Bloomberg Indian stocks rose, rebounding from their steepest drop in more than a month, according to reports. The S&P BSE Sensex Index added 1.2% to 32,108.35 as of 9:37 am in Mumbai, and the NSE Nifty 50 Index advanced by the same magnitude. Both gauges lost more than 5% as a nationwide lockdown was extended. The regional MSCI Asia Pacific ...

Bloomberg Carson Block is predicting a plunge in stocks after they roared back from the coronavirus sell-off in March. “The direction has to be sharply downward,” the renowned short seller and founder of Muddy Waters Capital said. Block finds it hard to believe equities are trading at their current valuations even though demand has been “crushed” by the virus and ...

Bloomberg Bank of America Corp. (BofA) received approval for 265,500 small-business loans totaling $24.9 billion in relief funds from the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program. Since the program reopened on April 27, the bank has sent 213,000 promissory notes to small businesses informing them that their loans were approved by the SBA, Bank of America said Monday in a ...

Bloomberg Canadian business loans grew at the fastest pace since 1981 in March as companies tapped credit lines to get them through the coronavirus crisis. Loans to businesses rose 54% annualised to C$949.2 billion ($668 billion), according to Bank of Canada data. The increase is the sharpest since 1981, reflecting the rush to borrow to stay afloat as countrywide shutdowns ...

Bloomberg Once again, Irish banks are at the sharp edge of a global crisis. In 2008, it was the melting away of liquidity. Just over a decade on, it’s Covid-19. AIB Group and Bank of Ireland Group are the worst performers in the Bloomberg Europe Banks and Financial Services Index over the past year, as the pandemic amplifies investor wariness ...

Bloomberg BNP Paribas SA warned full-year earnings will take a pounding from the coronavirus outbreak after the bank followed Societe Generale SA in setting aside more cash to cover problem loans and posted a $200 million hit at its trading unit. The French lender said net income this year could be 15% to 20% lower than in 2019 because of ...

Bloomberg Australia’s central bank kept the interest rate and yield objective unchanged Tuesday, while broadening securities eligible for its daily liquidity operations to assist the functioning of capital markets and keep rates down across the economy. Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe maintained both the cash rate and three-year bond yield target at 0.25%, as expected by economists and ...

Bloomberg All three of Singapore’s banks are expected to see profit declines for the first time since 2016 as they set aside cash for a potential spike in bad loans stemming from the coronavirus-fueled economic slump. Net income at each lender probably slid between 21% and 28% in the three months ended March 31 from a year earlier, according to ...

Bloomberg Bank of China Ltd., (BoC) facing a public outcry and regulatory scrutiny over the collapse of an investment product linked to oil futures, may shoulder part of $1 billion in losses suffered by its retail clients, according to people familiar with the matter. China’s fourth-largest bank by market value is talking to regulators about not seeking recourse on losses ...

Bloomberg Qantas Airways Ltd warned public appetite to fly overseas could take years to return as the airline borrowed yet more funds to weather aviation’s biggest-ever crisis. The Australian carrier said on Tuesday it raised an additional A$550 million ($354 million) to ride out a near-halt in passenger revenue because of the coronavirus. Qantas shares climbed after the airline said ...