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UBS has lifted its forecast for U.S. investment grade bond issuance by big technology companies in 2026, reflecting expanded capital expenditure plans from major tech firms. At the same time, the bank cut its projection for U.S. leveraged loan issuance, citing the risk that AI-related disruption may be underpriced in leveraged loan and private cred…
U.S. envoy Sergio Gor said the United States is actively negotiating the sale of Venezuelan oil to India to help New Delhi diversify its crude supply away from Russia. The negotiations form part of an interim trade arrangement in which Washington agreed to lower tariffs on Indian goods, contingent on reduced purchases of Russian crude, and could le…
British equities opened higher on Friday as the FTSE 100 rose 0.3% while the pound weakened to $1.3451. European peers also advanced, with Germany's DAX up 0.1% and France's CAC 40 climbing 0.6%. UK retail sales showed a stronger-than-expected start to the year, and a series of corporate announcements from Anglo American, Aston Martin, Tullow Oil, …
Jakarta’s planned capital market reforms, prompted by an MSCI warning over market opacity, would require 267 companies on the Indonesia Stock Exchange to increase public shareholdings to a 15% minimum free float. If none delist, these companies would need to put roughly 187 trillion rupiah ($11.08 billion) of shares on the market, posing a notable …
European equity markets rose modestly on Friday and were positioned to close the week with gains as a brighter corporate earnings backdrop and a softening of immediate AI-disruption concerns supported sentiment. Gains were concentrated in luxury and consumer staples after positive company updates and an analyst upgrade, even as geopolitical develop…
Indonesia's IDX Composite closed down 0.09% on Friday, with declines concentrated in the Agriculture, Basic Industry and Property sectors. A small group of stocks logged large percentage moves in both directions, while crude, Brent and gold showed minor shifts and the rupiah weakened against the dollar.
Catena AB reported full-year 2025 results with EPRA earnings per share of SEK25.62, slightly above analyst estimates, supported by rising rental income and net operating surplus. The board proposed a dividend increase to SEK9.5 per share that nonetheless missed market expectations by about 6%. A large portfolio acquisition will lift leverage metric…
Cofinimmo reported full-year 2025 EPRA earnings per share of €6.45, beating analyst estimates and the company’s guidance. The Belgian property investor confirmed a €5.20 dividend per share and issued a 2026 EPRA EPS target of €6.35, based on planned net investments of €200 million and projected net rental income of €351 million. Key balance-sheet m…
European stocks moved modestly higher on Friday as investors parsed a late wave of corporate results and economic releases, while geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and Iran lent support to oil prices. German, French and U.K. benchmarks all advanced in early trading. Corporate reports from miners to drugmakers provided mixed signals, U.K. retai…
Chemring Group PLC has maintained its FY26 guidance as of the end of January 2026, reporting a modest increase in its order book and a rise in group order cover to 85%. While total orders advanced slightly to £1.364bn, first-quarter order intake dropped to £122m, reflecting the absence of the multi-year contracts that lifted Q1 2025 results. Divisi…
ALK-Abello reported fourth quarter sales and operating profit above consensus, driven by stronger-than-expected European tablet sales and Other Products. The Danish biotechnology firm proposed a DKK1.6 per share dividend, its first since 2017, and issued 2026 revenue and margin guidance while confirming leadership changes in research and developmen…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved AstraZeneca’s Calquence (acalabrutinib) in combination with venetoclax as the first all-oral, fixed-duration regimen for adults with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL). The decision is grounded in results from the AMPLIFY Phase III trial, which demonstrated hig…
Bernstein has highlighted three companies in its coverage universe that stand to gain from a sizable uptick in capital expenditure on artificial intelligence data centres in India. The bank pointed to the country’s large AI user base, recent tax relief for data centre construction and roughly $57 billion of announced data centre investments as driv…
Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 slipped 1.07% at Friday’s close as losses concentrated in Paper & Pulp, Transport and Communication stocks outpaced gains. Mitsui Mining and Smelting, IHI Corp. and Sumitomo Electric Industries were among the session’s top advancers, while Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma, Olympus and Seven & i Holdings recorded the day’s steepest decli…
Danone reported 2025 results that surpassed analyst expectations on sales and free cash flow, while cost reductions lifted its recurring operating margin. Strong demand for medical nutrition and baby food in China helped offset softness in U.S. coffee creamers. The company said the financial impact of infant formula recalls related to a cereulide c…
Diageo's chief executive Sir Dave Lewis is planning a substantial reconfiguration of the company's senior leadership team, with multiple executive committee members expected to be replaced. The move is being driven by concerns about company culture and cumbersome decision-making processes; Lewis may also remove whole layers of management as part of…
Industry sources indicate Samsung Electronics has landed an effectively exclusive supply arrangement for the highest-performance HBM4 modules destined for Nvidia’s top-end Vera Rubin processors, while Nvidia will use a two-tier supplier approach for its next-generation chips. The general-purpose models should account for a larger share of productio…
Shares of Novartis India surged about 20% after Novartis AG agreed to sell its stake in the Mumbai-listed company to a consortium led by ChrysCapital affiliates for up to 14.46 billion rupees ($159 million). The transaction will transfer control of the listed entity to the ChrysCapital-led group, subject to regulatory clearances and other customary…
Ola Electric shares tumbled following reports that the company intends to reduce its physical retail footprint by about 550 stores during the March quarter. The drop compounds recent weak results, including record-low quarterly revenue and a steep sales decline in the December quarter. Management has acknowledged service-related trust issues while …
Australian equities closed modestly lower on Friday as declines in information technology, consumer staples and consumer discretionary stocks outweighed gains from a handful of names. The S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.05% in Sydney trade. Volatility edged higher while commodity and FX moves were mixed, with gold and oil posting modest gains.
Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has agreed to pay as much as $35 million to resolve a class action accusing two of his former advisers of facilitating sex trafficking. The settlement, disclosed in a federal court filing, covers claims against Epstein’s former personal lawyer and former accountant, who serve as co-executors of the estate. The deal would en…
Shares of Alibaba Group and Baidu tumbled in Hong Kong trading after both firms, along with BYD, were momentarily included on an updated U.S. Section 1260H list of companies with ties to the Chinese military that was withdrawn minutes after release. The brief mention, combined with post-holiday catch-up selling and investor worries about heavy AI-r…
Most Asian equity markets declined as investors shunned risk amid uncertainty over U.S. interest rate policy and heightened geopolitical tensions involving Iran. Japanese indices were among the weakest performers after mixed economic data, Hong Kong shares fell on resumed trading and tech losses, and mainland Chinese markets remained closed for the…
President Donald Trump said he met with Novartis CEO Vas Narasimhan at the White House and was told the Swiss drugmaker is constructing 11 manufacturing sites in the United States, which the president attributed to his tariff policies. Novartis acknowledged recent groundbreakings in North Carolina and California and plans for a radioligand therapy …
Sika AG (SKFOF) approaches its fourth-quarter results with attention concentrated on its first guidance for fiscal 2026, following a softer finish to 2025 in the Americas. Organic sales in the region fell roughly 1% year on year, a decline the company tied to construction uncertainty surrounding the US government shutdown. Peer results suggest Sika…
