Bloomberg Barclays Plc warned of challenges to its capital strength and souring loans at its consumer and corporate businesses as British lenders gear up to battle deteriorating economic conditions. The UK’s third-largest bank by market value said its earnings later this month will “reflect challenging income and impairment conditions for the consumer and corporate businesses, and continuing strength of markets …

Bloomberg The euro strengthened to a four-month high, and European bond spreads narrowed after leaders made progress in negotiating a historic stimulus package. European shares erased losses. Italy’s 10-year bond yield spread over Germany, a key gauge of risk in the region, fell to the lowest level since March. US equity futures pointed to a weaker open. AstraZeneca Plc gained …

Bloomberg India stocks rose as investors focused on company earnings commentaries while weighing the impact of the continuing spread of coronavirus infections on the business outlook. The S&P BSE Sensex climbed 1% to 37,388.14, as of 10:08 am in India, after closing above a key technical barrier and capping its longest stretch of weekly wins since December. The measure’s 50-day …