Bloomberg Stocks rebounded in Europe after their biggest drop in almost two months as Brexit talks continued and the US Senate passed a spending bill. The Stoxx 600 Index was 0.6% higher at the open as cyclicals staged a comeback following an outbreak of a new variant of the virus and a slew of lockdowns and travel curbs to contain …

Bloomberg Sweden is fighting a draft European climate measure that it says could harm its world-beating green bond market. The European Commission, which wants to steer investors to socially and environmentally sustainable assets, is proposing that only buildings certified as super-energy efficient by national authorities be included in its taxonomy. Being excluded would make financing more expensive. But national energy …

Bloomberg Royal Dutch Shell Plc agreed to sell a minority stake at a liquefied natural gas export project in Australia to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) for $2.5 billion. The oil major will sell a 26.25% interest in the Queensland Curtis LNG Common Facilities in a deal that is expected to be completed in the first half of 2021, the company …