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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…
U.S. equity funds recorded a substantial net inflow of $37.24 billion in the week ending March 25, the biggest weekly increase since mid-November 2024, driven by hopes of de-escalation in the Middle East after President Donald Trump postponed an attack on Iranian energy infrastructure and proposed a deal to end the war. Despite the broad inflows, t…
A regulatory filing shows investors in the Oaktree Strategic Credit Fund requested withdrawals totaling roughly 13.9 million shares, about 6.8% of the fund, during the first quarter. To address the demand, Oaktree increased its tender offer from 5% to 7% of shares. The move comes as the private credit industry has drawn increased scrutiny amid nega…
The four-person crew assigned to NASA's Artemis II arrived in Florida to start final prelaunch activities ahead of a planned launch as soon as April 1. The mission will be a roughly 10-day high-speed loop around the Moon and back, serving as the first crewed flight of NASA's Artemis program and a comprehensive test of hardware and systems on the Or…
Court filings and U.S. investigative documents reveal that UBS executed transfers for accounts tied to Ghislaine Maxwell that ultimately funded the purchase of a secluded New Hampshire home in December 2019. The movement of funds passed through a series of trusts and a brokerage account custodied by then-husband Scott Borgerson, even as UBS had bee…
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied that Russia intends to harm U.S. business interests tied to the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), rejecting proposals by some Russian commentators to stop oil shipments from Kazakhstan via the CPC in retaliation for U.S. sanctions. Peskov emphasized Russia's role as a guarantor of global energy security and b…
American Battery Materials Inc. has filed a registration for a public offering of 2,004,009 common shares, using an assumed price of $4.99 per share in its prospectus. The company is quoted on the OTC Pink market under the ticker BLTH and reported a March 23, 2026 closing price of $4.99. It has applied to list on the NYSE American and expects the l…
SoftBank Group Corp. has arranged a $40 billion bridge facility with several international banks to finance its planned $30 billion follow-on investment in OpenAI Group PBC through SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and for general corporate needs. The loan, provided by a syndicate including JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, matures on March 25, 2027. Repayme…
Konecranes Plc saw its shares fall 6.02% on Friday after the company’s Annual General Meeting approved a two-for-one share split that will issue 158,443,812 new shares and exclude those new shares from the dividend declared for the period. The AGM also confirmed a EUR 2.25 per share dividend, enacted several board changes, and granted the board aut…
Bank of America strategist Michael Hartnett says a slide of the S&P 500 below 6,600 has begun to spark a policy response that could bolster markets. He recommends long yield curve steepeners and consumer stocks as favored trades, argues there is no evidence yet of broad investor capitulation, and points to shifting macro dynamics that could shift l…
Liberty Defense Holdings has submitted a registration for an initial public offering in the United States and requested listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market. The British Columbia corporation proposes to sell as many as 3,888,889 common shares at an anticipated price range of $4.00 to $5.00 per share and plans to include pre-funded warrants for inve…
Shares in Harbour Energy (LON:HBR) fell more than 5% on Friday after Germany's BASF sold 80 million shares in the British oil producer at 273 pence each, a price representing a 9% discount to the prior close. The placing reduced BASF's stake and voting rights to about 35% from over 41% at the end of February. Harbour Energy will not receive any fun…
Citi is retaining its year-end S&P 500 price objective of 7,700, anchored to an assumed $320 of index-level earnings for 2026. While earnings revisions and breadth improvements offer support, strategists and economists at the bank highlight an expanding roster of risks - from the Middle East conflict and elevated oil to AI disruption, private credi…
Enagás shares jumped more than 14% after Spain's energy regulator published a draft framework that would impose relatively modest average revenue reductions for gas transportation and regasification in 2027-32. Major banks highlighted potential upside to revenues and earnings per share, while the regulator preserved key structural elements and intr…
Indonesia will begin enforcing new rules this Saturday that restrict access for users under 16 on platforms classified as high risk. While officials say the measures aim to reduce cyberbullying and addiction, parents, children and experts say operational details remain vague and the technical guidance for deactivating or restricting accounts is not…
MediClin reported a 4.8% year-on-year rise in 2025 revenue to EUR 784.50 million, narrowly beating one analyst's EUR 782.40 million estimate. Group EBIT increased 3.5% to EUR 55.40 million, with growth concentrated in the post-acute segment. The acute care segment saw revenue fall following the disposal of the MEDICLIN Heart Centre Coswig. Manageme…
Barclays has cut ratings on three European consumer ingredients companies and reduced earnings estimates for the sector after modelling a renewed energy-driven inflation shock linked to the Middle East conflict. The bank raised pricing assumptions for 2026 but trimmed volume forecasts, saying customers will prioritise margin protection over innovat…
