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Jefferies has revised up its price forecasts for base metals, projecting a higher copper peak and raising aluminum expectations. The bank attributes the change to a market transition from supply-led to demand-led conditions, supported by spending on data centers and power infrastructure in the United States, while noting persistent supply constrain…
Ithaca Energy Plc jumped more than 6% on Monday after Jefferies raised its price target to 350p from 210p and kept a "buy" rating, citing the company’s transformation since its business combination with Eni UK in April 2024. Jefferies’ new target reflects a blend of net asset value and an EV/EBITDA multiple applied to 2026-27 estimates, and comes a…
Aker BP's stake in the Johan Sverdrup North Sea oil field has been raised to 31.7% from 31.6% following a redetermination process that began in January 2025. The company will receive an additional 2.2 million barrels of oil equivalent from the field over the next two years and will make a payment of roughly 300 million Norwegian crowns (about $31.7…
Lanxess shares dropped about 5.5% to EUR 15.345 after a Goldman Sachs analyst reiterated a Sell rating with a EUR 13.00 price target, signaling further downside. The move compounds lingering investor wariness following a disappointing Q1 2026 and amid broad market weakness and sector-specific challenges.
Morgan Stanley identified the forthcoming US determination on refined copper import tariffs as a central risk for copper markets. The US must decide by June 30 or July 1 whether to impose a 15% refined copper import tariff beginning January 1, 2027, with the measure potentially increasing to 30% in 2028. The bank outlined how each outcome - imposit…
Jefferies previewed the agenda for its upcoming Kiawah Energy ’26 conference, spotlighting oil market dynamics, integrated gas strategies, supply-chain disruptions and U.S. power market changes. The firm reiterated a products-focused view on crude and fuels inventories, outlined expectations for a material lift in U.S. power-driven gas demand in 20…
Tate & Lyle has agreed to a £2.7 billion ($3.6 billion) cash takeover by U.S. food ingredients company Ingredion, marking a material shift for a business that began as sugar refiners in East London in the mid-19th century. The deal follows a long series of strategic disposals and acquisitions through which Tate & Lyle moved away from refined sugar …
Coking coal prices in China rose in the week to June 5 amid ongoing production interruptions across key mining areas. High-grade Liulin No.4 climbed sharply, thermal coal saw modest gains, and port inventories ticked down even as power-plant stocks inched up. Persistent mine suspensions and frequent safety inspections continue to constrain output, …
Shares of Novo Nordisk fell about 3% on Monday after analysts digested data and commercial updates presented at the American Diabetes Association conference. While REIMAGINE symposium results for CagriSema in Type 2 diabetes drew positive clinical commentary, the therapy's path to market is distant, with a diabetes filing not expected until late 20…
Bank of America strategists argue that internet growth stocks such as DoorDash and Uber are well positioned to outperform when the current AI cycle moves past the phase dominated by semiconductor and hardware capacity constraints and into one where services built on that infrastructure scale. The bank highlighted that early AI demand has driven inv…
Nurix Therapeutics shares vaulted in pre-market trading after the company disclosed a broad global collaboration with Roche to jointly develop and commercialize bexobrutideg, an oral Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) degrader, targeting malignant hematology, immunology, and neurology. The agreement includes $700 million upfront, up to $2.3 billion in …
Alvotech shares climbed 6.2% in pre-market trading after the company resubmitted Biologics License Applications to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for two lead biosimilar candidates, AVT05 and AVT06. The filings follow the company’s response to a Post-Application Action Letter tied to its Reykjavik manufacturing site and address observations …
The International Air Transport Association has halved its 2026 global profit forecast as jet fuel costs spike following disruptions linked to the Middle East war. The association now sees the airline sector earning $23 billion in net profits in 2026, down from $45 billion in 2025, with net margins compressing to 2.0% and profit per passenger falli…
Alvotech saw a notable premarket share increase after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepted for review its Biologics License Application for AVT16, the company's candidate interchangeable biosimilar to Entyvio. The FDA action is a regulatory milestone for the Iceland-based biopharmaceutical firm as it pursues market entry for a treatment t…
Marvell Technology shares climbed sharply in pre-market trading after S&P Dow Jones Indices confirmed the company will be added to the S&P 500 on June 22, 2026. The move follows a string of company-specific catalysts including a major endorsement from Nvidia's CEO, a multibillion-dollar investment commitment from Nvidia, and robust quarterly re…
Eli Lilly shares rose nearly 3.9% in pre-market trade following a final-day symposium at the American Diabetes Association’s 86th Scientific Sessions that showcased Phase 3 data for Foundayo (orforglipron). The company also reported additional positive pivotal data for retatrutide, subgroup weight-loss results from the ATTAIN program, a pair of lic…
Intesa Sanpaolo on Monday launched an unsolicited €30.6 billion cash-and-share offer for Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS), a bid that immediately sent shares in several Italian lenders sharply higher while Intesa’s own stock fell. The move prompted Banco BPM to press ahead with merger discussions and included provisions that touch insurer Unipol and…
GoHealth shares tumbled sharply in pre-market trading after the company filed voluntary Chapter 11 petitions in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, launching a prepackaged restructuring that hands control to a group of lenders. The plan places near-total impairment risk on common equity, follows a dramatic revenue collapse in Q1…
Indonesia's benchmark IDX Composite Index closed down 4.58% on Monday, marking a new five-year low as declines in Infrastructure, Financials and Agriculture weighed on the market. Decliners outnumbered advancers by a wide margin, with several individual stocks posting double-digit percentage moves in both directions. Commodities showed divergent mo…
A series of populist measures and centralised commodity policies under President Prabowo Subianto have eroded investor trust and coincided with a sharply falling rupiah, heavy foreign portfolio outflows and downgrades to sovereign outlooks. The currency’s decline is amplifying market stress by pushing up inflation risks, tightening financing condit…
President Trump said his administration is evaluating a proposal for AI companies to grant the American public a stake in their businesses and plans to convene AI executives at the White House as soon as next week. The announcement coincided with varied premarket moves across major AI-related equities, with several chipmakers gaining and one major …
Zealand Pharma's stock tumbled after the company presented Phase 2 data for petrelintide at the American Diabetes Association's 2026 Scientific Sessions. Although the trial showed clinically meaningful weight loss and improvements in cardiometabolic markers with tolerability similar to placebo, the results largely matched prior market signals. A Ca…
MPAC Group PLC shares fell sharply after the company issued a material profit warning and disclosed the sale of its Mpac Lambert Limited unit. The board now anticipates weaker first-half margins and substantially lower FY 2026 underlying profit before tax on a like-for-like basis versus market expectations. The disposal, aimed at reducing debt, and…
Intesa Sanpaolo shares fell sharply after the bank unveiled an unsolicited €30.6 billion takeover proposal for Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena. The offer is predominantly share-based, requires a significant issuance of new Intesa stock, and is paired with a deal to sell 635 Monte Paschi branches to Unipol to ease antitrust concerns. A competing bid…
Panasonic Holdings announced plans to begin mass production of battery cells for data centre applications at a Kansas facility in the fiscal year 2028 (ending March 2029). The company said it will allocate roughly 350 billion yen of a 500 billion yen AI infrastructure investment to its Energy unit, earmark 150 billion yen to Industry, and build a t…
