Right-wing parties put on a show of strength in European Union elections, prompting France’s president to call national elections and underscoring the German chancellor’s position lagging two rival parties, according to initial projections.
Indian shares were lower, dragged by falls in technology stocks, as prospects of higher-for-longer Fed interest rates weigh on various markets in Asia.
The Fed is expected to hold interest rates steady at the highest level in more than two decades when policymakers wrap up a two-day meeting Wednesday, extending the fight against inflation.
Nordic Capital disclosed the sale of Sunrise Medical to Platinum Equity, a deal that ended plans for an initial public offering of the German wheelchair maker.
Alphabet and Google’s new chief financial officer, Anat Ashkenazi, is slated to receive a signing bonus of $9.9 million and an annual base salary of $1 million.
