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U.K. equities closed lower on Thursday, with the benchmark index finishing down 0.36%. Losses were concentrated in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Fixed Line Telecommunications and Electrical sectors. While British American Tobacco, RELX and BAE Systems were among the session's top gainers, Centrica, Flutter Entertainment and Barclays posted the bi…
Spain's benchmark index closed lower on Thursday, dragged down by losses across Building & Construction, Consumer Services and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors. The IBEX 35 ended the session down 0.99%, with notable gains in Repsol, Merlin Properties and Caixabank contrasting with steep declines in several renewable and utility names. Commodit…
Portugal's PSI index closed lower, down 0.52%, after losses in the Technology, Utilities and Industrials sectors outweighed gains in select energy and consumer stocks. Galp Energia reached a 52-week high, while Semapa, Teixeira Duarte and Mota Engil were among the largest decliners. Commodity prices, including Brent and crude oil, rose and the US D…
Netherlands equities ended Thursday's session lower, with the AEX slipping 0.28% after losses in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Financials sectors. Market breadth favoured decliners, and notable movers included Relx, Magnum Ice Cream and Universal Music on the upside, while BE Semiconductor, Aegon and CVC recorded the steepest drops. Commodity…
Shares of Denison Mines Corp rose after Canada’s federal regulator approved the environmental assessment and issued a license for the Wheeler River Uranium Project, clearing the final federal regulatory steps needed to begin construction of the Phoenix In-Situ Recovery (ISR) mine. The project, a joint venture led by Denison, retains an approximate …
Finland's equity market closed marginally higher on Thursday as the OMX Helsinki 25 registered a 0.01% gain to reach a new all-time high. Strength in Technology, Oil & Gas and Consumer Services helped propel several stocks higher, with Neste, Metso and Kojamo among the top performers. Conversely, Fortum, KONE and Nordea were the session's largest d…
Swedish equities finished lower on Thursday as losses in the Healthcare, Financials and Basic Materials sectors pulled the benchmark index down 0.26%. SAAB AB ser. B, Addtech and Lifco were the session's gains, while EQT AB, AstraZeneca and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken paced declines. Commodity markets moved higher and key FX pairs shifted modestl…
Morgan Stanley has started coverage of Dauch with a Buy rating and a $10.35 price target (760 pence), arguing the newly merged company - combining American Axle & Manufacturing and Dowlais Group - creates an $11 billion global Tier 1 supplier with potential for material cost and revenue synergies, margin expansion and falling leverage over the next…
Glencore Plc is reported to be close to divesting its 70% holding in Kazzinc Ltd. to Kazakh entrepreneur Shakhmurat Mutalip in a transaction valued at between $4 billion and $4.5 billion. The talks are advanced and may include financing support from Glencore. The prospective buyer is simultaneously negotiating two other major mining acquisitions th…
Yorkville America Equities LLC, manager of five Truth Social-branded ETFs tied to the 'America First' investment thesis, has announced plans to acquire the Point Bridge America First ETF. The deal, approved by Truth Social trustees, is the second recent purchase of a politically aligned fund by Yorkville, following an agreement at the end of Januar…
Bank of America has identified its top equity selections across multiple industries, spotlighting companies that the bank sees as well positioned for growth and resilience. The roster spans aerospace, internet commerce, semiconductors, packaging, precious metals, specialty chemicals, and diversified industrials. Each pick is supported by company-sp…
Poland's benchmark WIG30 slipped 0.14% at Thursday's close as losses in the Energy, Chemicals and Information Technology sectors weighed on the market. Decliners outnumbered advancers by a substantial margin, while select large-cap names posted notable moves in both directions. Crude and Brent oil futures advanced, gold futures ticked up, and the z…
Denmark's OMX Copenhagen 20 closed lower on Thursday, dragged by losses across the Personal & Household Goods, Healthcare and Financials sectors. The index finished the session down 1.04% as more stocks fell than advanced on the Copenhagen exchange. Key individual moves included gains in AP Moeller - Maersk shares and notable declines in ISS A/S, D…
Google has introduced Gemini 3.1 Pro, an updated AI model focused on advanced reasoning for science, research and engineering use cases. The model more than doubled reasoning performance over the previous Gemini 3 Pro on the ARC-AGI-2 benchmark, scoring 77.1%. The release is entering a preview phase for developers, enterprises and selected consumer…
Wolfe Research characterizes the recent swings in AI-related equities as a market recalibration of expectations rather than evidence of a lasting change in the economic environment. The firm highlights a rotation in sector leadership, divergent signals from software sentiment and bond yields, and early-stage adoption of AI among large firms, while …
Morgan Stanley has upgraded Aramis Group to Overweight from Equal-weight and set a new price target of €5 after cutting forecasts to reflect softer market conditions, leadership changes and disappointing guidance. The bank projects fiscal 2026 as a transition year with volumes near 121,000 vehicles and adjusted EBITDA of €56 million, and expects th…
Moroccan equities closed higher on Thursday, driven by strength in Banking, Beverage and Transport sectors. The Moroccan All Shares index rose 0.26% at the Casablanca close. Afric Industries Sa, Cartier Saada and Marocaine Ste de Therapeutique SA were among the top gainers, while M2M Group, Stokvis Nord Afrique and Jet Contractors recorded the larg…
Raymond James upgraded Chewy to Outperform from Market Perform after a significant share-price decline, arguing that the stock now trades at a materially lower enterprise-value-to-2027-EBITDA multiple than its recent average. The firm set a $28 price target and outlined revenue, margin and customer-growth assumptions that support upside while notin…
Shares of Corcept Therapeutics plunged after the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concluded that Teva Pharmaceuticals did not infringe Corcept’s U.S. patents related to methods for safely administering Korlym with potent CYP3A4 inhibitors. The decision undermines patent protection that helped preserve Korlym’s market exclusivi…
Norwegian equities closed higher on Thursday, with the Oslo OBX rising 0.72% to reach a new all-time high. Gains were concentrated in Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities sectors, while select energy, shipping and financial names outperformed and a handful of large caps lagged. Commodity and currency moves w…
Israel's stock market finished lower on Thursday, with the TA 35 index down 0.53% as losses in the Banking, Financials and Insurance sectors weighed on the session. A handful of stocks posted strong gains, including NICE Ltd and Next Vision Stabilized Systems, while Enlight Renewable Energy, Camtek and Tower Semiconductor were among the largest dec…
Greece's benchmark Athens General Composite closed down 2.22% following losses concentrated in the Banking, Telecoms and Household sectors. Several large-cap lenders posted the heaviest drops while a small group of stocks gained. Commodity and FX contracts moved higher or held steady in late trade, with oil prices up and the dollar modestly firmer.
CME Group said it will begin 24/7 trading for its cryptocurrency futures and options on the Globex platform starting May 29, pending regulatory review. The schedule includes a minimum two-hour weekend maintenance window, and trades executed between Friday evening and Sunday evening will carry the following business day as their trade date, with cle…
Citi reiterates a barbell approach that splits equity exposure between growth and cyclical segments, preferring large-cap growth for liquidity and defensive traits while tilting cyclically toward small-cap value. The bank projects S&P 500 earnings of $320 for 2026 and says earnings improvement is broadening across the market, with a notable decline…
Bain Capital has engaged Goldman Sachs and Bank of America to run a dual-track sale and initial public offering process for Dessert Holdings, a North American desserts supplier that sources say could be valued at over $3 billion. The company, expanded from three to seven brands since 2016, reports about $1 billion in annual revenue and north of $20…
