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Imports of gold into Singapore from Dubai hit a record last month, thanks to wealthy investors seeking alternative hubs against the backdrop of an eight-week conflict in the Persia…
AstraZeneca and GSK, the U.K.'s second and ninth most valuable companies, both saw first-quarter profits beat expectations early Wednesday.
The latest move higher comes amid reports that the U.S. will look to extend its blockade of Iranian ports.
UBS Group AG’s wealth-management business in the Americas showed tentative signs of revival after a period of client fund outflows and departures by key staff.
UBS Group AG Chief Financial Officer Todd Tuckner said that recent developments have cooled excitement among the lender’s rich clients about private credit, adding to the challenge…
Children can create Instagram and Facebook accounts simply by inputting a false birth date, a preliminary EU investigation found.
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PetroChina Co. posted its best ever quarterly profit as China’s largest oil and gas producer benefited from rising energy prices due to the war in the Middle East.
A broad advance in technology stocks this earnings season will mask a growing divergence between software and hardware names, the latest Markets Pulse survey shows.
Oil prices continued to rise on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to threaten Iran in a TruthSocial post.
An aging Iranian supertanker has appeared at Kharg Island after years off the radar, a sign that Tehran could be using retired ships to keep loading oil as its storage space runs o…
Investors looking for clues on which direction the stock market is headed in the coming weeks will get a rapid-fire reading as soon as trading ends on Wednesday.
Billionaire Gautam Adani’s $1.2 billion copper plant has hit a string of technical setbacks since it was commissioned ten months ago, raising concerns about the future of an operat…
China’s largest state-owned lenders reported increased first-quarter earnings, as the industry seeks to emerge from a protracted squeeze on profitability that has defined the secto…
Airbus' first-quarter adjusted operating profit declined by 52% to 300 million euros, down from 624 million euros in the same period last year.
Evelyn Chow’s space-focused stock fund is scouring Europe for bargains just as the looming debut of SpaceX supercharges valuations in the US.
The European Central Bank and Bank of England are expected to hold their nerve and stand pat on rates this month.
Hedge-fund firm Millennium Management and Norway’s sovereign-wealth fund Norges Bank Investment Management are among those that participated in battery maker Contemporary Amperex T…
Airbus SE’s adjusted earnings before interest and tax and revenue both fell short of analyst estimates in the first quarter, dragged down by a steep earnings drop at the main aircr…
Morocco’s state-controlled natural resources company plans to start raising part of the $25 billion needed to build a pipeline that will link gas fields in West Africa to the Medit…
Anna Edwards, Guy Johnson, Tom Mackenzie and Adam Linton break down today's key themes for analysts and investors on "Bloomberg: The Opening Trade." (Source: Bloomberg)
Japan’s prime minister confirmed that a ship linked to the country has transited the Strait of Hormuz, as Tokyo continues to lobby Tehran for the safe passage of all vessels throug…
The extended closure of the Strait of Hormuz and extreme weather have jolted the price index for farm commodities to a two-year high as fertilizer headaches and the prospect of sma…
Deutsche Bank CFO Raja Akram discusses the lender's first-quarter results, fixed-income trading and global uncertainty in light of the situation in the Middle East. "Credit and FX …
US and UK ties are at their lowest point since the Suez Crisis in the 1950s as King Charles III visits Washington. In an address to lawmakers, Charles argued for preserving the cou…
The combination would create the world’s largest elevator maker and marks one of Europe's biggest takeovers in recent years.
Operators of Europe’s largest airports are warning of an increasingly uncertain outlook as the Middle East conflict adjusts flight schedules and restricts access to key airspaces.
Homayoun Falakshahi, head of crude oil analysis at Kpler, discusses energy markets as investors focus on the next step for peace talks between the US and Iran. He tells Bloomberg T…
Deutsche Bank AG suffered a dent in its exposure to commercial real estate, highlighting how the asset class continues to be a problem for the lender.
The Bank of Thailand left its benchmark interest rate at a near four-year low, focusing for now on supporting the economy from the drag of the war in Iran rather than its potential…
Spanish inflation unexpectedly accelerated further beyond the European Central Bank’s 2% target, supporting market expectations that interest rates will be raised this year due to …
Uzbekistan’s national investment fund’s initial public offering is set to value the vehicle at about $1.95 billion, as it offers investors a rare way to invest into Central Asia’s …
UBS Group AG Chief Executive Officer Sergio Ermotti said that financial markets are at risk of over-optimism regarding the Iran conflict.
UBS Group AG Chief Executive Officer Sergio Ermotti discusses the bank’s intention to add to the $3 billion tally of share buybacks this year. Speaking to Bloomberg’s Guy Johnson, …
Haleon Plc’s first quarter was weaker than expected, hurt by lackluster demand for over-the-counter cold and flu medicines at the start of the year.
Markets grapple with the UAE's shock OPEC exit, while also contending with a host of earnings reports and a Fed decision later today.
Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings Plc reported another quarterly loss as the embattled carmaker struggles to engineer a turnaround under billionaire Lawrence Stroll.
Carlsberg A/S started the year with positive sales volumes in all regions, a sign the Danish brewer’s strategy to diversify into alcohol-free drinks is working in spite of disrupti…
GSK Plc’s profit was higher than analysts expected in the first quarter, helped by the drugmaker’s specialty medicines for HIV, cancer and immune diseases.
