Bloomberg Stocks in Europe struggled for traction alongside US index futures as a raft of corporate earnings and economic data presented a somewhat muddy outlook for global growth. Treasuries rose after dropping for three days. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index erased a modest gain after data showed the euro-area economy remained close to stagnation last month amid a broad downturn …

Bloomberg Hong Kong’s stock exchange suffered its worst slide in profit in almost three years as the Asian financial hub is buffeted by social unrest and political tension between the US and China. Facing turmoil on multiple fronts, trading slid in the period and the number of stock listings this year is running at about half the pace of 2018. …

Bloomberg India will be the world’s fastest-growing aviation market over the next two decades, according to Boeing, which expects the South Asian nation to need 2,380 planes in that period at a value of $330 billion. The US manufacturer’s forecast is slightly higher than the one it made in December 2018, when it said India would require 2,300 new aircraft …