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JPMorgan began coverage of AeroVironment (AVAV) with an Overweight rating and a $320 price objective, signaling roughly 31% upside from the stock's current trading level of $243.87. The bank points to AeroVironment's exposure to rapidly expanding defense niches - including drones, counter-drone systems and space - and projects mid-teens growth for …
The pound slipped after official data showed the UK unemployment rate rose to 5.2% for the three months to December and headline regular pay growth excluding bonuses eased to 4.2%. British equities opened modestly higher, while company results from miners and consumer-facing groups highlighted divergent sector trends.
European equity markets traded with no clear direction as corporate results from major miners, a softening U.K. labor market and indirect U.S.-Iran nuclear talks weighed on investor sentiment. Mining company profits and cash flow led results this week, U.K. wage growth eased while unemployment edged up, and crude prices moved amid geopolitical unce…
Roth/MKM downgraded ConocoPhillips from Buy to Neutral and set a $112.00 price target, warning that global oil prices may be near a short-term peak. The research house pointed to roughly 2 million barrels per day of OPEC+ additions between April 1, 2025 and December 31, 2025 and expects market oversupply and rising inventories through much of 2026.…
A growing number of countries are moving to restrict minors' access to social media, with Australia enacting the first full ban for those under 16 and other governments proposing or approving age limits and device-level controls. Measures range from parental-consent regimes to outright prohibitions, while industry and child-protection advocates con…
Grenergy Renovables has signed its inaugural financial tolling agreement for a standalone battery project located in Oviedo, Spain. The 10-year contract with an international, Moody's-investment-grade utility covers day-ahead price spreads on 80% of the 150MW/600MWh project's capacity, based on an assumed 1.5 cycles per day. The asset is expected t…
Adani Enterprises announced a plan to invest $100 billion to build renewable energy-powered, AI-ready data centers by 2035. The company expects the commitment to generate an additional $150 billion of spending across adjacent industries and to help create a $250 billion AI infrastructure ecosystem in India over the next decade.
Sandisk (SNDK) is trading at $629.99 after a dramatic rerating since its spinout. The business sits squarely in the AI-driven NAND supercycle, generating strong cash flow while trading at a market cap of roughly $92.5B. This trade idea lays out a disciplined long with a $630 entry, a $725 target (near the 52-week high) and a $585 stop, sized for a …
A senior Kremlin aide said Russia may use its navy to stop European powers from seizing Russian vessels and could retaliate against European shipping if seizures occur. The comments come as Western nations have imposed over 30,000 sanctions on Russia and taken steps to block tankers linked to Russian oil shipments, including a U.S. seizure of a Rus…
A monthly Bank of America poll of global fund managers shows rising optimism about a global boom and strong earnings growth expectations, even as a record share of respondents worry that companies are overextending on capital spending. Cash holdings ticked up slightly, while investors remain heavily overweight equities and commodities and significa…
Sirius Real Estate has announced plans to raise £75 million of new equity to bolster its balance sheet and finance a pipeline of acquisitions and refurbishment projects that will add roughly 500,000 square feet of high-yielding assets. The company says the move is designed to protect its progressive dividend policy and keep gearing below 35% loan-t…
Swedish online gambling firm Hacksaw reported robust fourth-quarter and full-year results for fiscal 2025, with double-digit revenue and earnings growth and very high adjusted EBIT margins. The quarter produced €55.1 million in revenue and €45.0 million in adjusted EBIT, while the company ended the period with €133 million of net cash and proposed …
Ottobock SE & Co. KGaA reported preliminary fourth-quarter 2025 results showing a modest revenue shortfall versus analyst consensus but a notable beat on profitability. Core sales rose year-over-year, while underlying core EBITDA and margins expanded sharply. The company confirmed its 2026 guidance and reiterated medium-term targets through 2029.
RBC Capital Markets began coverage of AXA SA with an "outperform" rating and a €48 12-month target, representing roughly 28% upside from a €37.46 close. The brokerage says market multiples understate structural improvements in AXA's profitability and risk profile, while forecasting stronger Life & Health earnings and projecting a fair value based o…
Annual growth in regular average weekly earnings, excluding bonuses, slowed to 4.2% in the three months to December 2025 compared with the same period a year earlier, down from 4.4% in the three months to November, the Office for National Statistics reported. The data feed into Bank of England monitoring of inflation, while investors move to price …
Registration records and interviews with participants in the trade show tens of thousands of foreign-brand vehicles are reaching Russian buyers through China via gray-market networks. Many of the cars are built in China or routed through it after manufacture elsewhere, and an increasing share are classified as zero-mileage "used" vehicles to avoid …
Japan's Nikkei 225 finished the trading day lower, down 0.47%, with sector-level declines in Paper & Pulp, Transport and Communication offsetting notable gains in select electronics and pharmaceutical names. Market breadth favored decliners, volatility eased, and commodity and currency moves showed modest shifts by the close.
AbbVie is pivoting from Humira dependency toward a high-growth immunology franchise led by Skyrizi and Rinvoq, with an emerging oncology pipeline that could provide upside. Trailing multiples look stretched, but forward guidance implies a much more attractive valuation. This trade plan buys the current strength with a defined stop and a mid-term ti…
Gisele Pelicot, 73, publishes a memoir recounting the mass-rape case in which her then-husband organized dozens of attacks on her unconscious body. The book traces her choice to waive anonymity, the discovery of the assaults, the trial that led to convictions of 50 men and her husband, and how correspondence from other women and a new relationship …
Asian financial markets traded cautiously on Tuesday with a number of regional markets closed for Lunar New Year and U.S. markets previously shut for Presidents' Day. Oil prices were mixed ahead of U.S.-Iran nuclear negotiations in Geneva. Japan's weak fourth-quarter GDP and central bank speculation weighed on local markets and the yen, while bond …
A finance ministry estimate reviewed by Reuters indicates Japan could see annual bond issuance rise to as much as 38 trillion yen in the fiscal year beginning April 2029, a 28% increase from the 29.6 trillion yen projected for fiscal 2026. The projection reflects higher debt-servicing costs driven by rising long-term yields and greater social welfa…
Reports on Monday indicated that Danaher is close to finalising an acquisition of medical device maker Masimo for nearly $10 billion. The move would expand Danaher’s footprint into oximeters and other patient-monitoring products. Both companies did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The transaction, which could be announced imminently…
Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 finished the session higher, buoyed by strength in the Metals & Mining, Materials and Resources sectors. The index rose 0.24% by the close in Sydney, despite a greater number of declining shares than rising ones. Individual stock moves included strong gains for Pro Medicus, JB Hi-Fi and A2 Milk, while Reliance Worl…
Most Asian currencies eased Tuesday as trading volumes were light across the region for Lunar New Year holidays and the dollar gained modestly ahead of a succession of U.S. economic releases, including Federal Reserve minutes and the key December PCE inflation reading later in the week. Major pairs showed mixed moves with the yen and some offshore …
Shares of major luxury houses have shown heightened volatility as brands contend with a prolonged slowdown in demand for premium goods and intensified trading activity from hedge funds. Weaker-than-peak sales for handbags and apparel at names including Dior and Gucci have kept investors alert for any signs of recovery, while AI-fueled swings in U.S…
