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Australian equities finished lower on Thursday, with the S&P/ASX 200 retreating 1.13% at the close in Sydney. Losses in Metals & Mining, Materials and Gold sectors led declines, while Treasury Wine Estates, Telix Pharmaceuticals and Ampol were among the day’s top gainers. Market breadth favored decliners and implied volatility rose.
U.S. investment firm Castlelake is reportedly exploring a partnership with MSC, the global shipping group, as part of a potential consortium to submit a takeover bid for British low-cost carrier easyJet. Castlelake has indicated it is considering an offer above 403.23 pence per share but has not approached easyJet's board. Under UK takeover rules, …
Micron is trading near $1.08k after a massive run driven by AI demand for HBM and server DRAM. Fundamentals (EPS $21.38, FCF $10.28B) and a supply-constrained memory market support further upside, but the stock is richly priced and technically overbought. This trade idea lays out an actionable entry, stop, and target for a swing trade covering the …
On June 4, observance falls on the 37th anniversary of the bloody clearance of Tiananmen Square, when troops opened fire on demonstrators gathered in and around central Beijing. The event remains officially unacknowledged in China. This article reconstructs the major milestones from the economic turmoil of 1988 through the student-led protests of 1…
Former Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador publicly accused U.S. officials of using interventionist measures to weaken his Morena political movement and support Mexico’s right-wing opposition. In a five-page letter posted on X, López Obrador criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s change in style and advisers, praised current President C…
Executives and industry stakeholders gathering for the International Air Transport Association annual meeting in Rio de Janeiro will confront a sharp rise in jet fuel prices, flight detours tied to the Iran war and growing delivery and engine shortages. The disruptions are squeezing margins, prompting fare increases, route cuts and a reassessment o…
Taiwan equities closed higher on Thursday, with the Taiwan Weighted index rising 0.48% to a fresh all-time high. Strength in Information Services, Plastic manufacturers and Computers & Peripherals shares underpinned the advance, while several individual names recorded double-digit moves in both directions. Commodity and currency markets showed mixe…
A calculation based on arms trade records, U.S. export approval paperwork, defense analyst estimates and interviews with Taiwanese officials indicates Taiwan plans to expand its anti-ship missile stocks to more than 1,800 by early 2029. The expansion - composed primarily of U.S.-supplied Harpoon missiles and domestically produced Hsiung Feng II and…
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company CEO C.C. Wei told shareholders at the company’s annual meeting that demand for computing power and advanced semiconductors tied to artificial intelligence remains strong. Wei said TSMC is working to satisfy customer needs, is investing $165 billion in new Arizona fabs, and warned that fully meeting U.S. cu…
Integrum, the Sweden-based maker of bone-anchored prosthetics, said net sales fell year-over-year in its fiscal fourth quarter. The company recorded non-recurring charges of SEK 15 million that reduced operating profit, reported an EBIT loss of SEK 20 million and an adjusted EBIT loss of SEK 5 million, and completed a record number of S1 surgeries …
Heritage Insurance (HRTG) pulled back after Q1 results that disappointed estimates. The stock now trades at single-digit P/E multiples, strong free cash flow and an attractive EV relative to sales. This trade idea lays out a disciplined long entry, stop and target with a mid-term horizon while highlighting the operational and market risks that coul…
Magnite, the largest independent sell-side advertising company listed on Nasdaq (MGNI), announced an expanded partnership with JioHotstar, India’s biggest premium entertainment streaming service. The collaboration focuses on leveraging Magnite's SpringServe mediation technology to optimize programmatic ad inventory across JioHotstar’s live sports a…
The Reserve Bank of India faces a finely balanced policy decision as oil prices, a weakening rupee and monsoon uncertainty pull inflation and growth in opposite directions. Economists mostly expect no change to the policy repo rate, while some market instruments price in tightening. Traders and strategists have sketched four plausible scenarios - f…
Asian semiconductor and artificial intelligence-related equities declined Thursday following a sharp aftermarket drop in Broadcom. The chip designer reported a mixed fiscal quarter - slightly better-than-expected profit but revenue that missed estimates - and left its current-quarter AI chip revenue forecast unchanged at $16 billion, below market h…
The European Union introduced a technology sovereignty package intended to strengthen regional tech providers and curb the dominance of major U.S. cloud players. While it sets guardrails for sensitive public tenders and encourages a rapid expansion of data centres using some European hardware or software, the measures stop short of full self-relian…
Freightos (CRGO) has shown early signs of SaaS softness: price has slipped below key moving averages, short interest has crept up, and today's drop to $1.64 punctuates weakening momentum. I’m moving from a constructive stance to a tactical short with a defined entry, stop and targets over a mid-term horizon (45 trading days). This is a speculative …
Pharming Group announced that the U.S. FDA has accepted the resubmission of the supplemental New Drug Application for Joenja (leniolisib) to extend approval for children aged 4 to 11 years with activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta syndrome (APDS). If approved, Joenja will be the first treatment available in the U.S. for this rare pediatric imm…
WISeSat.Space Corp., a subsidiary of WISeKey International Holding Ltd., has confidentially submitted an amended draft registration statement on Form F-4 to the SEC related to its proposed business combination with Columbus Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq: COLA), a SPAC. Upon closing, the combined company will trade on Nasdaq under the ticker WSAT. WISeSa…
Biogen Inc. and UCB presented Phase 3 PHOENYCS GO study data demonstrating that dapirolizumab pegol combined with standard care provides sustained disease control in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients while allowing significant reduction in glucocorticoid steroid use through 48 weeks. Additional findings include improved immunological mark…
Ampol's shares rose after Australia’s competition regulator approved its purchase of EG Australia on the condition Ampol divests 41 service stations. The company has agreed to sell those sites to Metro Petroleum and expects the takeover to close on June 30, paying about A$1.12 billion in net cash after electing to cash-settle the share component. A…
Australia's House of Representatives approved legislation to narrow tax concessions for property investors and replace the current capital gains discount with an inflation-adjusted gains tax and a minimum tax. The bill, which also provides modest tax relief for workers, now moves to the Senate where the government will need crossbench support to se…
Global risk appetite cooled as markets digested a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon alongside renewed U.S.-Iran tensions and domestic U.S. political manoeuvres. Oil eased modestly, equity futures fell, and the yen firmed from intervention-suspect levels amid signals of closer coordination between Tokyo and the Bank of Japan.
Indonesia’s legislature approved broad new legislation that strengthens the central bank’s role in supporting economic growth and allows lawmakers to evaluate independent financial regulators and Bank Indonesia. Passed by acclamation with unanimous party support, the bill has not yet been published and has prompted investor unease over potential po…
Meta Platforms has repeatedly delayed making its newest AI model available to external developers and currently has no scheduled release date. The postponements have extended to almost two months following an internal comment that a release would come "soon." Meta says it is testing an application programming interface (API) for the model with part…
Foreign companies listing their Indian subsidiaries are predominantly using offer-for-sale (OFS) structures that allow existing shareholders to sell stakes rather than raising new money for the Indian businesses. Data show only one in six foreign-based firms listing since 2024 raised fresh capital; the rest were secondary offerings that returned ne…
