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Suedzucker raised its full-year revenue guidance after first-quarter operating core earnings jumped, a gain the company attributed to lower costs. Despite the earnings uplift, quarter revenue fell year-on-year as sugar segment volumes and prices weakened. The company reported broadly positive sugar beet sowing progress across regions.
Bank of America upgraded Swiss semiconductor equipment maker Comet Holding AG from Underperform to Buy, raising its price target by 81% to CHF518 from CHF286. The analyst team cited accelerating greenfield NAND memory capacity and a series of new fab announcements that should begin feeding into equipment orders and revenue as early as 2027. The mov…
Kalshi, a prediction markets operator that introduced the first U.S. perpetual futures for crypto in May after CFTC action, is pursuing regulatory approval to offer similar never-expiring contracts in additional asset classes including gold, foreign exchange, and energy. The company says perpetuals have generated meaningful volume on its platform, …
Brooks Macdonald shares rose after the firm reported a return to positive net flows in its FY26 funds under management and advice (FUMA) update. The group posted full-year net inflows of £226 million, reversing prior-year outflows, with a strong final quarter contributing £167 million in net inflows. Analyst commentary ahead of the release and a su…
J.P. Morgan upgraded Wolters Kluwer to Overweight from Neutral and increased its price target to €87 from €73, citing what it views as compelling valuation and evidence that artificial intelligence will accelerate growth across the company’s core information-services businesses. Shares rose nearly 4% in Amsterdam after the call. The bank cut WACC a…
The Philippines' defence minister has called recent claims by Chinese scholars that the Batanes island province belongs to China 'baseless' and 'ludicrous.' The comments, reported by a Chinese state-run outlet after a symposium, have raised concerns in Manila about possible intentions behind the assertions, though Beijing has not officially endorse…
Kailera Therapeutics is a newly public, clinical-stage biotech built around ribupatide — a GLP-1/GIP dual agonist being developed as both an oral pill and a weekly injection. Phase 2 signals (mean weight loss up to 12.1%; 38.6% achieving 15% at 26 weeks) plus $718.8M in IPO proceeds give the company multiple shots at commercialization. At a $2.82B …
Tonnellerie Francois Freres SA reported a significant fall in annual sales and net profit, blaming soft demand across wine and spirits markets, harvest issues, conservative customer spending and U.S. trade and currency effects. Shares fell in Paris after management signalled activity will decline again in fiscal 2026/27 and proposed a lower dividen…
Fortuna Mining Corp. reported second quarter 2026 production of 72,217 gold equivalent ounces, consistent with prior quarters, and remains on track to meet 2026 annual production guidance. The company advanced significant growth initiatives including a process plant expansion study at the Séguéla Mine and progress toward a final investment decision…
Ionis Pharmaceuticals tumbled in pre-market trading after announcing that the Phase 3 CARDIO-TTRansform study of eplontersen failed to meet its primary efficacy endpoint - a composite of cardiovascular death and recurrent cardiovascular events through Week 140 versus placebo. The large trial enrolled 1,432 patients at 130 sites across 20 countries.…
Nordex shares climbed sharply after the company reported a pronounced increase in second-quarter 2026 order intake and confirmed stable average pricing per megawatt. A same-day Buy rating and price target from Berenberg, plus a broadly firmer German equity market, reinforced the positive reaction ahead of the company's upcoming earnings report.
Masoval AS stock jumped sharply after SalMar ASA signed an agreement to purchase Heimstø AS’s roughly 70% holding in Måsøval at NOK 39.50 per share, valuing the company’s equity at about NOK 4.84 billion. The transaction includes a minority shareholder exit guarantee at the same per-share price and follows a recent uplift in Måsøval’s full-year 202…
Bernstein has kept its aluminium price forecast for the second half of 2026 at $3,100 per ton. The research house cites an easing of the premium that emerged after the Strait of Hormuz crisis and faster-than-expected production recovery in the Middle East, while noting that physical market conditions remain tighter than before the conflict and that…
Spire Healthcare shares inched higher after Toscafund Asset Management secured a third extension to its formal takeover deadline to August 6, 2026, and a separate sale of 12 Spire-operated hospitals completed for about £1.3 billion. The combination of an above-market non-binding offer and a transaction that highlights the estate's real estate value…
Qatar has called on Iran and the United States to recommit to diplomatic channels and implement a June memorandum as clashes between the two sides intensified. The U.S. said it struck roughly 90 targets in Iran, while Tehran responded with attacks it described as aimed at U.S. military facilities in the Gulf. The exchanges have put the future of a …
Bernstein reports modest month-over-month increases in DRAM and NAND contract prices, driven in part by robust server demand absorbing additional supplier allocations. Consumer demand has shown limited near-term decline due to pulled-forward purchases, spot prices look to be stabilizing, and the firm expects a major price uptick in the second quart…
Måsøval AS shares surged over 14% after SalMar ASA agreed to buy a 70% stake in the salmon farmer. The transaction involves the purchase of Heimstø AS's 85,727,553 shares for 39.50 crowns per share, with total consideration of about 3.40 billion crowns made up of SalMar stock and cash. The deal prices SalMar consideration shares at 461.40 crowns an…
Venezuela is pursuing an unusually rapid overhaul of what may be close to $200 billion in sovereign and state oil-company liabilities, even as the country copes with earthquakes that have killed thousands and damaged hospitals, schools and other infrastructure. Bondholders report that Caracas is aiming to complete initial steps on a restructuring l…
European wholesale natural gas prices eased on Thursday after a sharp rise driven by renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. The Dutch benchmark fell modestly while the British contract steadied following a multi-week surge. Market participants, already fatigued by fragile supply dynamics, are reacting to the abrupt breakdown of an interi…
Wolters Kluwer shares rallied after JPMorgan raised its rating from Neutral to Overweight and lifted the price target from €73 to €87, while the company disclosed share buyback transactions for the July 2-8, 2026 period. The upgrade and repurchase information provided a clear, stock-specific trigger amid broadly constructive European markets and mi…
HSBC has reduced its average gold price projections for 2026 and 2027, attributing the cuts to a more hawkish U.S. monetary policy outlook and an appreciating dollar. The bank also outlined trading ranges and year-end targets while noting moderated central bank buying and sizeable ETF outflows earlier in the year.
Infracore, a Swiss company owning nearly 50 healthcare properties, saw its shares trade below the offer price during the first day of listing on the Swiss stock exchange. The stock opened at the 54 Swiss franc offer level but fell to 53.6 francs within the morning session, valuing the business near $1 billion at the opening price. The listing combi…
Iran held the burial of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad following a week of nationwide funeral processions and mourning ceremonies. His son Mojtaba Khamenei, proclaimed successor, has not been seen in public since the strike that killed his father and reportedly left him disfigured and badly wounded. The …
Goldman Sachs upgraded Glencore PLC to Buy from Neutral, pointing to improving fundamentals in copper, zinc and metallurgical coal and to potential upside from the group's marketing business and asset monetisations. The bank trimmed its 12-month price target to £6.30 from £6.60 but said the sector-wide de-rating created an attractive entry point. G…
Nordex SE shares rose more than 4% after the company reported 3,054 megawatts of order intake in its Projects segment for Q2 2026, a 32.2% increase year-on-year. First-half order intake reached 4,923 megawatts, while average sales prices were stable in the quarter and rose modestly for the first half, driven by project scope and regional mix.
