Bloomberg As India’s world-beating stock rally powers ahead, skeptics are pointing to lousy market breadth as a sign that further gains may be harder to come by. The NSE Nifty 200 Index has more than doubled from a March 2020 low — weathering alarming Covid-19 infection and death rates, strict lockdowns and slower economic growth — thanks to a massive …

Bloomberg Elevated commodity prices and expectations for earnings growth are igniting bullish bets on emerging-market equities after more than a decade of underperformance that left them approaching a 20-year low against developed-nation stocks. Goldman Sachs Group, Bank of America Corp (BofA) and Lazard Asset Management expect a boost for developing equities as investors capitalise on cheap valuations once vaccine rollouts …

Bloomberg China’s digital yuan will help banks become more competitive in the payments sector after steadily losing out to popular technology platforms over the years, according to Moody’s Investors Service. “We expect adoption of e-CNY to help reinforce banks’ position in the payments system because it will enhance their data collection ability and broaden their user bases,” analysts led by …