Bloomberg India’s best-performing stock funds have one thing in common: they’ve bet on companies that make the chemical substances used in items ranging from lip balms to crop-boosting fertilisers. Chemicals producers make up at least 14% of the portfolio for three funds that have delivered the biggest returns this year among those with at least $500 million in total assets, ...

Bloomberg US equity futures fluctuated as investors turned cautious before a policy decision from the Federal Reserve. Oil extended a powerful rally and Treasuries were steady. Contracts on the S&P 500 index drifted between modest losses and gains after the underlying gauge snapped a three-day winning streak amid weakness in technology and real estate. Chemical producers led a small advance ...

Bloomberg Oil climbed as a chorus of prominent traders in the crude market said prices will continue to rise after a nearly 50% rally so far this year. Futures in New York advanced as much as 1.6% on Tuesday to the highest intraday level since 2018. At the FT Commodities Global summit, Glencore Plc and Vitol Group both said they ...