Bloomberg The global slump in oil prices amid the coronavirus outbreak will push Indian state-owned firms to sell some assets, according to Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, and the world’s biggest infrastructure investor is already in line. “There is a fair bit of opportunity for the government to divest non-core oil and gas assets, like oil storage facilities, pipelines, transmission …

Bloomberg Electricity prices in Germany are falling faster than in other major economies in Europe as the impact of the coronavirus is seen hurting industrial demand. Industry makes up about 44% of German electricity consumption, more than in other European nations, and so its power use is likely to be one of the hardest hit by the coronavirus, according to …

Bloomberg Stocks clung to gains globally along with US equity futures on Wednesday while investors examined government rescue packages to counter the hit from the coronavirus, after one of the best days on Wall Street in a generation. Futures on the three main American equity indexes fluctuated before turning higher in the wake of March 25’s historic surge, after the …