Bloomberg Bitcoin climbed above $41,000, advancing along with equities after China indicated it’s about to loosen monetary policy. The largest cryptocurrency rose as much as 0.6% to $41,500 on Thursday, gaining for a second day. Katie Stockton, co-founder of Fairlead Strategies LLC, said technical indicators she follows suggest Bitcoin could be due for a short-term bounce to as high …

Bloomberg Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. raised its sales outlook for the year after quarterly earnings jumped 45%, helped by solid demand for chips used in everything from smartphones to cars. Annual revenue in dollar terms will top the previous outlook for as much as 20%-plus growth, the world’s biggest contract manufacturer of chips said. Sales will rise to $17.6 billion …

  VIENNA / WAM The Opec Fund for International Development (Ofid) signed a $100 million loan agreement with the government of Morocco to help build an inclusive financial sector as part of broader efforts to modernise the economy and support the kingdom’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. Under the “Financial and Digital Inclusion Programme”, co-financed with the World Bank, the …