Stocks Run out of Steam on Regulation Worries, Higher Yields

Stocks Run out of Steam on Regulation Worries, Higher Yields
A worker shelters from the rain under a Union Flag umbrella as he passes the London Stock Exchange in London, Britain, on Oct. 1, 2008. Toby Melville/Reuters
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LONDON—A flare up in U.S.–China tensions, signs of further regulatory crackdowns from Beijing, and a rise in short-dated U.S. Treasury yields doused the equity market rally on Wednesday, offsetting tailwinds from forecast-beating earnings on Wall Street.

MSCI’s global equity benchmark is hovering close to Monday’s seven-week high and is on track for the best month in almost a year.