Bloomberg India stocks rise for a fifth straight day, tracking broad gains in Asian peers, as a slowing pace of local coronavirus infections boosted optimism over an economic recovery. The S&P BSE Sensex climbed 0.6% to 47,648.24 as of 9:57 am in Mumbai. The NSE Nifty 50 Index advanced by the same magnitude. Both indexes are set to extend record …

Bloomberg UK blue-chip stocks soared on Tuesday, leading European country indexes, in the British market’s first trading session since a Brexit deal was struck with the European Union. The FTSE 100 Index jumped 1.6%, with stocks most exposed to the British economy, like homebuilders and travel stocks, pushing the advance. EU ambassadors have given the green light to the draft …

Bloomberg Oil climbed as the UK is poised to grant regulatory approval to another Covid-19 vaccine and as the US passed its stimulus bill into law. Futures in New York are trading 1.2% higher after dipping in early trading. Britain’s drug regulator could clear the shot produced by AstraZeneca Plc and the University of Oxford for use as early as …