Bloomberg Bombardier Inc jumped on a Wall Street Journal report that the Canadian maker of planes and trains is in talks to sell its private-jet unit to Textron Inc, which makes Cessna planes. Textron also surged on speculation that a deal would bolster its luxury-aircraft business. The negotiations have been going on for several weeks, and the terms of the …

Bloomberg Oil traded near $51 a barrel in New York — recovering from a one-year low — as Opec+ officials gathered for an urgent meeting to assess the impact of the coronavirus on demand and consider how best to respond. An internal analysis presented to Opec+ technical experts in Vienna estimated a reduction in average global oil-demand growth of 200,000 …

ABU DHABI / WAM Chinese media outlets have praised the UAE’s support to China in its fight against the new coronavirus. All prominent media have highlighted the UAE’s symbolic gesture of illuminating important landmarks in the country with the Chinese flag and supportive messages in Mandarin. The reports also appreciated the message of support from His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin …

Dubai / WAM The total full-year net profit recorded by the Dubai Investments, which is listed on the Dubai Financial Market, amounted to AED657.6 million in 2019, compared to AED651.4 million in 2018. The company’s financial statistics showed that its earnings per share increased to EPS of 15.5 fils in 2019, compared to 15.3 fils in 2018. The company’s total …

Dubai / WAM DP World handled 71.2 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container terminals in 2019, with gross container volumes flat year-on-year on a reported basis and up 1.0% on a like-for-like basis. Like-for-like gross volumes in fourth quarter of 2019 accelerated to 2.1% with growth driven by Asia Pacific and Africa. Jebel Ali handled …

Bloomberg US equity futures jumped with European stocks on Tuesday after a sell-off in Chinese shares ended and as investors weighed the latest efforts to contain the deadly coronavirus. Commodities rallied, from crude oil to coffee. Contracts on the three main US stock indexes each advanced more than 1%, though Las Vegas Sands Corp, MGM Resorts International and Wynn Resorts …

Bloomberg The pound erased losses after traders pushed back bets for a Bank of England (BOE) interest-rate cut to next year following better-than-expected UK construction data. Money markets now see a 25-basis-point reduction by the BOE in January 2021, compared with bets on February 3 for easing in November. That led sterling to rebound after it earlier dropped to its …

Bloomberg The spread of the coronavirus to China’s stock market erased more than $10 billion from the collective net worth of the richest 15 people whose companies trade on the mainland. Midea Group founder He Xiangjian lost $1.8 billion, the most among that group, as shares of the appliance manufacturer tumbled 8.9%. He was followed by Zhang Fan, whose fortune …

Bloomberg Central banks in Asia face increasing calls to cut interest rates as they jump into action against a spiralling coronavirus crisis that’s hammering tourism, travel and confidence across the region. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) trimmed some interest rates and injected massive liquidity into the financial system to shore up slumping markets. Indonesia’s central bank said it was …

Bloomberg The European Central Bank (ECB) needs an “understandable, forward-looking and realistic” inflation goal — but not necessarily a higher one, according to Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann. The German staked out his position on the most important part of the ECB’s strategy review for the first time since President Christine Lagarde launched the assessment last month. She was in the …