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Ferguson stock rose sharply in pre-market trading as investors position ahead of the company's scheduled inclusion in the S&P 500 on August 5. The market move is being reinforced by the announced FloWorks acquisition, which is expected to add about $1 billion in revenue and produce $45 million in synergies, and by analyst endorsements ahead of Ferg…
Xpeng stock fell in pre-market trading after the company reported July deliveries of 38,027 vehicles, a 4% year-over-year increase but a sharp sequential slowdown versus the roughly 103,000 units delivered across Q2 2026. The print disappointed investors hoping Q2 momentum would continue into Q3. Broader Chinese EV peers also retreated following Te…
IG Group Holdings PLC shares fell sharply after the company reported H1 2026 results that met analyst expectations and disclosed a proposed acquisition of Underdog for up to about $1.3 billion. Market participants cited rising operating costs, a shrinking EBITDA margin and execution and regulatory risks tied to the Underdog transaction, alongside a…
Shares of Thales climbed to a three-month high after Barclays moved the stock from "underweight" to "equal weight" and increased its price target to €280 from €270. The broker pointed to firmer defence margins, a return to organic growth in cyber, better execution in the space division and reduced acquisition uncertainty following the Exail transac…
Mersen shares climbed sharply after Berenberg upgraded the electrical components and advanced materials maker to 'buy' from 'hold' and raised its 12-month price target to €50. The upgrade followed a robust first half of 2026 and a July 30 announcement raising full-year guidance to the top of the firm's revenue and margin ranges, with management cit…
Atkore Inc. shares surged after Prysmian S.p.A. unveiled a definitive agreement to buy Atkore in an all-cash transaction valued at about $3.8 billion. The offer of $95.00 per share represents a notable premium to recent Atkore trading levels, and the announcement coincided with Atkore reporting a third-quarter EPS beat and revenue above consensus. …
Elis shares climbed about 3.0% following an upgrade from RBC Capital to Outperform and a modestly higher price target of EUR 28.00, after the company reported first-half 2026 results that slightly exceeded analyst expectations. Revenue for H1 reached €2.46 billion, with adjusted EBITDA and EBIT margins holding steady and net income up 7.3%. Managem…
Thales shares climbed 1.8% to €250.2 after Barclays moved the stock from Underweight to Equalweight and increased its price target to €280. The upgrade, paired with recent analyst target lifts and robust H1 2026 Defence margins, supported investor sentiment amid a constructive global equity backdrop.
TotalEnergies has agreed to purchase Shell’s entire European onshore renewables business, adding operational and under-construction solar and wind capacity along with a 3.5 GW project pipeline. Separately, the French energy group will sell a 50% stake in a 1.2 GW portfolio to an insurance account managed by KKR for an enterprise value of €1.8 billi…
Mersen (EPA:CBLP) shares rose 8.5% following a Berenberg upgrade to "buy" from "hold" after the French electrical components maker reported robust first-half results and lifted full-year guidance to the top of its range. The broker raised its price target to €50, citing strength in the electrical power unit driven by data centre and grid infrastruc…
Forvia shares rallied after the French auto supplier reported first-half 2026 results that exceeded analyst forecasts across revenue, operating profit and net cash flow. The company posted €10,509 million in revenue, €632 million in operating profit and €432 million in net cash flow, while operating margin continued to expand and net debt fell shar…
Jefferies has launched coverage of the EMEA precious metal mining sector, assigning Buy ratings to Endeavour Mining, Hochschild Mining and Pan African Resources and Hold ratings to Fresnillo and Valterra Platinum. The move follows a recent pullback in gold miners, and the broker points to structural drivers supporting a higher gold price and compan…
Clariant AG stock climbed sharply after the company reported a solid second-quarter performance and benefited from an analyst upgrade tied to a court dismissal of a major damages claim. Investors responded to a combination of a courtroom ruling that reduces litigation exposure, an adjusted EBITDA beat, improved free cash flow conversion and a highe…
Alibaba Group's American depository receipts climbed in pre-market trading after the company announced Qwen3.8-Max, its largest artificial intelligence model to date. The model, built on 2.4 trillion parameters and using a Mixture-of-Experts architecture, supports text, image, video and document inputs and a context window up to one million tokens.…
Aug 3 - CXMT, the mainland-listed memory chipmaker that recently completed an $8.6 billion IPO, is exploring construction of a second 12-inch DRAM fabrication plant in Beijing’s Yizhuang district and is in early-stage financing discussions with a government-backed development zone and state-owned technology investors. The plan comes as the company …
Indonesia's IDX Composite Index fell 0.23% at the close, pressured by losses in the Financials, Infrastructure and Agriculture sectors. A handful of small-cap stocks posted double-digit gains, while several energy and commodity-linked names dropped sharply. Oil prices moved lower and the rupiah weakened modestly against the dollar and the aussie.
Prysmian shares fell nearly 2% after the Milan-based cable maker confirmed a definitive agreement to buy U.S. electrical infrastructure products group Atkore Inc. for $95.00 per share in cash, valuing the deal at an enterprise value of about $3.8 billion. Investors reacted to the planned mix of debt, hybrid instruments and equity - including dispos…
RWS stock climbed sharply after the company agreed to acquire Acogroup, the Paris-based parent of Acolad, in a transaction investors believe expands RWS’s addressable market and enables deployment of its AI platforms across a large European customer base. The deal structure, recent financial improvements, and an already bullish analyst picture comb…
Equinor shares fell around 1.6% to trade near NOK 380.2 on Monday as a slump in oil prices after remarks on talks with Iran compounded pressure that began after the company reported adjusted Q2 earnings below expectations. The stock's sensitivity to commodity prices, the limited near-term support from dividend and buyback programmes, and investor r…
Eni SpA shares fell about 2.0% to €23.51 amid a broad downturn in European energy stocks after crude prices plunged on renewed optimism about talks with Iran. The move came despite robust Q2 2026 numbers, a larger share buyback and upgraded production guidance, with investors appearing to lock in gains following the post-earnings rally.
TotalEnergies stock fell 1.1% today amid a pullback in crude oil after U.S. President Donald Trump said talks with Iran would begin Monday afternoon and suggested an agreement over the Strait of Hormuz was "imminent." Sector peers BP and Shell also saw selling pressure. The drop in crude has damped enthusiasm for European integrated energy companie…
Bristol-Myers Squibb shares climbed sharply in pre-market trading after reports that the company held early discussions with AstraZeneca about a potential merger that would create a nearly $400 billion pharmaceutical entity. The market reaction builds on a recent strong quarterly result from Bristol-Myers, while regulators and legal experts highlig…
Atkore International jumped sharply in pre-market trading after Prysmian S.p.A. agreed to acquire the company in an all-cash deal valuing the business at about $3.8 billion. The $95.00-per-share offer, a roughly 30% premium to Atkore’s latest close, came alongside a fiscal Q3 earnings beat that topped analyst forecasts. Both boards have unanimously…
Ithaca Energy shares slid about 1.8% in early trading as a steep decline in global oil prices hit energy companies. Comments from U.S. President Donald Trump about impending talks with Iran coincided with the drop in Brent crude, pressuring London energy names and leaving Ithaca exposed due to its revenue link to North Sea commodity prices.
Goldman Sachs revised its August 2026 European Conviction List, adding ASML, Sika and Puig and removing Schneider Electric and Knorr Bremse. Analysts cited stronger-than-expected order intake and margin upside at ASML, a volume inflection and defensive end-market mix at Sika, and a deep product launch pipeline and expansion opportunity for Puig.
