Bloomberg Asian buyers are snapping up oil at higher prices than last month, helping to bolster physical crude markets across the world and underpin a rally in futures. Driven by a slew of purchases from Indian and Chinese refiners, crude values everywhere from Russia to the Middle East and Latin America have surged so far. Spot trading activity has been …

CAIRO / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt, on Wednesday discussed the prospects of further consolidating the strong cooperation ties between the UAE and Egypt. This came as President el-Sisi received His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin …

Bloomberg China injected cash into the financial system by offering medium-term loans, in the government’s latest effort to ensure the country’s banks have sufficient liquidity. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) added 950 billion yuan ($145 billion) of one-year cash via the medium-term lending facility, more than offsetting the 600 billion yuan that matures in December. That’s the fifth straight …

Bloomberg Bank of Canada (BOC) Governor Tiff Macklem warned the nation’s economy could temporarily shrink again amid a second wave of virus cases, tempering good news on the start of inoculations against Covid-19. In his last speech of the year, Macklem said uncertainty remains elevated and new restrictions could trigger a small contraction at the start of 2021. On the …

Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG — Switzerland’s second largest lender — cut 10 percent of the staff at its asset management business this year as it seeks to turn around a unit that has been hit by fund implosions in the wake of the pandemic. Switzerland’s second largest lender made the reductions as it closed some investment vehicles and wrote …

Bloomberg Global stocks advanced as Congress moved towards agreement on a spending package that would boost the economy. Treasuries were flat ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy decision. Gains across markets were modest but broad-based, with the Stoxx 600 Index notching a third day of gains. The pound strengthened as Brexit negotiators worked to strike a trade agreement before the …

Bloomberg MSCI Inc. became the third index provider to delete some Chinese stocks from its benchmarks, after the Trump administration banned US investments in companies with links to the Chinese military. The firms include China Railway Construction Corp, China Spacesat, China Communications Construction, CRRC Corp., Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Dawning Information Industry Co. and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, according …

Bloomberg India stocks advanced, with benchmarks headed for fresh peaks, on another sign that the economy is recovering. The S&P BSE Sensex climbed 0.7% to 46,577.84 as of 9:36 am in Mumbai, while the NSE Nifty 50 Index rises by the same magnitude. Both measures are headed for a fourth day of gains. Asian equities gained as US lawmakers moved …

Bloomberg The president of Opec reiterated that the oil producers’ cartel shouldn’t rush to increase output early next year and said energy demand was still fragile with the coronavirus raging across parts of the world. Algeria’s Energy Minister Abdelmajid Attar, who holds Opec’s rotating presidency, said there was no guarantee the group and its allies would raise crude production by …

Bloomberg Airbus SE Chief Executive Officer Guillaume Faury said a UK split from the European Union without a trade deal could threaten the planemaker’s investment plans in the country. Decisions would be made based on how easy it is to conduct business after Brexit, he said at the Conference of Montreal. In the meantime, the company has no plans to …