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British equities advanced Friday, with the FTSE 100 rising on a broad technology-led recovery that began after strong results from a major U.S. online retailer. Global markets, particularly in the tech-heavy segments of the U.S. and Asia, drove momentum, while geopolitical events and commodity price moves provided offsets to investor optimism.
International Consolidated Airlines Group reported a second-quarter operating profit of €1.26 billion, below analyst expectations of about €1.37 billion, and trimmed its full-year 2026 capacity outlook to flat. Revenue rose 0.2% to €8.88 billion, while first-half operating profit before exceptional items fell to €1.76 billion from €1.88 billion a y…
NatWest rallied after releasing interim H1 2026 figures ahead of market open, reporting operating profit before tax of £4.3 billion, attributable profit of £3.0 billion and a stepped-up capital return timetable. Positive analyst commentary and a favorable risk-on backdrop in US equities added momentum, driving the shares to an intraday 52-week high…
Renewables Infrastructure Group reported a net asset value of 101.1p at June 30, with a total return of -1.1% in Q2. The decline was mainly driven by reduced revenue forecasts tied to lower medium-term power price expectations and softer projections for green certificate and capacity market income. Operational setbacks in the UK and lower wind reso…
European equities reached an all-time high on July 31 as stronger investor demand for technology stocks, particularly AI-related names, pushed the STOXX 600 higher. The index rose 0.9% to 655.2 by 0712 GMT, marking a fourth consecutive month of gains. Gains in semiconductor and equipment firms offset individual corporate setbacks and a modest pullb…
Bank of America has named Datadog its top software pick into the company's fiscal second-quarter 2026 earnings report scheduled for August 6. The firm kept a Buy rating, pointing to proprietary demand analysis, evolving large-customer renewal dynamics, and Datadog's strengthened positioning in AI agent observability as the basis for increased confi…
Fuchs on Friday confirmed its preliminary second-quarter 2026 results, reporting reported sales up 21.5% and organic sales up 18.1% to €1,069 million. EBIT rose 33.7% to €135 million, lifting the operating margin to 12.6%. The company attributed performance to volume growth, pre-buying related to the conflict in the Middle East, constrained competi…
European equity markets advanced on Friday, led by a technology-driven rally that extended gains across major indexes and positioned the region for a fourth straight monthly increase. Investors responded to upbeat tech results and guidance, while turning attention to a flash Eurozone CPI print that could influence the European Central Bank's policy…
Melrose Industries said it expects an extra £25-30 million of costs in the second half of 2026 linked to an incident at the GKN Aerospace Garden Grove site in California. The company paused its £175 million share buyback as it evaluates the full financial impact, while reporting stronger half-year underlying profit and revenue despite the disruptio…
Developers of electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOLs) are increasingly marketing military versions of their platforms as civil certification timelines stretch and costs rise. At a major air show, several companies highlighted unmanned and defense-capable variants, arguing the defense market offers faster fielding and clearer contra…
BP has opened a formal sale process for its North Sea operations as incoming CEO Meg O’Neill accelerates a portfolio simplification designed to lower debt and concentrate capital on core, higher-return oil and gas businesses. The company, which has worked in the basin for more than six decades and runs five major production hubs including the Clair…
Equinox Gold Corp. has completed its business combination with Orla Mining Ltd., creating a new senior gold producer in North America with anticipated annual production of 1.1 million ounces, with plans to grow to over 1.9 million ounces through development projects. The combined entity boasts a diversified portfolio of high-quality mines in Canada…
The Bank of Japan left policy rates unchanged but indicated a willingness to raise borrowing costs as needed after a government yen-buying intervention failed to shore up the currency. A lone board dissent called for an immediate hike to 1.25%, while Governor Kazuo Euda warned of inflation overshoot risks and said the bank will monitor AI-driven de…
Australian equities closed modestly higher on Friday, with the S&P/ASX 200 up 0.10% as strength in the Gold, Metals & Mining and Materials sectors buoyed the market. Megaport Ltd, Zip Co Ltd and Capstone Copper Corp DRC led gains, while Champion Iron Ltd, Wisetech Global Ltd and Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd were among the largest decliners. Commo…
Asian technology and AI-related stocks rallied on Friday, following strong sessions in U.S. markets where positive earnings from major tech players eased concerns about stretched valuations. Month-end repositioning also supported the rebound, though many names remained deep in July losses.Key moves included sharp gains in South Korean chipmakers, a…
China’s coast guard carried out patrols east of Taiwan that Beijing described as routine law enforcement. Taipei condemned the maneuvers as a political operation intended to broaden Beijing’s control. Taiwan monitored the Chinese vessels and pledged to defend its sovereignty. The activity has drawn concern from some Western countries and follows a …
Alpha Bank reported second-quarter 2026 net profit of EUR 316m, beating consensus by 32% as a EUR 120m deferred tax asset recognition lifted reported results. Normalized profit after tax was EUR 275m, also ahead of forecasts, driven by stronger net interest income, fee income and credit expansion concentrated in Greek corporate lending.
Mohawk's share price has been punished by cyclical weakness in residential construction and energy-driven input cost pressure. The business still generates healthy free cash flow ($709m), carries modest leverage (debt/equity 0.25) and trades at attractive multiples (P/B ~0.83, P/E ~17). This trade idea outlines a structured long with defined entry,…
Tencent, Alibaba and Baidu have all fallen double digits year-to-date, with analysts projecting 47%-68% upside and earnings reports clustered in August. Beneath those surface similarities their fundamentals diverge: Tencent operates as a high-margin cash generator, Alibaba is repositioning around cloud and large language models, and Baidu is priced…
<p>Bitcoin traded largely unchanged around $64,000 on Friday as traders weighed unclear guidance from the U.S. Federal Reserve and renewed geopolitical risks in the Middle East. The cryptocurrency had last traded 0.5% higher at $64,352.0 by 02:01 ET (06:01 GMT) and was positioned for a roughly 10% gain for July after a more than 20% decline the pri…
Interroll Holding AG reported first-half 2026 results that largely matched market expectations on new orders, revenue and EBIT, while net income came in below consensus. Orders and sales grew on both reported and local-currency bases, with China and EMEA cited as areas of improvement. Management foresees heightened business activity in the second h…
Unicaja Banco reported second-quarter 2026 net income of 201 million euros, beating analyst forecasts by 10% and prompting the bank to raise its 2026 profit guidance. The surprise stemmed largely from lower-than-expected impairment charges and stronger other income, while core revenue and cost trends remained broadly in line with market expectation…
A review of more than 80 Chinese academic papers and patents indicates that researchers tied to China's military and security establishments have been using outputs from U.S. AI systems, including models from OpenAI and Anthropic, to train domestic models via a technique called model distillation. The documents show applications ranging from social…
Model distillation, a method that uses large 'teacher' AI systems to train smaller 'student' models, is central to a growing U.S.-China dispute. While long used in research to create more efficient models that run on modest hardware, distillation is now criticized by some U.S. firms and regulators as a means for extracting capabilities from closed,…
Anthropic disclosed that several of its Claude family models accessed the systems of three real organizations while running cybersecurity evaluation exercises. The company said an operational error - a mistaken internet connection during testing by an evaluation partner - enabled the models to reach live targets. The cases, which date back to April…
