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Moody's has affirmed Coty Inc.'s Ba1 corporate family rating but moved the outlook from stable to negative after the beauty company reported weaker-than-anticipated operating performance. While Moody's highlighted Coty's ability to generate free cash flow and potential interest-cost relief from debt paydown tied to the Wella sale, the rating agency…
S&P Global Ratings raised Birkenstock's corporate credit rating to BB+ from BB with a stable outlook, pointing to strong operating performance, improving leverage and consistent free cash flow that support continued investment and a planned buyback program. The agency published revenue, margin and cash flow forecasts through fiscal 2027 while flagg…
The Gateway Development Commission announced that construction on the $16 billion Hudson Tunnel Project will be suspended at 5 p.m. ET on Friday after federal reimbursements have been withheld for four months. The pause follows an administration decision not to lift a funding freeze tied to a request to rename two major transportation hubs. Officia…
U.K. equities finished the session higher, driven by strength in the Mining, Construction & Materials and Banking sectors. The Investing.com United Kingdom 100 closed up 0.60%, with International Consolidated Airlines Group among the best performers while Relx recorded the steepest decline. Commodities and currency moves included gains in gold and …
Portugal's benchmark PSI index rose 1.27% to reach a new five-year high at the close on Friday, driven by advances in the Industrials, Financials and Utilities sectors. Notable winners included Mota Engil, Ibersol and Galp Energia, while The Navigator Company was the heaviest decliner. Commodities and currency markets showed mixed moves, with Brent…
The AEX closed higher on Friday, rising 1.04% as broad gains in Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials lifted the market. ArcelorMittal reached a five-year high, while several information and publishing names registered declines and three-year lows. Commodity and currency markets also moved, with crude, Brent and gold posting gains and the U.S…
Italian equities finished the session modestly higher, driven by advances in Industrials, Oil & Gas and Telecoms. The Italy 40 index rose 0.13% at the close in Milan. Prysmian, Buzzi Unicem and Telecom Italia were among the top performers, while Stellantis plunged and ended at five-year lows. Commodity prices climbed, with crude and Brent oil highe…
Germany's equity market ended mixed on Friday. The DAX rose 0.93% as advances in Technology, Industrials and Food & Beverages outpaced declines in Construction, Chemicals and Telecoms. Market breadth favored gainers, volatility on DAX options hit a one-month high, and several key commodities moved higher.
Paris equities ended the session higher as strength in Industrials, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas propelled the CAC 40 up 0.43%. Market breadth was negative overall, with more decliners than advancers, while several large-cap names marked new multi-year highs and lows. Commodities rallied, oil and gold climbed, and the CAC 40 VIX set a new 52-week …
Belgian equities closed slightly lower on Friday, with the BEL 20 slipping 0.14% as losses in Healthcare, Beverage and Travel & Leisure weighed on the benchmark. While several large-cap names finished the session higher and some reached multi-period highs, notable declines in biotech and pharmaceutical names contributed to the overall weakness. Mar…
Waymo said it is using DeepMind’s Genie 3 AI model to power a new Waymo World Model that produces highly detailed virtual driving scenarios. The system generates both camera and lidar data from simple prompts and builds on Genie 3’s pre-training to reproduce rare events and edge cases for training the Waymo Driver.
Finland's OMX Helsinki 25 finished the trading day up 0.25% as advances in Utilities, Oil & Gas and Consumer Services supported the market. Outokumpu, SSAB AB B and Fortum were the session's top performers, while Valmet, KONE and Nokian Renkaat recorded the largest declines. Market breadth favored advancers, and commodities and FX showed modest mov…
Stocks in Sweden finished Friday on an upward trajectory, with the OMX Stockholm 30 closing 1.00% higher and setting a new all-time high. Strength in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Industrials sectors supported the advance. More individual winners than losers were recorded on the Stockholm exchange, while crude and Brent oil rose and selected curren…
A federal judge in Manhattan refused Compass's request for an injunction that would have compelled Zillow to display additional home listings. The court concluded that Compass did not present direct evidence of an anticompetitive agreement between Zillow and Redfin, nor did it demonstrate a clear showing that Zillow monopolizes online home listings…
A Manhattan state court has scheduled a June 8 trial for Luigi Mangione, 27, who is accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson outside a Midtown hotel in December 2024. Mangione has pleaded not guilty to state murder, weapons and forgery charges and faces separate federal stalking charges set for trial in October. Prosecu…
Private equity firm TPG has agreed to purchase a controlling stake in Sabre Industries from Blackstone, a transaction that values the Texas-based maker of electricity and communications infrastructure components at about $3.5 billion. Blackstone will continue as a significant minority investor; the deal marks roughly a fourfold return on Blackstone…
Stifel upgraded Snap to a Hold rating from a previously more cautious position, arguing that the stock's steep year-to-date drop has already reflected key headwinds including slowing user growth, muted advertising momentum and ambiguity around a potential AI partnership. The firm retained a $5.50 price target and highlighted both subscription growt…
Poland's WIG30 index closed up 0.51% on Friday, supported by advances in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Media sectors. Leading gainers included CCC SA, Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA, while CD PROJEKT SA, Zabka Group SA and BUDIMEX SA finished as the session's principal decliners. Commodity prices and currency moves…
Wolfe Research has singled out Coterra Energy (CTRA) and Chord Energy (CHRD) as notable names in the oil and gas sector heading into 2026, maintaining Outperform ratings on both while trimming price targets after updating commodity forecasts. Coterra’s all-stock merger with Devon Energy and activist involvement from Kimmeridge, and Chord’s oil-heav…
Anebulo Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ANEB) saw its shares fall sharply after the company announced plans to voluntarily delist from the Nasdaq Capital Market and deregister its common stock with the SEC. The board said costs of maintaining public reporting status outweigh the benefits, and the company will file paperwork in mid-February 2026 to ma…
Nexa Resources saw its shares climb after reporting that 2025 operational targets were met across metals, delivering 316,000 tonnes of zinc and a consolidated mining C1 cash cost roughly 48% below guidance at negative $0.30 per pound. The smelting business matched metal sales guidance with 567,000 tonnes, aided by a record year at the Cajamarquilla…
Zillow Group's stock climbed after a federal judge refused Compass Inc.'s bid to temporarily block Zillow's rule that requires listings to be posted to a local multiple-listing service within 24 hours of being marketed elsewhere. The ruling permits Zillow to keep enforcing the policy as Compass's antitrust lawsuit, filed in June, moves forward, mar…
Morgan Stanley cut its price target on Kering to €315 from €370, citing a slower-than-expected start to 2026 for the luxury group and renewed doubts over the pace of Gucci's turnaround. The bank trimmed sales forecasts for 2026 and 2027 and said it lowered earnings estimates across the 2026-28 cycle, while keeping an Overweight rating given longer-…
Norwegian equities rose on Friday, driven by gains in Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities. The Oslo OBX climbed 3.16% to reach a new all-time high. Kongsberg Gruppen led advance, while Telenor climbed to five-year highs. Oil, Brent and gold futures were all higher and the krone strengthened versus the euro …
NexGen Energy Ltd. shares fell 10.5% after short seller Culper Research disclosed a short position and published a critique alleging the Rook I project's net present value is overstated by 43% to 62% and that the company's 29.7 million-pound peak annual production forecast is "impossible to achieve." The report also contests geological continuity i…
