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BCA Research cautions that the relatively calm performance of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude is deceptive. The firm says recent U.S. measures and market interventions are only temporary mitigants and will not resolve the underlying supply disruptions driven by regional strikes, damage to QatarEnergy's LNG plant, and constrained transit through…
Felipe Duran, chief financial officer of iBio, Inc., purchased 24,835 shares of the company on March 19, 2026, in multiple transactions at an average price of $2.0186 per share. The purchase, disclosed on a Form 4 filed with the SEC, brought his direct holdings to 35,974 shares. The insider buy comes as iBio reports positive preclinical results for…
Martin Brenner, iBio's CEO and Chief Scientific Officer, purchased 12,336 shares of iBio common stock on March 19, 2026 at $2.02 per share for a total of $24,918, bringing his direct holdings to 30,652 shares. The transaction coincides with recent preclinical obesity data, a $26 million private placement, and analyst Buy ratings and coverage that r…
Keysight Technologies President and CEO Satish Dhanasekaran reported a sale of 1,667 shares on March 19, 2026, bringing proceeds of $483,430. The transaction follows a 79.6% year-over-year gain in the stock, which has since retreated to $277.53. Separately, Keysight announced a slate of product and platform enhancements across Ethernet interconnect…
Equinor has bought a ready-to-build onshore wind complex in Brazil from turbine manufacturer Vestas. The 230 MW Esquina do Vento project, comprising 51 turbines on the eastern coast state of Rio Grande do Norte, will be developed and run by Equinor's Rio Energy unit. The site has potential annual generation of about 1 terawatt hour, with constructi…
Technogym SpA shares slid to their lowest level in three months after UBS cut its rating from buy to neutral, pointing to stretched valuations following about a 70% advance over the past year. The stock traded down 2.5% to €16.80 as of 07:25 ET (11:25 GMT), touching an intraday trough of €16.07 on relatively light volume. UBS kept its €18 price tar…
The technology sector extended its slide, trading about 12% below its October 52-week high as investor outflows reached record levels last week, according to Wolfe TMT Desk. Software and semiconductors have both softened, with just 29% of tech names above their 50-day moving average. Wolfe identified SolarEdge Technologies and A&E Television Networ…
U.S. President Donald Trump said he instructed the Department of War to delay planned strikes on Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for five days, citing productive discussions between the two countries. The announcement corresponded with a 2.25% rise in the S&P 500 and an 11% drop in crude oil. Iran later denied direct talks. Tensions …
A Jazz Aviation-operated Mitsubishi CRJ-900 flying as Air Canada Express Flight AC8646 from Montréal was involved in a landing accident at New York LaGuardia Airport late Sunday. Preliminary lists show about 72 passengers and four crew on board. The Port Authority confirmed the pilot and first officer were killed; Air Canada and Jazz are coordinati…
Zijin Mining will acquire controlling interest in Chifeng Gold through a package deal worth about 18.26 billion yuan, comprising a bulk A-share purchase and a new H-share subscription. The transaction values Chifeng at roughly 11.6 times its 2026 consensus price-to-earnings estimate and will increase Zijin's holding to 25.85% of Chifeng’s enlarged …
Bybit has launched a Spring Blossom promotion offering a total prize pool of 15,500 USDT. Eligible users who sign up for the event can earn lucky draw entries by completing designated fiat deposits, meeting trading volume milestones, and referring friends. The campaign runs through April 20, 2026, and detailed eligibility and participation rules ar…
UBS's Chief Investment Office lowered its June forecast for GBP/USD to 1.34 and expects the pound to face near-term pressure from dollar safe-haven flows, elevated oil prices and pre-election UK political uncertainty. While the firm sees the pound supported by attractive carry and a potential recovery toward 1.40 later in its forecast horizon, it w…
Elon Musk unveiled plans for 'Terafab,' a sprawling chip manufacturing complex in Austin, Texas, intended to produce as much as 1 terawatt of compute annually. Tesla and SpaceX would operate two facilities on the site - one focused on chips for vehicles and humanoid robots and another aimed at AI data center workloads for space. Analysts say the sc…
Shares of DraftKings and Flutter Entertainment rose roughly 7% after reports that U.S. senators will introduce bipartisan legislation to prohibit sports betting contracts and casino-style games on prediction markets regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, including platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket's U.S. arm.
Yardeni Research laid out three possible economic paths that it says could either align or divide Federal Reserve policymakers as leadership changes loom. The firm framed outcomes around incoming nominee Kevin Warsh and current Chair Jerome Powell, linking the Fed's cohesion to the duration and economic fallout of the U.S.-Iran conflict and the unr…
UBS Switzerland AG has lowered its projection for the euro-Swiss franc exchange rate in June to 0.91, attributing the downgrade to persistent US-Iran tensions, higher oil prices and increased investor risk aversion. The bank outlines a risk-off scenario that could drive EUR/CHF below 0.90 and as low as 0.88, while retaining a medium-term forecast o…
Croda International shares climbed after Goldman Sachs moved the stock from "sell" to "buy" and lifted its 12-month price target to 3,200p from 2,800p, implying roughly 25.3% upside from the prior close of 2,554p. The broker pointed to a combination of pricing improvement and stronger volumes driving margin recovery, and raised near-term adjusted E…
Sony Group Corp. is reported to be close to signing a binding agreement to transfer a majority interest in its home entertainment business to TCL Electronics Holdings Ltd. The transaction is valued at about $1 billion, with talks said to be advanced and an announcement possible this month. Under a previously disclosed memorandum of understanding, S…
The European Banking Authority reported that French banks held approximately c60.8 billion in direct exposures to counterparties in the Middle East at the end of last year, representing almost half of the c132.1 billion total across 29 European countries. While the EBA said this amount is small relative to total banking assets, it cautioned that …
National HealthCare (NHC) is a cash-generative nursing and senior-living operator trading near $159 with a clean balance sheet, strong free cash flow and double-digit revenue growth last reported. This trade idea outlines a mid-term (45 trading days) long with precise entry, stop and target, backed by fundamentals and technicals while laying out ca…
On March 23, Victory Capital pushed back against criticism from Nelson Peltz’s Trian over Victory’s revised $8.6 billion bid for Janus Henderson, accusing the activist of seeking to spread uncertainty in the market. Trian, the asset manager’s largest shareholder with a 20.7% stake, had flagged concerns about Victory’s higher offer, which competes w…
Fighting around Iran intensified as fresh barrages caused blackouts in parts of Tehran and Israel, allied with the U.S., signaled it would target Iranian infrastructure. The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively closed to tanker traffic amid fears of attacks, removing a key artery for roughly a fifth of global oil flows. At least 40 energy faciliti…
Global markets tumbled as President Trump's 48-hour demand for Iran to re-open the Strait of Hormuz expired, intensifying a Middle East confrontation and driving oil prices sharply higher. Equities across Asia and Europe slid, U.S. Treasury yields rose to multimonth highs, and traditional safe havens such as gold and government bonds failed to abso…
Credo Technology (CRDO) builds the high-speed electrical interconnects that hyperscalers need to stitch GPUs together. After a monster revenue ramp and margin expansion, the market has pulled the stock down to $103.51, creating a tactical long opportunity. This trade idea lays out an entry at $103.51, a stop at $92.00, and a target of $155.00 with …
Several Bank of England officials will give public remarks this week, led by Chief Economist Huw Pill on Tuesday, with Megan Greene, Sarah Breeden and Alan Taylor also scheduled to speak. UK inflation data for February is due on Wednesday and PMI releases on Tuesday are likely to draw market attention. Currency markets show EUR/GBP trading about 0.…
