Bloomberg Having propelled the benchmark gauge almost 10% this week in a budget-driven rally, stock bulls in India are now counting on earnings to be the catalyst for the next leg up. The 34 NSE Nifty 50 Index members that have declared December-quarter results have posted a 34% jump in earnings from a year earlier, according to a note from …

Bloomberg The Swiss National Bank’s (SNB) portfolio of US equities rose to a record $141 billion as of December, reflecting a buoyant stock market. Switzerland’s central bank has 20% of its reserves in stocks, and its filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission showed it owned shares in 2,490 companies as of December 31. Notable holdings included Apple Inc., Amazon …

Bloomberg Near the start of December, a mystery over-the-counter trade pulled about $7 billion from Vanguard Group’s S&P 500 exchange-traded fund. It just got it all back and more. The $194 billion Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (ticker VOO) added $8.7bn on a single day this week, about two months after that record withdrawal. Similar to 2020 mega outflow, VOO’s cash …

Bloomberg Oil set a fresh one-year high in New York with continued producer supply curbs helping spur strength everywhere from physical markets to the futures curve. Futures gained 1.1% in New York to the highest since late January 2020, while Brent crude remained just under $60 a barrel in London. The number of vessels sailing towards China jumped to a …

Bloomberg Sinovac Biotech Ltd received regulatory approval from Chinese authorities for its coronavirus vaccine to be used by the general public in the country’s second such authorisation. The conditional approval was announced by the National Medical Products Administration on Saturday. Sinovac earlier said the protective efficacy of its vaccine, CoronaVac, met World Health Organization and China regulatory standards 14 days …

Bloomberg A former Royal Dutch Shell Plc natural gas trader in Houston pleaded guilty to a criminal charge related to his role in an illegal scheme that started in 2013 in which he sought to profit by using non-public information obtained from the company. Marcus Schultz disclosed the information to other traders and brokers in a conspiracy to profit from …

Bloomberg Exxon Mobil Corp was expected to announce board changes, and talks were continuing with investor DE Shaw & Co that might lead to additional director nominations in the weeks ahead, according to people familiar with the matter. DE Shaw met with representatives from the oil giant and presented a list of potential directors, the people said, asking not to …

Bloomberg China’s crude stockpiles fell to the lowest level in almost a year amid a global drawdown in inventories that’s being driven by a tighter supply-demand balance and higher costs to hoard oil. Inventories capped a seventh weekly decline last week, dropping to 990 million barrels, according to market intelligence firm Kayrros. While that’s the least since February 2020, stockpiles …

Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s bid to tap a revival in tourism once coronavirus lockdowns ease has put the German giant on a collision course with its former leisure arm, Condor. Lufthansa is using surplus long-haul jets to target sunspots such as Mauritius, the Dominican Republic and Namibia that are expected to recover before the airline’s bedrock corporate markets. As a …

Bloomberg London’s Heathrow airport may be allowed to raise airline fees on a limited basis after Britain’s aviation regulator dismissed the hub’s pitch for a more substantial hike during the coronavirus pandemic. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said it plans to reject Heathrow’s proposal, which the airport reckons would lift fares by 1.20 pounds ($1.44) per passenger, as disproportionate and …