Bloomberg Bandhan Bank Ltd.’s main shareholder sold $1.4 billion of its stake in India’s most profitable bank to meet the regulator’s ownership rules. Bandhan Financial Holdings Ltd. sold 337.4 million shares in the Indian lender at 313.1 rupees in a block trade on Monday, according to deal teams seen by Bloomberg News. The company’s shares plunged 11% to 307 rupees …

Bloomberg European equities climbed after falling the most since March in July as euro-area manufacturing returned to growth. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index was up 0.2%, led higher by the media and tech sectors. Banks were the worst performers, with HSBC Holdings Plc down 3.8% after first-half pretax profit missed estimates and more than halved to $5.6 billion, while Societe …

Bloomberg Having suffered the worst first-half performance in any year since 2008, a gauge of Philippine’s property stocks is faring worse than the nation’s benchmark index in 2020 after six years of outperformance. The losses have also erased the valuation premium real estate shares typically command over the broader market — an occurrence that’s seen them stage a sharp rebound …