries over the economic outlook. The Paris-based bank said the regional lenders, through the holding entity SAS Rue La Boetie, would increase their stake to …