Oil prices slipped and stocks were treading water in Asian trading hours on Tuesday morning, as investors continued to weigh up the implications of a major attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure at the weekend.

Singapore’s non-oil exports fell for a sixth consecutive month in August with electronics shipments dropping by a quarter amid a regional industry slowdown.

WeWork’s board of directors met on Monday evening to discuss delaying the property group’s initial public offering after the company struggled to drum up investor interest in the multibillion-dollar listing, according to people briefed on the matter.

Global stock markets declined while crude prices and haven assets gained on Monday after an attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure knocked out half the country’s production over the weekend and raised geopolitical risks.

Challenging conditions facing the global diamond industry were underlined on Monday after London-listed Petra Diamonds reported widening losses.

Airlines stocks on the western side of the Atlantic remained stuck in the red, as investors weighed up the potential impact from a historic spike in crude prices following a drone strike on oil processing facilities in Saudi Arabia.

US prosecutors have charged three JPMorgan metal traders with a “massive, multiyear scheme” to manipulate markets and warned they were continuing to probe higher echelons at the largest US bank.

Moody’s has downgraded Hong Kong’s rating outlook to negative, citing growing risks to the Asian financial hub’s institutional strength, but maintained its current rating in a break with the recent downgrade by rival Fitch Ratings.

The head of the UK markets regulator has called on Brussels to offer more equivalence permits to smooth potential disruption to markets if the UK leaves the EU without a deal next month.

Eddie Stobart warned its full-year operating profit would be “significantly below the board’s expectations” as it revealed it was in talks with its lenders and considering plans to raise new equity.

Aldi, the discount food supermarket, plans to more than double the number of stores in the London area to 100 after smaller-format shops proved more successful than expected.

Shares in crude producers across Asia-Pacific jumped on Monday following an attack on a major Saudi oil installation over the weekend that has temporarily hit half of the Gulf country’s crude output. Meanwhile, emerging Asia currencies and airline stocks fell. 

Growth in industrial output from Chinese factories fell to a fresh low in August, in another sign of how the US-China trade war and slowing economic activity is weighing on the world’s second-biggest economy. 

The coming week will bring a flurry of interest rate decisions from major central banks, as policymakers react to a softer global economy and uncertainties over US-China trade and Brexit.

Treasuries chalked up their worst week — and small-caps their best — since 2016 as investors extended a sweeping rotation away from the momentum plays and bonds that had been favoured over summer.

Shares in cyber security group Cloudflare surged by 20 per cent in its first day of trading on Friday, signalling strong investor demand for the latest Silicon Valley security listing.

The lights have been turned off on MoviePass, the once-heralded theatre subscription service.

US stocks were mixed Friday, as investors looked ahead to a highly-anticipated rate decision by the Federal Reserve.

Goldman Sachs said it expects Apple to lose about a quarter of its market value over the next year as its profits take a hit from the accounting method the company will take for its Apple TV+ trial, a claim that was rejected by the iPhone maker.

PG&E has reached an $11bn settlement with insurance claimants related to the utility’s role in a series of deadly wildfires that ravaged northern California in 2017 and 2018 and triggered its filing for bankruptcy earlier this year.

US retail sales climbed more than expected last month driven by purchases at auto dealers and online retailers, however an underlying gauge of consumer demand grew at its slowest pace in six months.

UK retailer Marks and Spencer will start selling fresh greens and herbs grown on site in some of its London stores in partnership with Berlin start-up Infarm.

Boris Johnson will hold Brexit negotiations with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in Luxembourg on Monday, according to UK officials.

Wages in the eurozone increased at their fastest clip in a decade as the regional labour market shows it has stayed strong despite weakening economic growth.