Bloomberg Brent crude traded around $70 a barrel as a two-day rebound eased on signs the US and China are still far from reaching a trade deal, but prices remained supported by supply risks in the Middle East. Futures in London held steady after rallying 3.5 percent. President Donald Trump said on a state visit to Japan that the US ...

Bloomberg Noted economist and Harvard professor Carmen Reinhart has become the latest person to sound the alarm about Hong Kong, saying the city’s property market is showing signs of a bubble. “There are elements in the Hong Kong picture that are very reminiscent of Ireland, Spain, Iceland” before their crises, she told the Nomura Investment Forum Asia 2019 in Singapore. ...

Bloomberg US equity futures steadied with European stocks as traders returned from American and UK holidays with a cautious outlook. The dollar advanced with Treasuries. Contracts on the S&P 500 fluctuated alongside those on the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq 100. The Stoxx Europe 600 index was steady, erasing earlier losses after better-than-forecast economic confidence data and as ...