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 …

Bloomberg South Africa’s main stock index erases gains of as much as 0.4% to fall 0.5% by 9:40 am in Johannesburg, as weakness in banks and MTN Group counter a rise in heavyweight BHP and a soaring Shoprite. The losses come amid a resurgence in Covid-19 cases in parts of the US and Europe, raising concern that the economic rebound …

Bloomberg The Trump administration will announce measures shortly against “a broad array” of Chinese-owned software deemed to pose national-security risks, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said. The comments suggest a possible widening of US measures beyond TikTok, the popular music-video app owned by ByteDance Ltd., one of China’s biggest tech companies. President Donald Trump told reporters that he plans …