Bloomberg Stocks were mixed on Thursday as traders weighed geopolitical developments and a flurry of corporate earnings. The Stoxx 600 Index was little changed, while US equity futures fall. Havens such as the yen and gold pushed higher. US 10-year Treasury yields retreated to about 2%. Crude oil declined. Russian-backed separatists claimed Ukrainian forces violated cease-fire rules overnight, according …

  Bloomberg Oil recovered from its biggest one-day loss this year as investors attempted to assess whether the Ukraine crisis was easing after Russia said it had pulled some troops back from the border. West Texas Intermediate rose near $93 a barrel. President Joe Biden said the US hasn’t verified the claim that Russia is pulling back some troops and …

  Bloomberg SSE Plc is set to earn a windfall from the gas-fired power plants it will ensure are available to help keep UK lights on next winter. The utility could make as much as 172 million pounds ($233 million) in an auction that cleared at 75-70 pounds a kilowatt per year, according to calculations using National Grid Plc data. …