July, 2020

• 9 July

  Malaysia tech stocks on fire with gauge hitting 16-year high

  

  Bloomberg As Malaysia’s benchmark stock index inches closer to erasing its loss for the year, one corner of the market has raced ahead: technology shares. The Bursa Malaysia Technology Index of 38 stocks has soared 95% from a March low to reach the highest level since 2004, led by manufacturers ViTrox Corp. and UWC Bhd. The main FTSE Bursa Malaysia ...

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• 9 July

  Flows to India’s stock funds tumble in June

  Bloomberg Flows into Indian stock funds slumped in June as investors pocketed gains from a strong rebound in equities as the pandemic showed no signs of slowing in Asia’s third-largest economy. Equity plans got 2.4 billion rupees ($32 million), according to data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India. That’s down 95% from 52.6 billion rupees received in May, ...

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• 8 July

  Oil dips below $41 with signs US crude stockpiles swelled

  

  Bloomberg Oil was anchored below $41 a barrel with an industry report signalling a surprise gain in US crude stockpiles, while concerns linger about the threat to demand from rising coronavirus infections. The American Petroleum Institute reported inventories rose by 2.05 million barrels last week, before government data on Wednesday. The virus is setting records across the US, with Texas’s ...

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• 8 July

  Malnutrition in poorer nations costs companies $850bn a year

  

  Bloomberg Poor diets in developing countries are costing businesses as much as $850 billion a year in lost productivity, underlining the need for companies to play a bigger role in tackling a problem that’s being compounded by the coronavirus pandemic. Those are the findings of a study by Chatham House and Vivid Economics, the first to analyse the impact of ...

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• 8 July

  Sunrun may become rooftop behemoth

  

  Bloomberg Sunrun Inc, America’s biggest rooftop-solar company, is set to become a behemoth through its $1.46 billion takeover of a major rival, Vivint Solar Inc. The agreement, subject to approvals, is one of the industry’s biggest, following Tesla Inc’s 2016 purchase of debt-plagued SolarCity, as well as the failed 2015 acquisition of Vivint by SunEdison, the clean-energy giant that went ...

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• 8 July

  UK green economy push faces pressure from networks

  

  Bloomberg Britain’s energy regulator is under pressure to ensure it helps network operators like National Grid Plc finance the transition to a low carbon economy without passing the costs on to consumers. Investment in the green transition is key to the country hitting its climate targets but it won’t come cheap. Ofgem will unveil on Thursday its draft price control ...

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• 8 July

  Oil-sands explorers hit 20% of ‘output’

  

  Bloomberg At least 20% of shut-in Canadian production is being restored, just months after the price crash forced producers in Alberta’s oil sands to slash up to 1 million barrels a day of output. Cenovus Energy Inc, Husky Energy Inc and Baytex Energy Corp are among companies that have resumed shut-in production as prices rise above $40 a barrel. Imperial ...

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• 8 July

  UK house prices drop 0.1% in June from May

  Bloomberg UK house prices have slipped for a fourth month in June as the country started to emerge from lockdown. Average house prices fell 0.1% to an average of $300,000, Halifax said, the longest run of declines in a decade. From a year earlier, prices gained 2.5%. New mortgage inquiries rose 100% on the month. Britain is slowly lifting the ...

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• 8 July

  European stocks erase losses, US futures climb

  

  Bloomberg European stocks erased losses and US equity futures climbed as investors weighed prospects for the economy to recover during the pandemic. Telecom and health-care shares were among the biggest gainers in Europe. HSBC Holdings Plc slumped after a report that some of Donald Trump’s advisers proposed a move to destabilize Hong Kong’s currency peg to the dollar as a ...

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• 8 July

  India stocks fluctuate on eve of quarterly earnings reports

  

  Bloomberg India stocks swung as investors weighed the gradual resumption of business activity against a steady rise in new coronavirus cases, ahead of the quarterly earnings season starting on Thursday. The S&P BSE Sensex was little changed at 36,714.87, at 10:05 am in Mumbai, as was the NSE Nifty 50 Index after both gained at least 0.4%. The measures have ...

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