Bloomberg Stocks rallied globally and bonds slipped amid hopes for a breakthrough in fighting the coronavirus. Crude oil advanced with industrial metals. Futures on the three main American indexes all turned higher and the Stoxx Europe 600 Index rebounded after a string of reports on possible vaccines or treatments for the deadly pathogen. Contracts on the S&P 500 Index climbed …

Bloomberg For Vietnamese stock investors, the return from the Lunar New Year break has been almost as bad as for their Chinese counterparts. Mounting concerns that trade disruptions caused by the coronavirus outbreak will have a deep impact on the Southeast Asian nation have pushed the benchmark VN Index down more than 6% since January 30. That’s the world’s worst …

Bloomberg Global central bankers are biding their time as the coronavirus fallout reverberates through the world economy, which they had hoped was stabilising after its worst year since the financial turmoil of 2009. While yet to respond with major stimulus, monetary policy makers across the globe have expressed concern and signalled a willingness to act if the virus delivers a …