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U.K. equities finished lower after the close on Thursday, with the United Kingdom 100 index down 0.19%. Sector weakness in Banking, Household Goods & Home Construction and Automobiles & Parts weighed on the market. A handful of stocks, including Rentokil Initial and SSE, delivered notable gains, while WPP, Persimmon and HSBC recorded some of the la…
Spain's benchmark index closed lower on Thursday, with the IBEX 35 down 1.22% as losses in Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Building & Construction outpaced gains. Energy and utilities names, including Repsol, Endesa and Iberdrola, finished higher while several banks and industrials led the declines. Market breadth favored de…
Spain's benchmark IBEX 35 ended the trading day down 1.22% as losses concentrated in the Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Building & Construction sectors pushed the market lower. Energy names bucked the trend with Repsol climbing to five-year highs, while several banks and a major steelmaker posted some of the largest decline…
Portugal's PSI index closed higher, up 0.83%, driven by advances in Utilities, Consumer Services and Telecoms. EDP Renovaveis, Jeronimo Martins and Galp Energia were among the top performers, while Teixeira Duarte, Mota Engil and Banco Comercial Portugues underperformed. Commodity markets saw sharp moves in oil and a drop in gold, while major curre…
Italian stocks closed lower on Thursday, with the broad Italy 40 index dropping 0.71% in Milan. Gains in select industrial and energy names were outweighed by declines among lenders and other cyclical sectors. Market breadth tilted toward losers, and commodities moves included sharp gains in crude and Brent oil and a decline in gold futures.
TotalEnergies on its investor site said it has lost 15% of its oil and gas production after fields across the Middle East were shut amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran. The company estimates that the outage represents roughly 10% of its upstream cash flow, but said an $8 per barrel price rise tied to the crisis and additional production coming …
Jefferies analysts presented a cautious outlook for pulp and paper markets after noting a sharp rise in hardwood pulp prices in China over the past six months and a range of supply and demand signals that could blunt further gains. At the same time, European recycled containerboard producers have announced sizeable cost-push price increases as ener…
Germany's main equity gauges ended the session in negative territory, with the DAX down 0.29%, the MDAX off 0.58% and the TecDAX falling 0.64%. Weakness concentrated in Technology, Construction and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare. Several individual stocks posted sizable moves in both directions while volatility rose and commodities showed mixed perfo…
French equities ended lower on Thursday, with the benchmark CAC 40 down 0.71% and the broader SBF 120 also off 0.71%. Gains in select industrial and consumer-oriented companies were offset by notable declines among financials, basic materials and select consumer names. Market breadth favored decliners and volatility for the index options reached a …
Belgian shares closed lower on Thursday, with the BEL 20 sliding 0.54% to a fresh one-month low. Broad declines in Industrials, Financials and Healthcare drove the move. Market breadth was narrowly positive, while commodity and currency contracts moved unevenly in overseas trading sessions ahead of the close in Brussels.
Morgan Stanley's European strategists and sector analysts have mapped how the Iran conflict could alter the risk profile for sustainability-focused investors. The bank flags implications for energy markets, government policy on power pricing and carbon, and sector-specific vulnerabilities in tech, defence and utilities, while also updating its inte…
Swedish equities closed higher on Thursday with the OMX Stockholm 30 edging up 0.14%, supported by advances in Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Industrials. Leading individual movers included Evolution AB, SAAB AB ser. B and Alfa Laval, while several large banks posted notable declines. Oil prices climbed sharply and currency pairs involving the krona moved…
Finland's OMX Helsinki 25 closed higher, up 1.44%, with oil, telecommunications and utilities stocks among the top performers. Neste, Nokia and Fortum recorded substantial gains while several industrial and metal names declined. Commodity markets showed large moves, with Brent and U.S. crude jumping and gold falling; currency and dollar-index moves…
Jefferies has downgraded SoftBank Group to Underperform, pointing to mounting risks tied to the company’s concentrated capital commitments to OpenAI and an expanding leverage profile. The broker set a new price target of ¥3,140, down from ¥5,118 adjusted for a stock split, which it says implies roughly 19% downside from current share levels. Jeffer…
TMX Group, operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange, is engaging Canadian regulators to advance a rule change that would allow all publicly listed companies to file earnings every six months rather than quarterly. The proposal mirrors similar U.S. discussions and follows a CSA plan to permit smaller companies with under $10 million in revenue to move…
GeneDx Holdings Corp saw its shares fall 7.8% Thursday after Natera announced the commercial launch of Zenith genomics, a whole genome sequencing assay intended to enhance detection of rare genetic conditions. The assay, developed by MyOme in an exclusive partnership with Natera, incorporates whole genome sequencing with long-read sequencing confir…
KB Securities analyst Jeff Kim says Samsung Electronics is entering a sustained earnings expansion phase, with the firm projecting that Samsung’s entire memory-chip output through 2027 will be absorbed by the market. The broker raised its price target to KRW320,000 and materially boosted operating profit forecasts for 2026 and 2027 amid expectation…
CME Group CEO Terry Duffy called for clearer regulation of prediction markets, saying the distinction between swaps used for hedging and products that resemble bets has become blurred. His remarks come as platforms including Polymarket and Kalshi face legal and regulatory scrutiny in several U.S. states, and as lawmakers consider federal action fol…
Poland's WIG30 closed lower, falling 0.77% as losses in the Construction, Media and Basic Materials sectors pushed equities down. Pepco Group, Dino Polska and Allegro were among the session's top performers, while Rainbow Tours, Kruk and PZU posted the largest declines. Commodity markets saw significant moves, with crude and Brent rising sharply an…
Denmark's benchmark OMX Copenhagen 20 closed lower on Thursday, finishing the session down 0.99% as losses in Personal & Household Goods, Financials and Chemicals weighed on the market. Pandora tumbled to a three-year low, while crude and Brent oil jumped sharply and key FX pairs moved modestly against the Danish krone.
Goldman Sachs trimmed its 2026 Q4/Q4 U.S. GDP growth projection by 0.3 percentage points to 2.2%, driven by a forecasted spike in Brent crude tied to the war with Iran. The bank's commodity team now expects Brent to average $98 per barrel in March and April before easing to $71 by late 2026, and it has raised its December 2026 PCE inflation project…
Housing starts in January increased 7.2% month-over-month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 1.487 million units, according to Barclays. The January reading exceeded Barclays' own projection of 1.395 million units and consensus estimates of 1.341 million units. Despite the jump in starts, building permits dropped 5.4% month-over-month, …
Macquarie says Honda has initiated a broad strategic reset of its electric-vehicle ambitions, cutting guidance and signalling a large earnings deterioration driven by program cancellations and write-downs. The firm points to slowing U.S. EV demand, policy shifts and stronger competition in China as core reasons, and says Honda’s near-term recovery …
Stryker Corporation's stock dropped 4% Thursday as shipping of orders remained disrupted following a cyber attack the company says targeted its Microsoft environment. The company reported no signs of ransomware or malware, affirmed the safety of key devices including its Mako System, and said it is working to restore electronic ordering while using…
RBC moved Vale S.A. from Outperform to Sector Perform, saying the stock's rapid re-rating versus major diversified miners leaves little upside. The firm raised its ADR price target to $15.50 from $14.50 based on higher copper and nickel price assumptions, and modestly increased its adjusted EBITDA forecasts for 2026-2028.
