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British equities showed resilience on Thursday, with the FTSE 100 recording a modest gain even as the region experienced another round of US strikes on Iran and Iranian missile responses. Markets were also focused on a European Central Bank interest rate decision due later in the day, while commodity prices and individual UK corporate moves reflect…
Hugo Boss shares climbed after Frasers Group plc submitted an unsolicited voluntary cash takeover offer of €38.00 per share, valuing the company at about €1.978 billion. The proposal, which was published after the previous session closed, surprised Hugo Boss’s management and has created a near-term valuation floor while investors await the board's …
Wizz Air Holdings PLC saw its shares rise after reporting full-year results that significantly surpassed analyst forecasts. The ultra-low-cost carrier posted an operating profit of €139.7 million for the year to March 31, 2026, well above a consensus of €88.5 million, while revenue, available seat kilometres and seats flown all expanded versus the …
Jefferies has designated a leading Indian health insurer as its sector top pick, citing tangible progress in the company's turnaround initiatives and a robust earnings outlook. The broker highlights meaningful declines in legacy product loss ratios, a sharp rise in new-policy penetration, and an earnings trajectory supported by price increases and …
Japan's equity market finished modestly higher on Thursday, with the Nikkei 225 rising 0.11%. Broad moves were led by strong advances in select large-cap names in the printing, food and memory-technology areas, while industrial and pharmaceutical names posted declines. Market breadth favoured losers, and implied volatility in Nikkei options climbed…
European equities traded with little overall direction on Thursday as markets awaited a near-certain interest-rate rise from the European Central Bank. Elevated government bond yields and renewed geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and Iran capped risk appetite, while select corporate news produced notable individual stock moves.
Barclays has downgraded Vodafone Group Plc from Overweight to Equal Weight and trimmed its price target to 110 pence from 120 pence. The move reflects continued deterioration in Vodafone's largest market, Germany, where customer losses, falling ARPU and negative broadband additions have pressured EBITDA. While group revenues marginally outperformed…
Core Lithium shares rose sharply after management revealed plans to carve out several exploration assets into a new gold exploration company, Axiant Resources, to be taken public via an IPO. The move, paired with a board leadership change and a second sale of lithium fines from the Finniss stockpile to Glencore, boosted the company’s liquidity and …
Shares of PPAP Automotive climbed sharply after the company disclosed an exclusive technology partnership with Hutchinson to manufacture advanced body sealing systems for India’s passenger vehicle market. The agreement, effective April 1, 2026, grants PPAP rights to Hutchinson’s proprietary technology and includes technology transfer fees, ongoing …
The S&P/ASX 200 closed down 0.23% after losses in the Information Technology, Financials and Gold sectors weighed on the market. Market breadth favoured decliners, with 656 stocks falling versus 492 advancers. Volatility eased slightly as the S&P/ASX 200 VIX dipped, while gold futures weakened and crude oil rose modestly.
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has opened an investigation into Ryanair's policy requiring parents to pay for a reserved seat to sit with children aged 2-11. The CMA will assess whether the airline is effectively charging customers to meet regulatory obligations and whether fees and pricing are presented transparently to consumers.
NCC Group reported a 5.0% year-on-year increase in first-half revenue to £151.3 million, with adjusted EBITDA up 27.7% to £23.5 million. The company flagged stronger Cyber Security performance in the UK and Asia-Pacific, margin improvement driven by higher-margin services, and plans for a £170 million tender offer plus a £15 million buyback followi…
Safestore reported H1 revenue of £120.60 million, up 6.9% year-on-year, driven by new store openings and like-for-like gains. Adjusted diluted EPRA earnings per share increased 2.1%, and adjusted EBITDA reached £67.90 million. However, operating profit fell 52.8% to £53.30 million, with pretax profit at £36.30 million. The company warned of increas…
RWS Holdings reported a 5% year-on-year rise in first-half revenue, driven by strong uptake of its TrainAI product in the Generate segment. Adjusted basic EPS increased 34% and adjusted profit before tax rose 33%, supported by efficiency measures. Management trimmed the interim dividend and flagged a modest foreign exchange headwind and a near-term…
Norcros reported a 10.6% rise in full-year revenue to £393.40 million, a hair below the consensus of £393.94 million. Adjusted earnings per share, adjusted operating profit and adjusted pretax profit exceeded analyst estimates, supported in part by the completed acquisition of Fibo and a withdrawal from tile manufacturing in South Africa. The group…
GSK has agreed to buy U.S. biotech Nuvalent for $10.6 billion in a deal codenamed Project Nashville, bringing two late-stage lung cancer therapies that could see U.S. approval this year. The acquisition marks the largest in GSK’s history and advances CEO Luke Miels’ program to rebuild the company’s oncology presence after its 2015 exit from the fie…
Taiwan stocks closed higher on Thursday, with the Taiwan Weighted climbing 2.76%. Strength in Electronic Parts/Components, Financials and Optoelectronic sectors pushed the index upward. Several individual issues posted double-digit gains, while a handful of names recorded sharp declines and multi-year lows. Commodity and currency moves were mixed, …
Shares of Alibaba and JD.com fell sharply after Beijing regulators reprimanded several leading online shopping platforms for irregularities in high-profile subsidy and promotional campaigns. The Beijing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation summoned representatives from five platforms and identified problems including misleading advertisin…
Compagnia di San Paolo, the Turin-based banking foundation, has publicly endorsed Intesa Sanpaolo's unsolicited €30.6 billion cash-and-share proposal to acquire Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena. The foundation, which holds about 6.6% of Intesa, said the transaction would be positive for shareholders and bolster the banking sector in Italy. If the de…
Longfor Properties' shares climbed after the developer reported contracted sales of roughly RMB 13.67 billion in the first five months of 2026, with May accounting for about RMB 3.32 billion. The result, together with an upgraded price target from Morgan Stanley and a unanimous Buy consensus among covering analysts, helped lift the stock even as th…
Shares of FS.COM (SEHK:3355) climbed 10.7% to HK$32.98 on Thursday after the company unveiled a program to repurchase as much as 5% of its issued H share capital through open market purchases, with a ceiling of HK$350 million (approximately $44.67 million). Management said the move reflects the board's confidence in the group's long-term prospects …
Core Lithium shares climbed as much as 6.3% on Thursday following the company's plan to divest exploration assets in Australia's Northern Territory and South Australia into a separately listed gold explorer, Axiant Resources. The spin-out will be pursued via an initial public offering, and Core Lithium intends to lodge a prospectus with the Austral…
JD.com’s Hong Kong-listed shares slipped 3.3% to HK$108.50 after Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported that Beijing’s market regulator had summoned the company over allegations of false advertising. The decline followed an overnight drop in the company’s ADRs amid ongoing regulatory scrutiny in Europe tied to JD’s proposed €2.2 billion acquisitio…
Shareholders at Target voted at the company’s annual meeting to reject a proposal that would have divided the board chair role from executive leadership, allowing former CEO Brian Cornell to remain executive chair. Voters also turned down proposals requesting pesticide reporting on private-label goods and efforts to reduce microfiber emissions from…
Changchun has published a draft through 2030 to restructure its long-established auto industry, leveraging FAW Group's headquarters to attract partners and targeting high-growth electric-vehicle companies including BYD and Xiaomi to establish production bases, R&D centres, or key component projects. The draft projects deep consolidation in China’s …
