Bloomberg South Africa’s main stock benchmark index halted a five-day rally, dropping 0.1% by 9:45 am in Johannesburg and slipping from the highest close since April 2019, as a downturn in miners and weakness among banks pulls the market lower. The gauge joined peers in Asia in declining on Tuesday, as swelling coronavirus infections across the US weighed on risk …

Bloomberg Oil fell from its strongest close in nine months, hampered by weaker risk sentiment in global markets. Crude futures were down 1.9% in New York, with the dollar trading higher and European stock markets declining. It follows a rally last week after Opec and its allies agreed to add 500,000 barrels a day of output from January to a …

Bloomberg The Bank of Korea (BOK) is facing mounting pressure to broaden its mandate for the first time in nearly a decade as global central banks are asked to tackle a wider range of economic issues highlighted by the pandemic. More than a dozen South Korean lawmakers are pushing for the passage of a bill to add employment stability to …