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Brooks Macdonald shares rose after the firm reported a return to positive net flows in its FY26 funds under management and advice (FUMA) update. The group posted full-year net inflows of £226 million, reversing prior-year outflows, with a strong final quarter contributing £167 million in net inflows. Analyst commentary ahead of the release and a su…
J.P. Morgan upgraded Wolters Kluwer to Overweight from Neutral and increased its price target to €87 from €73, citing what it views as compelling valuation and evidence that artificial intelligence will accelerate growth across the company’s core information-services businesses. Shares rose nearly 4% in Amsterdam after the call. The bank cut WACC a…
Tonnellerie Francois Freres SA reported a significant fall in annual sales and net profit, blaming soft demand across wine and spirits markets, harvest issues, conservative customer spending and U.S. trade and currency effects. Shares fell in Paris after management signalled activity will decline again in fiscal 2026/27 and proposed a lower dividen…
Ionis Pharmaceuticals tumbled in pre-market trading after announcing that the Phase 3 CARDIO-TTRansform study of eplontersen failed to meet its primary efficacy endpoint - a composite of cardiovascular death and recurrent cardiovascular events through Week 140 versus placebo. The large trial enrolled 1,432 patients at 130 sites across 20 countries.…
Nordex shares climbed sharply after the company reported a pronounced increase in second-quarter 2026 order intake and confirmed stable average pricing per megawatt. A same-day Buy rating and price target from Berenberg, plus a broadly firmer German equity market, reinforced the positive reaction ahead of the company's upcoming earnings report.
Masoval AS stock jumped sharply after SalMar ASA signed an agreement to purchase Heimstø AS’s roughly 70% holding in Måsøval at NOK 39.50 per share, valuing the company’s equity at about NOK 4.84 billion. The transaction includes a minority shareholder exit guarantee at the same per-share price and follows a recent uplift in Måsøval’s full-year 202…
Spire Healthcare shares inched higher after Toscafund Asset Management secured a third extension to its formal takeover deadline to August 6, 2026, and a separate sale of 12 Spire-operated hospitals completed for about £1.3 billion. The combination of an above-market non-binding offer and a transaction that highlights the estate's real estate value…
Bernstein reports modest month-over-month increases in DRAM and NAND contract prices, driven in part by robust server demand absorbing additional supplier allocations. Consumer demand has shown limited near-term decline due to pulled-forward purchases, spot prices look to be stabilizing, and the firm expects a major price uptick in the second quart…
Måsøval AS shares surged over 14% after SalMar ASA agreed to buy a 70% stake in the salmon farmer. The transaction involves the purchase of Heimstø AS's 85,727,553 shares for 39.50 crowns per share, with total consideration of about 3.40 billion crowns made up of SalMar stock and cash. The deal prices SalMar consideration shares at 461.40 crowns an…
Venezuela is pursuing an unusually rapid overhaul of what may be close to $200 billion in sovereign and state oil-company liabilities, even as the country copes with earthquakes that have killed thousands and damaged hospitals, schools and other infrastructure. Bondholders report that Caracas is aiming to complete initial steps on a restructuring l…
Wolters Kluwer shares rallied after JPMorgan raised its rating from Neutral to Overweight and lifted the price target from €73 to €87, while the company disclosed share buyback transactions for the July 2-8, 2026 period. The upgrade and repurchase information provided a clear, stock-specific trigger amid broadly constructive European markets and mi…
Infracore, a Swiss company owning nearly 50 healthcare properties, saw its shares trade below the offer price during the first day of listing on the Swiss stock exchange. The stock opened at the 54 Swiss franc offer level but fell to 53.6 francs within the morning session, valuing the business near $1 billion at the opening price. The listing combi…
Goldman Sachs upgraded Glencore PLC to Buy from Neutral, pointing to improving fundamentals in copper, zinc and metallurgical coal and to potential upside from the group's marketing business and asset monetisations. The bank trimmed its 12-month price target to £6.30 from £6.60 but said the sector-wide de-rating created an attractive entry point. G…
Nordex SE shares rose more than 4% after the company reported 3,054 megawatts of order intake in its Projects segment for Q2 2026, a 32.2% increase year-on-year. First-half order intake reached 4,923 megawatts, while average sales prices were stable in the quarter and rose modestly for the first half, driven by project scope and regional mix.
Indonesia's IDX Composite Index finished the trading day up 0.14%, led by gains in Agriculture, Basic Industry and Property names. Several small-cap names posted large percentage moves in both directions, while commodity markets saw declines in crude benchmarks and a rise in gold. Currency trading showed the rupiah weakening versus the US dollar an…
Pepco shares climbed after the retailer issued a Q3 FY2026 trading update that beat expectations and materially upgraded its full-year outlook. Management lifted its gross margin target to around 51%, set underlying EBITDA growth in the mid-teens, and reiterated unlevered free cash flow of around 300 million, while reporting solid revenue growth a…
Levi Strauss & Co. shares fell sharply in pre-market trading after the company reported fiscal Q2 2026 results that beat consensus on both earnings and revenue but issued a more cautious outlook for the remainder of the year. While direct-to-consumer sales and several product categories showed strength, management's guidance for slower near-term re…
Hostelworld shares traded flat at €1.1 following the release of H1 2026 interim results that showed net revenue of €52.2 million, a 12% year-over-year increase, and adjusted EBITDA of €8.2 million, up 11% from the prior year. Management maintained its full-year guidance, and a higher effective commission rate driven by the Elevate marketplace monet…
Hugo Boss's management and supervisory boards have urged shareholders to reject Frasers Group's voluntary takeover proposal of €38 per share, saying the offer does not reflect the company's standalone prospects or its updated strategy through 2028. Frasers, the owner of Sports Direct, is the largest single shareholder. The company noted the €38 lev…
Saga PLC shares rose 4.0% to 612.6p after Berenberg began coverage with a Buy rating and a 1,025p price target, implying about 62% upside from the prior close of 589p. The bank’s initiation, published on July 8, emphasized a long-term affinity insurance tie-up with Ageas, momentum in the Ocean Cruise business and a reduction in net debt as key comp…
Computacenter Plc shares climbed to their highest level in at least a decade after the company issued a trading statement saying full-year results should be "comfortably ahead of market expectations." The firm reported second-quarter performance was "ahead of our expectations," expects first-half adjusted profit before tax to top last yearigures o…
Brunello Cucinelli stock climbed 1.8% to €80.22 after JPMorgan placed the company on Positive Catalyst Watch ahead of its first-half 2026 results. The bank expects a moderation in second-quarter retail sales growth to 15% from the 20% pace in Q1 and forecasts first-half EBIT to increase 11% with a 30 basis-point expansion in operating margin to 16.…
Shares of Stolt-Nielsen are essentially flat at NOK 309.5 following the release of unaudited results for Q2 and the first half of 2026. The company posted lower quarterly and half-year profits year-on-year, while reporting a handful of positive operational developments across tankers, terminals and tank containers. Investors appear to be weighing r…
Capita PLC plunged after a trading update revealed quantified losses tied to its troubled administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme. The company warned that contract failures would reduce adjusted operating profit by £25 60m and free cash flow by £35 50m in the current year. The profit warning follows a sharply critical government statemen…
Erste Group Bank AG shares rose sharply after Goldman Sachs reinstated coverage with a Buy rating and set a €150 12-month price target. The upgrade cites Erste’s newly acquired controlling stake in Santander Bank Polska - rebranded as Erste Bank Polska - which provides immediate scale in Poland. Goldman also raised its earnings forecasts for Q2 and…
