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Morgan Stanley initiated coverage of Danish aquafeed producer BioMar Group at 'equal-weight' with a 121 Danish crown price target, calling the shares fairly valued versus peers. The broker highlighted a solid medium-term growth outlook but cited material input cost inflation and El Niño-related supply and demand uncertainty as reasons to remain cau…
Sino Biopharmaceutical said its Chia Tai Tianqing unit granted AstraZeneca exclusive rights to develop, manufacture and commercialise the inhaled PDE3/4 inhibitor TQC3721 outside China, in a deal that includes a $200 million upfront payment and potential milestone and royalty receipts. The company also expanded its mainland China commercial arrange…
Taiwan's main equity gauge ended lower on Wednesday, with declines concentrated in the Electronic Parts/Components and Plastic sectors. The Taiwan Weighted fell 0.48% at the close, while several individual names recorded double-digit percentage moves in both directions. Oil climbed and gold retreated in commodities trade, and currency measures show…
Barclays upgraded Daimler Truck from equal weight to overweight and increased its price target to €55, pointing to an expected recovery in North America, an ongoing European cost reduction programme, and a valuation gap versus peers. The broker said Q1 2026 was the trough of the cycle and that order momentum since late 2025 should lift deliveries f…
Mizuho named two top selections in the U.S. Industrials sector, assigning Outperform ratings to Corteva (CTVA) and Stanley Black & Decker (SWK). The bank cited resilient business models, strategic actions by management teams, and improving near-term fundamentals as reasons for the calls. Corteva’s planned split into seed and crop protection busines…
Sichuan Kelun Biotech's stock tumbled after the company revealed a pre-market placement of roughly 5.84 million new H-shares at HK$470.20 apiece, a price about 8.5% below the prior session's close. The placement, led by Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and JPMorgan, is expected to raise approximately HK$2.72 billion in net proceeds for drug development, tr…
Muyuan Foods Co Ltd shares fell 3.3% to HK$31.22 on Wednesday after the company reported a sharp contraction in June sales and revenue. Finished-hog volumes were down year-on-year, while average selling prices plunged, driving a 41.4% decline in monthly sales revenue to 7.50 billion yuan. The company cited cooling local demand and relatively high s…
CVR Partners (UAN) offers an attractive distribution backed by solid cash flow and what looks like cheap earnings multiples. Enter around $116.22 for a long trade to capture a roughly 14% annualized yield plus upside to the 52-week high, but use a concrete stop under $100 to protect against seasonal or commodity-driven squeezes into Q2.
Neobo reported second-quarter rental income of SEK 236 million, unchanged year-on-year, while net operating income and profit from property management fell. The company cited the loss of revenue from sold assets and higher costs in the like-for-like portfolio as the main drivers. Like-for-like rental income rose 3.8%; management sold two properties…
Norwegian telecom group Telenor has agreed to acquire a controlling interest in Swedish broadband provider Bahnhof in a transaction that places Bahnhof's enterprise value at 6.1 billion Swedish crowns ($629.7 million). The deal, which involves purchases from the company's founders and its second-largest shareholder, is expected to raise Telenor's c…
A study by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) indicates that planned U.S. port fees targeting ships built in China could raise Germany's exports to the United States by roughly 2% versus a scenario without the fees. The projected gain stems from Germany's freight fleet relying less on China-built vessels than some competitors, enablin…
At least four tankers attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz changed course and returned after recent vessel attacks and reports of missile strikes elevated safety concerns. Analytics firms and ship-tracking data indicate three QatarEnergy-controlled LNG tankers and an Indian-flagged crude tanker aborted their transits, while a backlog of balla…
SK Hynix's planned $28 billion American depositary receipt (ADR) sale has seen demand multiple times greater than the shares on offer, with roughly 1,000 institutions participating in the company roadshow. The offering, which would be the largest U.S. listing by a foreign company, will price on Thursday and begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select…
Bernstein has singled out IAG and Ryanair as its preferred names in Europe’s airline sector ahead of the upcoming quarterly earnings season. The firm points to IAG’s strong RASK performance and positive market dynamics on key routes, and to Ryanair’s fortified balance sheet and hedging position as factors that support above-consensus earnings expec…
Clearway Energy's recent long-term power purchase agreements with Google and a growing contracted backlog create a clear structural demand tailwind from AI data centers. At $33.48, CWEN offers a 5.6%+ yield, attractive price-to-free-cash-flow and a path to mid-teens total returns if execution holds. Trade idea: enter at $33.48, stop at $30.00, targ…
Daihen shares fell sharply after Goldman Sachs downgraded the stock from Buy to Neutral and lowered its price target. The bank said recent gains had largely priced in upside and questioned whether semiconductor-related power-supply sales would drive further valuation expansion. The downgrade came as momentum faded and Tokyo's tech-heavy market expe…
Marine Le Pen announced a fourth presidential campaign hours after a Paris appeals court reduced a five-year ban that had threatened her political future. The ruling upheld her conviction for embezzling European Parliament funds but allowed her to stand in the 2027 election provided she complies with restrictions tied to an electronic tag. Le Pen s…
South Korea’s KOSPI slid sharply as local chipmakers, led by Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, weighed on the market — pushing the index toward a technical bear market despite Samsung reporting record second-quarter profit. Investors cited stretched valuations, leverage in the sector and concerns over demand and supply dynamics.
Fresh tit-for-tat strikes between the U.S. and Iran have ruptured a fragile ceasefire, refocusing attention on the Strait of Hormuz and pushing Brent futures higher. While global equities mostly paused after an AI-driven rally, bond yields ticked up amid inflation worries. Traders will parse Federal Reserve minutes later in the day for policy clues…
Shares of several China-listed memory-chip manufacturers climbed sharply after a media report said Apple is testing DRAM chips produced by state-backed ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) for devices sold in China. The report, which also said Apple has pushed for relaxed U.S. restrictions on CXMT products while not committing to commercial adoption…
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is preparing proposals to tighten enforcement of shareholder disclosure rules targeting activist investors, including calls to bolster the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission with additional staff and digital tools. The move follows a surge in activist activity in Japan and includes proposals to clari…
Japanese regional bank equities weakened sharply this week as several lenders disclosed loan exposures to Zentoshin, an Osaka-based payments processor that filed for bankruptcy with about 125.9 billion yen in liabilities. The announcements prompted steep declines in some stocks and prompted banks to make provisions against possible defaults.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reported coordinated missile and drone strikes on U.S. military positions in Bahrain and Kuwait following a fresh wave of U.S. strikes on Iranian targets. The exchange marks a severe rupture of a fragile ceasefire, with air raid sirens sounding in Gulf states, targeted damage and injuries reported, and oil m…
The U.S. Department of Commerce has authorized a broad launch of OpenAI's GPT-5.6 after weeks of review and testing, allowing the company to move past an earlier requirement to limit initial access. The approval follows technical evaluations by the Commerce Department's Center for AI Standards and Innovation and meetings between OpenAI and governme…
Inpex Corporation's stock rose after the company agreed to buy about 1 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas per year from Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. under a 15-year contract tied to the Ruwais LNG project, and disclosed that its Metropolitan CCS joint venture has started drilling an appraisal well off Kujukuri, Chiba Prefecture. The Nikkei 225 w…
