Bloomberg As dividends are slashed around the world, the $42 billion in promised payouts by China’s biggest banks have a powerful defender — the Communist Party. Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (ICBC) and its three biggest peers are returning more than 30% of their 2019 earnings to shareholders, implying an average dividend yield of more than 6%. That’s …

Bloomberg European stocks fluctuated while Asian shares gained with US equity futures as investors countdown to more big earnings, a Federal Reserve policy decision and American economic data. The dollar fell for a third day and oil advanced. Declines for healthcare and travel shares offset gains for oil companies and banks in the Stoxx Europe 600 Index. Barclays Plc jumped …

Bloomberg Indian stocks rose for a third day, sovereign bonds and the rupee also advanced as investors monitored discussions around plans to restart business activities ahead of a scheduled ending of a lockdown in the world’s second-most populous country on Sunday. The S&P BSE Sensex climbed 0.9% to 32,386.64 as of 9:43 am in Mumbai, while the NSE Nifty 50 …