Bloomberg MSCI Inc. became the third index provider to delete some Chinese stocks from its benchmarks, after the Trump administration banned US investments in companies with links to the Chinese military. The firms include China Railway Construction Corp, China Spacesat, China Communications Construction, CRRC Corp., Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Dawning Information Industry Co. and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, according …

Bloomberg India stocks advanced, with benchmarks headed for fresh peaks, on another sign that the economy is recovering. The S&P BSE Sensex climbed 0.7% to 46,577.84 as of 9:36 am in Mumbai, while the NSE Nifty 50 Index rises by the same magnitude. Both measures are headed for a fourth day of gains. Asian equities gained as US lawmakers moved …

Bloomberg The president of Opec reiterated that the oil producers’ cartel shouldn’t rush to increase output early next year and said energy demand was still fragile with the coronavirus raging across parts of the world. Algeria’s Energy Minister Abdelmajid Attar, who holds Opec’s rotating presidency, said there was no guarantee the group and its allies would raise crude production by …