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Nov.11 — Saudi Aramco released the prospectus for the state oil producer’s initial public offering, which is expected to kick off of Nov. 17. Bloomberg’s Annmarie Hordern has the details on “Bloomberg Markets: European Open.” …read more […]

Shares across the globe fell on Monday, buffeted by escalating violence in Hong Kong that pushed Asian stocks to their worst day since August and stoked demand for the safe-haven yen and gold. In the 24th straight week of pro-democracy unrest, Hong Kong police shot and wounded a protester as the Chinese-ruled territory saw rare working-hours violence. The MSCI world equity index, which tracks shares in 47 countries, slipped 0.2%, with Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index falling 2.7% and leading losses across Asia. …read more […]

International Exchange Inc said on Monday that oil majors including BP, Total and Shell would be partners in a new exchange it is launching in the United Arab Emirates next year to list Abu Dhabi National Oil Co’s (ADNOC) flagship Murban crude grade. The Murban futures contract, to be hosted on the new ICE Futures Abu Dhabi (IFAD), would replace retroactive pricing, allowing buyers to hedge risks and capture more value from ADNOC’s oil output, CEO Sultan al-Jaber told an energy forum in the United Arab Emirates capital Abu Dhabi. …read more […]

Roche’s bid to rival Biogen and Novartis in treating spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) got a lift on Monday when the Swiss drugmaker said its drug risdiplam improved motor function of patients in a key study. Roche, which plans to seek approval for the investigational medicine this year, said its SUNFISH trial demonstrated statistically significant improvements in patients aged 2-25 years with Type 2 or 3 SMA, compared to a placebo. Biogen’s Spinraza, approved in 2016, lists at $750,000 in year one and $375,000 thereafter, while Novartis’s Zolgensma is the costliest one-time treatment at $2.1 million. …read more […]

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Nov.11 — Piyush Gupta, chief executive officer at DBS Group, discusses third-quarter earnings, the headwinds he’s facing, his optimism about the Singapore economy, banking earnings, how the Hong Kong protests are impacting his business, possible M&A plans and where he’s finding opportunity. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets: Asia” from the sidelines of the Singapore FinTech Festival in Singapore. …read more […]

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(Bloomberg) — Major Hong Kong banks spent their morning telling employees to commute carefully, and by afternoon began urging them to consider going home as police lobbed tear gas at protesters on the streets outside.“Your safety is our top priority,” HSBC Holdings Plc wrote to staff around lunchtime, inviting them to use their judgment in leaving and noting the firm will remain open. “Please take laptops home if you are able to work remotely.”Most of the city’s major investment banks and other financial firms tried to operate normally, though some lenders closed branches near flareups as a precaution, after the …read more […]

Spot gold was up 0.3% at $1,462.83 per ounce at 0614 GMT, while U.S. gold futures were flat at $1,462.90 per ounce. “Gold prices are pretty low now and investors are taking this opportunity to take positions in the safe-haven metal as there is still an upside to it, considering the concerns over the trade war and global economy,” said Brian Lan of Singapore dealer GoldSilver Central. Gold buying by central banks, especially in China, is also boosting prices, Lan added. …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Tesla Inc. unveiled its first vehicles built in China, a milestone for Elon Musk’s company as it prepares to start sales of domestically-made electric sedans in the world’s largest auto market.Assembled in Tesla’s new Shanghai Gigafactory, which only broke ground in January, the first Model 3 sedans came in blue and were emblazoned with the brand name in Chinese characters. Selected local media were invited late last week to test drive the vehicles, which start at about $50,000.China’s first plant wholly owned by a foreign carmaker — and Tesla’s first outside the U.S. — is a crucial test …read more […]

Shares declined Monday in Asia as investors watched for the latest developments in the China-U.S. trade war saga. Hong Kong led the retreat, with the Hang Seng falling 2.7% to 26,902.36 after a police officer wounded a protester in a shooting. Australia’s S&P ASX/200 was the sole major index to advance, gaining 0.7% to 6,772.50. …read more […]

Asian shares sank on Monday, the safe haven yen rose and gold jumped following a fresh escalation of violence in Hong Kong while uncertainty still remained over whether the United States and China could end their damaging trade war. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index led the losses in Asia, down 2.4%, after police fired live rounds at protestors on the eastern side of Hong Kong island. …read more […]

Chinese retailer Alibaba on Monday said sales for its annual Singles’ Day shopping blitz jumped 25% in the first nine hours to $23 billion, nearly two thirds of U.S. rival Amazon.com Inc’s online store sales in the latest quarter. Sales growth for the full 24-hour event, however, is likely to fall short of the year earlier, analysts said, at a time when China’s economic expansion heads toward a historic low. The event, a gauge of Chinese consumer sentiment, has also become a shop window this year for Alibaba Group Holding Ltd as the firm plans to …read more […]

The first South African project to bring illegal miners into the formal fold has been plagued by violence in diamond capital Kimberley, dealing a major blow to national efforts to stem a booming illicit trade. The project was launched 18 months ago in Kimberley, the site of a 19th-century diamond rush that lured fortune-seekers from the world over. The aim of the government-backed scheme was to curb illegal mining and black-market trade of diamonds, and serve as a blueprint for future attempts elsewhere in the country, not only in the diamond sector, but also potentially manganese, gold and …read more […]