For global investors, China is a slow-burning trade By Laura Matthews, Carolina Mandl and Rae Wee NEW YORK/SINGAPORE, July 16 (Reuters) - For global investors with money in China's stock markets, the latest economic numbers are not of any comfort and just a reminder that the recovery they are betting on will take a while to happen. Monday's second-quarter growth figures in China pointed not only to an economy growing below target, but also showed there is no sign of improvement in its anaemic pr

MORNING BID EUROPE-Powell and Trump command market attention A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee Fed Chair Jerome Powell's sort of dovish comments have cemented an interest rate cut in September, at least in markets' eyes, with the prospect of Donald Trump making a return to White House keeping trades associated with it in play and on investor minds.

BUZZ-Australia's Spenda climbs on acquisition of finance platform Limepay ** Shares of Spenda SPX.AX rise as much as 21.4% to A$0.009, their highest since June 28 ** Stock posts its biggest intraday pct gain since June 28 ** Payments services firm says to buy commercial finance service provider Limepay for A$8 mln ($5.39 mln) in an all-scrip transa

GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks, Treasury yields gain as odds of Trump win increase Dow registers record high close PredictIt shows increased chance of Republican win Crypto stocks higher Updates to 5:00 p.m. (2100 GMT By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK, July 15 (Reuters) - World stock indexes and Treasury yields rose on Monday as investors weighed the prospect of Republican Donald Trump winning the U.S.

MORNING BID ASIA-China misery deepens, US curve steepens By Jamie McGeever July 16 (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Asia's economic calendar is remarkably light on Tuesday, allowing markets to take their cue from broader drivers such as China's deepening economic malaise , the shifting outlook for U.S. monetary policy , and the Q2 earnings season on Wall Street.