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Piper Sandler downgraded GitLab from Overweight to Neutral and reduced its price target from $55 to $28 following the company's cautious fiscal 2027 guidance. The brokerage flagged that management’s emphasis on stabilizing results while expanding sales spending and investing in AI could keep near-term fundamentals under pressure. GitLab shares fell…
British equity indexes moved into positive territory on Wednesday after earlier losses tied to the outbreak of hostilities in the Middle East. Markets reacted to reports that Iranian operatives had approached the CIA about possible terms to end the conflict, a development that traders interpreted as a potential de-escalation signal. The blue-chip F…
On March 4, UBS raised its average Brent crude price forecasts for the first quarter and for full-year 2026, citing intensifying conflict in the Middle East and what it describes as the near de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The bank now projects a Q1 average of $71 per barrel, implying roughly $80 in March, and a 2026 average of $72 per ba…
Jefferies upgraded Kion Group AG from "underperform" to "hold" and lifted its price target to €56 from €51 after the stock fell about 24% year-to-date. The broker said the recent selloff, together with cautious 2026 guidance that already factors in a weak operating backdrop, trims near-term downside risk. Jefferies applied a 12x multiple to 2027 ea…
On Holding reported another beat in Q4 but a conservative 2026 revenue guide spooked the market. With a $14.5B market cap, industry-leading gross margins and rapid expansion into new product categories and Asia, the pullback is a buying opportunity for disciplined investors. Trade plan below with entry, stop and target and a clear timeline for how …
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that a 15% tariff rate is likely to come into force this week, rising from the current 10% level. Speaking on CNBC, Bessent discussed energy supplies, U.S. control of Iranian airspace, plans to insure ships operating in the Gulf, and trade vulnerabilities involving China and Spain. Separately, Pres…
European Central Bank officials, mindful of their delayed response to the 2022 inflation surge, are preparing to treat any Iran war-related rise in energy prices with heightened skepticism about transience. The euro zone’s import dependence, recent oil and LNG market moves and persistent domestic inflation mean the ECB may be quicker to react to su…
A senior OECD official said inflation is the chief risk to global fixed-income markets after energy prices jumped following the U.S.-Israeli air war against Iran. The organisation cautioned that higher yields, shorter debt maturities and large borrowing needs this year create a sizable stress test for governments, corporates and emerging markets. S…
UK equities steadied on Wednesday following a two-day slide linked to an intensifying Middle East conflict. Major banks helped drive a bounce in the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250, while homebuilder names fell after management changes and profit margin warnings weighed on the sector. Economic data and central bank expectations continue to shape investor vie…
Futures tied to Canada’s principal stock index rose on Wednesday as gains in crude oil and gold helped underpin the commodities-heavy TSX. Markets remained sensitive to the fifth day of fighting involving Iran and U.S. and Israeli forces, while investors awaited a series of U.S. economic releases that could influence the Federal Reserve’s rate outl…
Indie Semiconductor shares plunged in premarket trading after the company priced a private offering of $150 million in 4% convertible bonds due 2031. The deal, which sets an initial conversion price above the recent stock close, is intended to fund a repurchase of outstanding convertible notes and to provide working capital and other corporate uses…
Speaking at a conference in Luxembourg, the chair of euro zone finance ministers said Europe's long-standing growth model that depended on an expanding workforce is running out of room. With the bloc facing significant demographic headwinds and a projected annual workforce contraction by 2040, policymakers must turn to higher productivity driven by…
Cryptocurrency-linked equities and funds rose in premarket trading as bitcoin and ether both advanced. Exchange operators, miners, and firms holding tokens posted gains, while spot and strategy ETFs also moved higher ahead of the market open. Key short-term drivers cited in the session were the increases in bitcoin and ether prices and investor ex…
Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD) trades below tangible book and yields roughly 14%. Recent weakness appears tied to sector headlines about SaaS exposure rather than fundamentals. This trade idea targets a mid-term rebound while protecting downside with a tight stop.
Morgan Stanley’s quantitative research team has singled out four European-listed companies - Next Plc, Prudential Plc, Assicurazioni Generali and Endeavour Mining - as the most likely to report earnings above expectations this month. The bank’s Earnings Surprise Composite, which combines measures of Earnings Forecast Landscape, Earnings Quality and…
A Russian drone struck an empty passenger train in Ukraine’s Mykolaiv region early on Wednesday, injuring a railway worker, officials said. Separately, an attempted drone attack on a service between Dnipro and Kovel was intercepted by railway staff, while the national rail operator reported a surge in strikes on rail assets since the start of March…
On March 4, the U.S. government will open bidding on more than 1 million acres in Alaska's Cook Inlet, marking the first of six offshore lease sales required under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will read bids via livestream at 10 a.m. Alaska time (1900 GMT). Leases run for 10 years and include a 12.5% ro…
Kraken’s banking unit has secured permission to tap into the Federal Reserve’s core payment systems, enabling the firm to process transactions more quickly for large clients and professional traders. The approval highlights digital-assets firms' increasing integration with traditional finance, while public details about the arrangement remain limit…
South Korea's KOSPI tumbled 12% on March 4 in its largest single-day fall since the global financial crisis, driven by the rapid unwinding of highly leveraged long positions and heavy selling by foreign investors. The drop has coincided with a sharp weakening of the Korean won and follows a broader deterioration in market sentiment after the escala…
Airlines across the globe have cancelled thousands of flights following the closure of major Middle Eastern hubs, including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi, after the outbreak of war in Iran. The disruption has led carriers to suspend service on routes to and from affected cities for varying periods in March, with airlines publishing staggered timetables…
Bank of America has resumed coverage of Tesla with a Buy rating and a $460 price objective, pointing to Tesla's leadership in consumer autonomy, a camera-only approach to self-driving, and potential revenue from robotaxis, full self-driving subscriptions, the Optimus humanoid robot and the companys energy business.
NATO air and missile defence systems destroyed a ballistic missile fired from Iran that was on a trajectory into Turkish airspace. The Turkish Defence Ministry said the projectile traversed Syrian and Iraqi territory prior to being intercepted over the eastern Mediterranean Sea. No casualties or injuries were reported, and Turkey has warned against…
Officials briefed on the matter told the New York Times that operatives from Iran's Ministry of Intelligence signalled openness to talks with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency to explore an off-ramp from the current conflict. The outreach was reportedly passed via an unnamed country's intelligence service. U.S. officials remain doubtful about ne…
Markets across Asia tumbled as a sudden escalation of violence in the Middle East sent energy price and supply risk sharply higher. South Korea's Kospi plunged 12% in its largest single-day drop on record, while Japan's Nikkei and Taiwan's main index each fell roughly 4%. The Korean won reached a 17-year low and several Asian exchanges halted tradi…
Byreal announced the open-source release of Byreal CLI, an interface built specifically for AI agents, and introduced Copy Farmer, an agent-enabled liquidity replication system on Solana. The company positions the tools as foundational to a vision where autonomous agents act as economic actors in DeFi, supporting deterministic execution, constraint…
