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Poland's main index closed higher on Monday, with the WIG30 advancing 0.44% as gains in Oil & Gas, Banking and Energy stocks supported the market. mBank SA led the index's winners, while several large-caps including Allegro and Cyfrowy Polsat were among the session's decliners. Commodity markets moved lower, with benchmark crude and Brent oil down …
REalloys CEO Lipi Sternheim says the primary bottleneck in Western rare-earth supply chains lies in midstream processing rather than raw mining. The firm plans a North American multi-source processing platform that aggregates feedstock from multiple mines, targets heavy rare-earth metals production by 2027, and is pursuing oxide-to-metal conversion…
Denmark's equity market ended Monday's session in positive territory, with the OMX Copenhagen 20 index up 0.97%. Advancers outnumbered decliners, driven by strength in Consumer Goods, Financials and Technology names. Energy and precious metals prices fell while the dollar weakened versus the krone and euro.
President Donald Trump called on nations to assist in reopening maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, saying the United States has neutralized 30 mine-laying ships in the strategic waterway. He reported uneven international enthusiasm for joining the effort and said it remains unclear whether mines have been laid in the strait.
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr said the agency could move up reviews of eight-year broadcast television licenses and that revocation remains a possibility as multiple inquiries into major broadcasters proceed. Carr described early renewals as an available mechanism and said a range of enforcement actions is under consideration…
Macquarie lowered its rating on DiDi Global to Neutral from Outperform and cut its price target to $3.90 from $9.30, flagging significant spending on food delivery expansion in Brazil and rising investment in overseas operations and robotaxi development as constraints on near-term earnings. Fourth-quarter 2025 results showed revenue growth and high…
Moroccan equities finished higher at the close in Casablanca, with the Moroccan All Shares index rising 0.51%. Outperformance concentrated in the Banking, Beverage and Transport sectors, while several miners and paper and software-related names weighed on the market. Energy and precious metals futures moved lower and the dirham showed modest change…
More than 8,000 U.S. flights were delayed or canceled on Monday after a series of storms struck the East Coast and other major hubs. The Federal Aviation Administration instituted ground stops at two airports and implemented delays at several others. The federal government instructed employees to leave offices early amid threats of high winds and s…
Norwegian equities finished higher on Monday, with the Oslo OBX rising 1.24% to a fresh record. Strength in Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities underpinned the advance. Leading individual movers included Nel ASA, Nordic Semiconductor and Aker BP, while Yara International, Norsk Hydro and Hoegh Autoliners la…
Israel's stock market closed slightly lower Monday as declines in the Insurance, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors offset gains among select technology and renewable names. The TA 35 finished down 0.01% as trading breadth favored decliners, while crude, Brent and gold prices fell and key FX pairs showed modest moves.
Greek equities closed modestly higher on Monday, driven by advances in Construction, Travel and Technology sectors. The Athens General Composite finished up 0.26%. Top session winners included Evropi Holdings, Austriacard and HELLENiQ ENERGY, while Cenergy, Optima bank and Alumil lagged. Market breadth was negative and commodity and FX markets saw …
Clear Street upgraded Circle Internet Group from Hold to Buy and increased its price target to $136 from $92, arguing that growing adoption of Circle's USDC stablecoin could be propelled by tokenization of financial assets, emerging decentralized finance use cases, improving regulatory clarity and other macro drivers. The broker highlighted several…
Turkey's main equity gauge, the BIST 100, closed lower after Monday's session, dragged down by weakness in Insurance, Wholesale & Retail Trade and Metal Products & Machinery sectors. Market breadth favored decliners, while a handful of smaller-cap names posted double-digit percentage gains. Commodities and currency pairs also showed notable moves.
Worries about valuations and transparency in the private-credit market have spread to large U.S. banks and alternative asset managers. Lenders have re-marked or limited financing to private-credit vehicles, and several high-profile funds have capped or reduced redemptions after a surge of withdrawal requests, with particular attention on software e…
Barclays strategists contend that the threat from artificial intelligence to software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies has been overemphasized. They view AI as an incremental enhancer of industrial software offerings rather than an existential risk, noting that enterprises purchase domain expertise and services in addition to code. With industrial sof…
Seaport downgraded Qualcomm from Neutral to Sell, warning that weakening handset demand, elevated memory prices and intensifying competition are compressing the company's addressable market. The brokerage flagged potential exclusion from Apple devices, shifting demand to lower-cost rival chips, and the risk of lower royalty and chip pricing as key …
A group of banks led by JPMorgan has started pitching a $5.75 billion syndicated loan package to investors to support the leveraged buyout of Electronic Arts. The seven-year term loan B is split into a $4 billion U.S. dollar tranche and a €1.531 billion tranche (about $1.75 billion). The financing forms part of a broader debt package tied to the $5…
Bank of America has reached a settlement in a civil class action brought by women who alleged the bank facilitated Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse. The suit, filed in October by a plaintiff identified as Jane Doe, alleged the bank ignored suspicious transactions tied to Epstein. A federal judge had earlier ruled that the bank must face claims that i…
10x Genomics (NASDAQ:TXG) saw its stock drop about 12% after ARK Invest sold over 473,000 shares from its flagship ETFs. The liquidation highlights a reallocation by ARK away from genomics toolmakers toward gene-editing platforms and compounds investor concerns following the company's muted revenue growth guidance for 2026. 10x Genomics provides si…
Bank of America advised clients to favour energy, consumer staples and large-cap value stocks rather than owning the S&P 500, saying the index does not fully reflect key risks. Strategist Savita Subramanian cited a stretched relationship between the S&P 500 and crude oil prices, tax-related upside risks for short-term equity gains, and unfavourable…
Hershey is reorganizing its U.S. business by combining its confectionery, salty snacks and protein units under a single operating structure. The move centralizes brand marketing, category strategy and consumer insights for the first time across its domestic portfolio, while the company names senior leaders to new roles as it contends with higher co…
ICE cotton futures rose more than 3% to reach the highest level since early November, supported by a softer U.S. dollar, a reduction in bearish positioning by money managers, and upward pressure on crude oil that bolsters the cost of polyester, a cotton substitute. Talks between U.S. and Chinese officials in Paris and comments from a Georgia-based …
Stocks across market-cap segments shifted on Monday as several large-cap technology names posted notable gains and a handful of small- and mid-cap issues recorded outsized moves in both directions. Micron and Intel were among the largest advancers in the mega-cap group, while a range of mid- and small-cap companies—spanning storage, biotech and cry…
Brown-Forman said long-time Whirlpool executive Jim Peters will become its new chief financial officer on March 31, succeeding Leanne Cunningham who will retire May 1. The shift comes as the company has seen a steep share decline during Cunningham's tenure and warns of a challenging operating environment for fiscal 2026.
Strategy Inc. purchased about $1.6 billion of Bitcoin from March 9 through last Sunday, acquiring 22,337 BTC. Roughly $400 million was financed through sales of common stock while $1.2 billion was raised via at-the-market sales of its Stretch perpetual preferred shares, which carry an 11.5% annual payout and are backed by the company's Bitcoin hold…