UK companies faced a sharp jump in “critical” financial distress at the start of 2026, underscoring the mounting pressure that rising costs and weak consumer demand are placing on …
Central banks added gold holdings at the fastest pace in more than a year in the first quarter, as a slump in prices encouraged a wave of buying that more than offset sales by a ha…
Blackstone Inc. has agreed to invest as much as €2 billion ($2.3 billion) in Eurowind Energy, a pan-European renewables developer and independent power producer.
Deutsche Bank AG Chief Financial Officer Raja Akram discusses the lender’s performance in the first quarter as it posted higher-than-expected profit and revenue as income from trad…
Kone Oyj agreed to acquire TK Elevator for €29.4 billion ($34.4 billion) including debt, in what will be one of Europe’s biggest-ever private equity exits.
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Deutsche Bank AG saw its fixed income and currencies trading business start “constructively” in the second quarter after some jitters in March, Chief Financial Officer Raja Akram s…
Roh Yong-seok, Vice Minister of South Korea's SME and Startup Ministry, discusses the country's plans and strategy to support and grow domestic startups and enterprises, from injec…
Volvo Car AB’s earnings declined in the first quarter as the Sweden-based automaker grapples with waning electric-vehicle sales in the US and rising competition in China.
European stocks are expected to open broadly lower on Wednesday as investors react to the latest upset for OPEC and renewed concerns over the AI sector.
The UAE has made a shock exit from OPEC blindsiding its partners and diluting the cartel's ability to steer oil prices via supply cuts. Amir Handjani, Non-resident fellow at the Qu…
UBS reported its first quarter earnings on Wednesday, with net profits beating analyst estimates.
"Bloomberg: The Asia Trade" brings you everything you need to know to get ahead as the trading day begins in Asia. Bloomberg TV is live from Tokyo and Sydney with Shery Ahn and Hai…
Regional uncertainty hangs over the previously booming AI infrastructure and data center sector in the region.
Shares in China’s major rare earths producers advanced after the government unveiled detailed penalties for unauthorized production, marking a fresh effort to bolster Beijing’s “to…
The United Arab Emirates' decision to leave OPEC is reverberating across global energy markets, sparking the question of who else could follow.
The array of data the European Central Bank is scrutinizing to pinpoint economic damage from the Iran war is signaling that there’s no cast-iron case to lift interest rates just ye…
Copper advanced as some Chinese buyers replenished stockpiles ahead of a holiday, although concerns about global growth persisted with no immediate sign of a resolution to the Iran…
The question is whether companies have enough stockpiles on hand to ride out the blockade.
Shaojing Tong, CFO at Chinese biotech firm RemeGen, discusses the company's first quarter results and shares his confidence in growth in the domestic market. The company's stock ha…
China’s AVIC Chengdu Aircraft Co., maker of the fighter jets that rose to fame in the India-Pakistan conflict last year, posted record profit in 2025 and saw first-quarter sales ne…
Chinese truckmaker Xuzhou XCMG Automobile Manufacturing Co. is considering listing shares in Hong Kong, people familiar with the matter said.
The United Arab Emirates' move to quit OPEC has blindsided its partners and will dilute the cartel's ability to manage oil prices by adjusting supply. Bloomberg's Joumanna Bercetch…
China has removed Han Jun as the most senior Communist Party official at the agriculture ministry, a sudden move that marks the second such reshuffle in under two years.
The alert said China purchases approximately 90% of Iran's oil exports, with teapot refineries accounting for the majority of these imports.
Iron ore rose toward a one-month high, despite a resolution of a dispute between BHP Group and China Mineral Resources Group Co. that had supported prices by putting some supply at…
Amidst trade wars and regional conflict, Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin, Ruth Carson, David Ramli and Karishma Vaswani discuss strategic shifts in Asian wealth flows at an event for Blo…
Bloomberg Opinion's Karishma Vaswani explores ways China could potentially isolate Taiwan, and the possible effects on entire industries in the region. Filmed at an event in Singap…
India’s small-cap stocks are on track for their best month in 12 years, as improved earnings outlook and more attractive valuations draw investors back.
Australia’s New South Wales state will open new areas for gas exploration for the first time in more than a decade, to shore up energy security ahead of shortfalls on the country’s…
Amidst trade wars and regional conflict, Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin, Ruth Carson, David Ramli and Karishma Vaswani discuss strategic shifts in Asian wealth flows at an event in Sing…
The United Arab Emirates’ decision to quit OPEC has blindsided its partners and will dilute the cartel’s ability to manage oil prices by adjusting supply. Bloomberg’s Stephen Stapc…
The rally signals that investors are treating extreme heat as a structural trend.
Mirova SA’s flagship green bond fund exited its position in Philippine debt following a corruption scandal that raised concerns investors may have inadvertently financed flood-cont…
The first-quarter inflation figure was lower than the 4.2% expected by economists polled by Reuters.
UBS Wealth Management's Hartmut Issel shares his views on the Strait of Hormuz blockade and how AI themes factor into portfolio allocations. (Source: Bloomberg)
China’s imports of liquefied natural gas are expected to hit the lowest in eight years, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Kpler, as higher prices triggered by the Middle …