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India’s stocks heads for first monthly gain this year since 2009

Bloomberg India stocks rose, heading for their first monthly gain this year, with the world’s biggest lockdown scheduled to end on Sunday. Equities across Asia gained on Thursday amid signs of progress in treating the coronavirus. The S&P BSE Sensex climbed 2.8% to 33,605.99, while the NSE Nifty 50 Index added 2.7%. Both gauges have rebounded by more than 20% …

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Oil bounces back with output cuts looming, storage filling

Bloomberg Oil clawed back its recent heavy losses as output cuts from major producers seek to stymie an unprecedented global glut. Futures rose by almost $2 in New York to around $14 a barrel. Russian oil companies will cut output by about 19% from February levels, the nation’s Energy Minister, Alexander Novak told the Interfax news agency. Even at $10 …

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China’s massive banks face $42b dividend trap

Bloomberg As dividends are slashed around the world, the $42 billion in promised payouts by China’s biggest banks have a powerful defender — the Communist Party. Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (ICBC) and its three biggest peers are returning more than 30% of their 2019 earnings to shareholders, implying an average dividend yield of more than 6%. That’s …

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Europe stocks fluctuate along with US futures; dollar drops

Bloomberg European stocks fluctuated while Asian shares gained with US equity futures as investors countdown to more big earnings, a Federal Reserve policy decision and American economic data. The dollar fell for a third day and oil advanced. Declines for healthcare and travel shares offset gains for oil companies and banks in the Stoxx Europe 600 Index. Barclays Plc jumped …

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Indian stocks gain as post-lockdown restart talks continue

Bloomberg Indian stocks rose for a third day, sovereign bonds and the rupee also advanced as investors monitored discussions around plans to restart business activities ahead of a scheduled ending of a lockdown in the world’s second-most populous country on Sunday. The S&P BSE Sensex climbed 0.9% to 32,386.64 as of 9:43 am in Mumbai, while the NSE Nifty 50 …

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Deutsche Bank warns of lower revenue as trading boost ebbs

Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG warned revenue will probably decline this year as a trading boost that lifted Wall Street banks in the first quarter fades and the coronavirus pandemic ripples through the economy. The first quarter was flat from a year earlier as a 13% increase in fixed-income trading helped offset lower income in the corporate bank and asset management, …

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StanChart increases bad loan reserves to $956m

Bloomberg Standard Chartered put aside $956 million against potential losses as souring loans spike during coronavirus pandemic, even as a trading boom lifted first-quarter revenue. The emerging markets-focused lender reported the biggest provisions since 2015 as clients across Asia, Africa and the Middle East got into difficulty because of lockdowns and travel restrictions. That reflects similar warnings from other global …

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Barclays $2.6bn bad loans overshadow trading surge

Bloomberg A blockbuster quarter for Barclays Plc’s traders was overshadowed by a 2.1 billion pound ($2.6 billion) bad-loan charge stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. The securities division reported a 77% jump in first-quarter trading revenue on Wednesday as the virus whipsawed markets, beating the average 30% gain at US peers. However, the lender set aside its biggest quarterly provision in …

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Nordea’s bad loans jump less than feared

Bloomberg The chief executive of Nordea Bank Abp said there’s no doubt loan losses will rise after the biggest Nordic bank reported a smaller spike than expected in impairments. It’s still “too early” to know how much damage the Covid-19 crisis will do to loan books, CEO Frank Vang-Jensen said in an interview with Bloomberg Television on Wednesday, shortly after …

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