Bloomberg The global selloff in technology equities continued in Asia on Tuesday amid fears of higher interest rates, with a benchmark tracking Chinese technology stocks in Hong Kong set to close at a record low. The Hang Seng Tech Index, which officially started in July last year, dropped as much as 2.5% to slip below the previous closing low on …

Bloomberg Japanese equities fall, pushing the Nikkei 225 Stock Average to a seventh-daily loss and the brink of a technical correction, amid market disappointment with a new government and a host of threats to global economic growth. The blue-chip measure closed 2.2% lower, capping its worst longest losing streak since May 2019 and extending its loss from a September high …

Bloomberg Opec+ agreed to maintain its schedule of gradual monthly production increases, triggering a surge in crude prices. Ministers ratified the 400,000 barrel-a-day supply hike scheduled for November after a short video conference on Monday. Going into the talks, there had been speculation that they could opt for a larger supply increase, but no such proposal was made, delegates said, …