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Chemring Group posted a 7% rise in first-half revenue to £237.3 million but reported an 8% decline in underlying operating profit to £24.5 million as heavy capital investment to expand energetics manufacturing weighed on margins and balance sheet metrics. The company said its expansion projects in Chicago, Scotland and Norway are progressing and ar…
Hammerson PLC has priced a €350 million bond maturing in five years at 110 basis points over euro mid-swaps with a 3.875% annual coupon. The deal, which was more than five times covered at its peak, is scheduled for issuance on June 8 subject to final documentation. The move forms part of the company’s ongoing refinancing of €700 million of sustain…
Freedom Holding Corp. reported fiscal 2026 results with net income doubling to $153.3 million and record revenue of $2.19 billion, driven by strong growth in brokerage and banking customers, international expansion, and the development of its integrated financial and technology ecosystem. The company continues to broaden its services, including ban…
Celestica sits at the intersection of contract manufacturing, supply-chain engineering, and rack-scale AI deployments. Recent beats, a raised $19B revenue guide and strategic partner wins position the company as a core supplier to the next wave of datacenter expansion. We outline a long trade with precise entry, stop and target, balanced by valuati…
J.P. Morgan placed Merlin Properties on Positive Catalyst Watch and retained an overweight rating, raising its December 2027 price target to €19.00. The broker's forecast for FY26 funds from operations (FFO) is about 5% higher than Bloomberg consensus, a gap the bank attributes to stronger revenue and cost trends and the growing value of Merlin’s d…
Gold prices recovered from a sharp decline, climbing about 0.9% as uncertainty persisted over whether U.S.-Iran negotiations had resumed. Mixed public statements from U.S. leadership and a partial ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel provided uneven market relief. Other precious metals also edged higher, while OCBC trimmed its year-end gold forec…
The Taiwan market closed higher Tuesday, with the Taiwan Weighted up 2.51% to a fresh all-time high. Gains were concentrated in the Plastic, Computers & Peripherals and Electricity sectors. Several individual names recorded 10.00% advances while others hit multi-year troughs. Commodity and FX moves were mixed, with oil lower and gold higher.
STMicroelectronics, a major global semiconductor company, announced an upward revision of its revenue expectations for its Data Center segment, projecting about $1 billion in 2026 revenue, double its previous forecast of slightly above $500 million. With ongoing strong demand driven by AI infrastructure, management expects revenues to potentially d…
Pharming Group announced its participation in the 2026 Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference with CEO Fabrice Chouraqui speaking in a Fireside Chat session. The company, listed on Euronext Amsterdam and Nasdaq, will webcast the presentation, highlighting ongoing engagement with investors and healthcare stakeholders.
Futu Holdings Limited announced that S&P Global Ratings has reaffirmed its long-term issuer credit rating at BBB- with a stable outlook. The credit rating agency cited Futu's strong market position in Hong Kong, its geographic diversification efforts to offset mainland China business decline, and very strong capitalization as key strengths. Futu co…
Zscaler (ZS) sold off hard on weak guidance despite a beat and healthy underlying growth. The business still generates meaningful free cash flow and posted 25% revenue growth in the most recent quarter. We see a mid-term swing opportunity: enter at $155.68, stop at $138.00, target $185.00 (around 45 trading days), with a medium risk profile. Key ri…
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group's global markets chief, Arihiro Nagata, told Reuters the Bank of Japan should articulate a clear path toward policy normalisation after a widely expected rate increase in June to help stabilise Japan's bond market. The call for clearer guidance comes as the 10-year government bond yield reaches multi-decade highs and…
RBC Capital Markets has maintained a 16-stock roster on its June 2026 Global Energy Best Ideas list, highlighting names it views as highest conviction across integrated energy, exploration and production, midstream infrastructure, oilfield services and renewables. The bank removed TotalEnergies from the slate this month after strong share price gai…
A coalition of U.S. healthcare figures, including former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials, wrote to Congress opposing a proposal to treat Americans exposed to Ebola in Kenya or EU countries. The signatories cautioned that the plan departs from long-standing repatriation practices, poses clinical and ethical risks, could deter fr…
A Reuters-style analysis of corporate earnings commentary finds that only about one-third of Europe’s biggest listed firms have signalled price increases in response to the Iran war. The pattern contrasts sharply with the broad pass-through of costs seen after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine and points to softer demand, greater hedging and less f…
Xometry, Inc., a leading AI-native custom manufacturing marketplace, announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of approximately 2.65 million shares of Class A common stock at $85 per share, expected to raise about $225 million. The company intends to use the net proceeds for working capital and general corporate purposes with closing…
The U.S. dollar remained steady as traders digested contradictory messages about talks between Washington and Tehran. Currency markets traded in a tight range, with the dollar index near recent levels, Treasury yields close to recent peaks and investors eyeing this week's U.S. nonfarm payrolls report for further guidance on Federal Reserve policy.
The White House announced a presidential proclamation amending Section 232 national security tariffs to reduce duties on certain steel, aluminum and copper derivative products to 15% from 25%. The change covers specified agricultural machinery, residential HVAC equipment and mobile industrial machinery imported from qualifying trade deal countries.…
U.S. investment firm Castlelake has signalled interest in a possible takeover of British low-cost carrier easyJet. Analysts say the airline’s depressed market valuation, prized airport slots and efficient Airbus fleet make it an attractive target, even as the carrier continues to struggle to expand market capitalisation since the pandemic. Speculat…
Amazon has scheduled Prime Day for June 23-26, moving the event back from July after several years. The company points to major global and domestic events - including the FIFA World Cup and the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence - as factors in its timing. Amazon expects grocery and household essentials to play an expanding role in Prime orders…
The election of Bassi Konate as mayor of Sarcelles, a poor and multicultural suburb north of Paris, underlines the growing strength of the hard-left La France Insoumise (LFI). Konate’s victory, driven by grassroots outreach to young voters and cultural networks, reflects wider political fragmentation in France ahead of next year’s presidential race…
Japanese financial officials refrained from intensifying public admonitions over the yen’s slide on Tuesday, even as the currency approached the widely watched 160-per-dollar threshold. Officials repeated their readiness to act, but stopped short of the stronger language used at the end of April, when the government launched a large-scale programme…
SEALSQ Corp has increased its ownership in Wecan Group to a majority stake and committed CHF 5 million to accelerate the development of AI-powered compliance tools integrated with post-quantum cryptography designed for global financial institutions. This strategic move aims to deliver advanced quantum-resistant security and digital identity platfor…
Unifi trades at bargain multiples (P/S 0.14, P/B 0.33) while generating meaningful free cash flow ($16.6M). Combine that with a recovering price base, moderate short interest and a growing market for recycled textiles and you get a defined long trade: entry $4.05, stop $3.25, target $5.34 over the next 45 trading days.
SEALSQ Corp, a post-quantum semiconductor and cybersecurity leader, announced the acquisition of Swiss photonics company Miraex SA. This acquisition completes the quantum interconnect layer of SEALSQ's Quantum Sovereign Vertical Stack, integrating photonics-based quantum interconnects essential for scalable distributed quantum computing, quantum se…
