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U.S. stock futures opened lower on Friday while crude oil reclaimed levels above $110 a barrel after a presidential extension to a deadline tied to Iranian energy infrastructure failed to calm markets. By mid-morning futures for the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 were all trading down, and a range of individual equities from energy majors to biotech a…
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings announced the appointment of five independent directors and a cooperation agreement with Elliott Investment Management L.P., moves that produced a short-lived uptick in the stock before it retreated and finished lower amid pressure from higher oil prices. The board will shrink to nine members, eight of whom will be in…
UBS has trimmed price targets across a range of European carriers, citing a sharp rise in jet kerosene and the continuing Middle East conflict as headwinds. While most ratings were left unchanged, the bank made notable downward revisions to earnings and price targets for several airlines, with Air France-KLM and Wizz Air facing the most substantial…
RBC Capital Markets identifies a group of large-cap U.S. banks that it believes are entering a turning point as 2026 approaches. Analysts point to improving operating leverage, easing regulatory constraints, and potential for stronger capital returns as the main drivers. The report highlights the role of scale, diverse revenue streams, and efficien…
A growing number of countries have introduced or are preparing laws to restrict children’s access to social media platforms, citing concerns about health, safety and addictive product features. Measures range from full bans for users under certain ages to parental-consent regimes, mandatory age verification and curbs on features such as infinite sc…
Oaktree Capital Management’s Oaktree Strategic Credit Fund (OSC) will meet 100% of first-quarter redemption requests totaling 8.5% of shares. The fund plans to repurchase about 13.9 million shares, equal to 6.8% of outstanding shares, while parent Brookfield will buy a further 1.7% of shares. The move comes amid heightened scrutiny of private credi…
J.P. Morgan lowered its rating on Finnish telecom operator Elisa to underweight from neutral, pointing to higher customer churn, intensifying pricing pressure and slowing mobile revenue growth. The bank left its December 2027 price target for Elisa at €39, signaling roughly 10% downside from the stock's March 26 close of €43.50. J.P. Morgan retaine…
Emerging-market sovereign and corporate bond issuance that surged at the start of the year has largely paused as volatility linked to the Iran conflict drives up borrowing costs and prompts investor caution. While a handful of oil-linked issuers have successfully tapped markets, many countries face a funding limbo as secondary-market dynamics, outf…
Major cybersecurity stocks declined sharply on Friday after reports emerged that descriptions of Anthropic’s upcoming AI model, codenamed Claude Mythos, were exposed in a publicly accessible data cache. The startup attributed the exposure to 'human error' in its content management configuration. The draft suggested a new, larger model tier called '…
Kepler has upgraded SOL from Hold to Buy and lifted its price target to EUR56.50, citing robust fiscal 2025 results, margin expansion, and a favourable near-term M&A backdrop. The Italian chemicals group delivered double-digit EBITDA and net profit growth, while Kepler increased its 2026 sales and EBITDA forecasts and raised EPS estimates through 2…
U.S. ambassador to the European Union Andrew Puzder told CNBC that the EU risks excluding itself from the artificial intelligence economy if it imposes heavy regulation and fines on American technology companies. Puzder said participation in AI requires data centers, data flows and access to U.S. AI hardware, and cautioned that shifting regulatory …
Goldman Sachs said in a Friday note that a cooling of geopolitical tensions could allow global equities to resume recent outperformance and put downward pressure on the U.S. dollar. The bank argued markets are currently balancing high inflation against weak growth while pricing in risks from the Iran conflict and a possible sustained energy shock. …
Goldman Sachs downgraded Beiersdorf (ETR:BEIG) from Buy to Neutral following FY25 results, trimming earnings forecasts and reducing its FY26 revenue estimate to €9.86 billion. The bank flagged decelerating NIVEA sales, weakness at La Prairie and margin headwinds driven by raw material costs, foreign exchange and limited operating leverage. It also …
Social media and prediction markets have lit up around the prospect of a SpaceX public offering, with users placing millions of dollars on the likely ticker, listing venue and valuation. Market wagers, shifting odds for a single-letter ticker, and discussions about an unusually large retail allocation underscore the unusual investor focus on the pr…
Bank of America views the recent pullback in semiconductor memory stocks — triggered by headlines around Google's TurboQuant compression technology — as an overreaction. The bank's analysts say AI capital expenditure remains the primary signal of memory demand and point to rising memory on next-generation chips, increased cloud capex guidance and h…
Benchmark U.S. Treasury yields rose to their strongest levels since July as oil prices resumed an upward trajectory and investors processed news that the White House extended its deadline for possible strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure. The advance in yields came despite the announced extension and against a backdrop of tightened expectations…
Jefferies recommends selective purchases in the paper and packaging sector after a broad sell-off tied to the Iran war and related energy-market disruptions. The group has fallen about 14% since the conflict began. The firm outlines how Amcor, Crown Holdings and Ball Corporation are positioned to manage higher input costs through scale, pass-throug…
Goldman Sachs adjusted its coverage of several Italian banks, upgrading Intesa Sanpaolo to buy with a €6.9 price target and 36% upside, downgrading Banco BPM to neutral, and initiating coverage of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena and BPER Banca at buy and neutral respectively. The moves rest on changes to profit and capital forecasts, valuation comp…
Rocket Pharmaceuticals saw its stock climb after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave accelerated approval to KRESLADI, an autologous hematopoietic stem cell-based gene therapy for pediatric patients with severe leukocyte adhesion deficiency-I (LAD-I) who lack an HLA-matched sibling donor for allogeneic transplant. The approval is based on bi…
Goldman Sachs began coverage of French appliance maker Groupe SEB with a buy rating and a €64 12-month price target, and assigned a neutral rating to Sweden's Electrolux with a SEK65 target. The note emphasizes a near-term cautious stance on the sector, sees SEB's margins recovering ahead of consensus driven by a cost-out programme, and flags limit…
Siemens Energy shares fell after Morgan Stanley removed the company from its curated list of top stock picks, citing relatively higher near-term exposure to potential disruption in the Middle East. The bank retained an Overweight rating and a €166 price target, but highlighted the Gas Services division as particularly sensitive given the region's s…
Morgan Stanley removed Siemens Energy from its list of top stock picks while retaining an Overweight rating and a €166 price target, citing heightened near-term risk from the company’s exposure to the Middle East. The bank highlighted the Gas Services division as particularly vulnerable, given the region's substantial contribution to recent order i…
Barclays told clients that the market support tied to President Trump’s de-escalation signals - the so-called 'Trump put' - is being eroded by recurring policy reversals and headline fatigue. The bank cautioned that continued conflict and higher oil prices would raise stagflation risks and has cut its global growth and inflation outlooks for 2026.
Indian equity benchmarks ended the session lower on Friday, with the Nifty 50 falling 2.09% and the BSE Sensex slipping 2.25%. Selling was concentrated in Real Estate, Auto and Banking names. Broader market breadth skewed heavily negative, the India VIX surged to a three-year high, and commodity and currency moves added to the risk backdrop.
Japan's Cabinet Office said rising crude prices linked to the Middle East crisis could create lasting inflationary pressure, estimating a sustained 10% oil price increase might lift consumer inflation by up to 0.3 percentage point over about a year. The government kept a cautiously optimistic growth outlook while noting weakening consumer sentiment…
