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U.S. officials are pursuing a multilateral supply chain coalition to ease an escalating global memory chip shortage. Jacob Helberg, the State Department's undersecretary for economic affairs, said the Pax Silica initiative places memory availability high on its agenda as member countries work to secure semiconductors, AI supply lines and critical m…
HSBC disclosed an unexpected $400 million loss related to the collapse of British mortgage lender Market Financial Solutions (MFS), prompting a roughly 6% drop in its London-listed shares. The bank said the charge is tied to private credit-related lending linked to an Apollo-backed unit and reflected alongside provisions for conflict-related risks,…
Airbus is set to announce an order of about 150 A220 aircraft from Malaysia-based AirAsia, officials said. The pact, expected to be unveiled in the Montreal area with Quebec and federal representation, would support Airbus' smallest jet at a time when the model has ceded some wins to Embraer. The A220 is built in Mirabel, Quebec and in Mobile, Alab…
Keyera Corp. (TSX:KEY) saw its stock fall 6.3% on Tuesday after Canada’s Competition Bureau filed an application with the Competition Tribunal to block the company’s acquisition of Plains All American Pipeline LP’s Canadian natural gas liquids business. The Bureau said its investigation found the deal is likely to harm competition in NGL processing…
Revolut's Mexican unit reported a fresh capital injection of 1.12 billion pesos (about $64.47 million), taking the company's cumulative investment in Mexico to $167 million. The bank said the funds will speed product rollouts and growth after an early surge in assets and registered users since its market debut in late January.
Shares of gold miners rose on Tuesday alongside a noticeable uptick in spot gold as market participants assessed the fragility of a Middle East truce and what it could mean for inflation and interest-rate expectations. Spot gold gained 1.3% to $4,581.56 per ounce after a recent low, while several large miners and U.S.-listed South African producers…
India's cabinet approved an emergency credit guarantee programme worth 181 billion rupees ($1.9 billion) to aid businesses facing liquidity stress from the Middle East crisis. The new Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) 5.0 provides full guarantee coverage for small and medium enterprises and near-full coverage for other firms and the ai…
Revvity Inc. shares moved higher in premarket trading after the medical equipment company reported first-quarter adjusted earnings that beat analyst expectations. Despite the beat, management reduced its adjusted profit guidance for fiscal 2026 and announced the planned sale of its China immunodiagnostics business, which accounted for about 6% of f…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed permitting public companies to submit financial reports twice a year instead of quarterly by introducing an optional Form 10-S. The change would allow companies to replace three Form 10-Q filings with a single semiannual report while maintaining the existing annual filing requirement. The pro…
Seven CEOs from leading European technology companies published an opinion piece calling for a reduction and simplification of the EU's AI regulations, coupled with a stronger industrial policy and more permissive merger and acquisition rules to enable growth. The commentary comes as the European Union prepares to resume talks on revising the 2024 …
Speaking to the European Parliament’s economic committee, the chairman of the euro zone finance ministers’ group said the European Union requires bigger banks and a more unified supervisory framework to remain competitive with large US and Chinese lenders. He argued cross-border consolidation faces national political barriers and warned that inadeq…
Germany's equity market finished higher on Tuesday, led by Technology, Industrials and Food & Beverages stocks. The DAX rose 1.67% at the close, while the MDAX and TecDAX advanced 2.27% and 2.42% respectively. Notable winners included Infineon, Commerzbank and Siemens, while Fresenius Medical Care and other healthcare names weighed on the market.
French equities finished higher on Tuesday with the CAC 40 up 1.08% and the broader SBF 120 advancing 1.11%. Strength in Industrials, Technology and Basic Materials helped lift markets, with Schneider Electric, ArcelorMittal and STMicroelectronics among the session's top performers. Several names fell to fresh lows even as overall breadth was posit…
Belgian stocks closed higher in Brussels on Tuesday, with the BEL 20 index rising 1.64%. Broad gains were led by Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Technology names. Anheuser Busch Inbev SA NV surged to a five-year high, while commodity markets showed divergent moves with gold up and oil down. Market breadth favored advancers over decliners.
U.K. equities closed lower on Tuesday, with the benchmark United Kingdom 100 falling 1.48%. Losses were concentrated in Banking, Food & Drug Retailers and General Retailers sectors. Intertek, Spirax-Sarco and WPP were among the session's gainers, while Entain, HSBC and Marks & Spencer were the largest decliners. Commodities and currency moves inclu…
Spain's benchmark IBEX 35 ended Tuesday's session up 1.80% as advances in Building & Construction, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Goods stocks provided broad support. ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA led the index with a near 10% gain and reached an all-time high, while companies including Acerinox and Indra also posted…
Portugal's benchmark PSI index closed slightly lower on Tuesday, down 0.04%, with gains concentrated in cork, industrial and telecom names while restaurant, construction and energy-linked stocks retreated. Oil prices fell sharply, gold ticked higher, and major currency pairs were largely unchanged at the close.
The Amsterdam market closed higher on Tuesday, with the AEX up 0.95% as gains in Basic Materials, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors drove advances. BE Semiconductor Industries reached an all-time high while ArcelorMittal and ASML were among top contributors. Energy commodities fell, with U.S. crude and Brent both down sharply and gold higher. M…
Italian equities ended higher on Tuesday, led by gains in Industrials, Technology and Financials. The Investing.com Italy 40 finished the session up 2.34% in Milan. Prysmian surged to record levels, UniCredit and DiaSorin advanced, while Ferrari, Nexi and Recordati were among the decliners. Commodity moves included weaker crude and Brent oil and st…
Finland's equity benchmark, the OMX Helsinki 25, finished Tuesday's session higher, climbing 0.69% to a fresh record. Strength in Basic Materials, Consumer Services and Utilities supported the advance. SSAB AB B led individual movers with a double-digit-percentage relative gain to new highs, while oil prices fell and gold rose in commodity markets.
Sweden's equity benchmark finished higher Tuesday with the OMX Stockholm 30 up 1.22%, supported by advances in Basic Materials, Industrials and Financials. Epiroc, ABB and Boliden were among the session's strongest performers, while AstraZeneca, Evolution and NIBE underperformed. Market breadth was narrowly positive, and oil prices fell sharply as …
OpenAI and Anthropic are creating joint ventures to acquire engineering and consulting firms that will help corporate clients operationalize AI models. Both initiatives have raised significant capital from institutional investors and are intended to expand deployment capacity rather than focus solely on model development.
Poland's benchmark WIG30 closed higher Tuesday, led by strong gains in Chemicals, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors. The index rose 0.92% as several large-cap names extended advances, while declines outnumbered advances on the Warsaw exchange. Commodity markets moved sharply lower for crude benchmarks, while gold and selected FX pairs registere…
CVS Health's pharmacy benefit manager, Caremark, will move patients from Johnson & Johnson's Stelara to interchangeable biosimilar versions beginning July 1. The change prioritizes Sandoz's Pyzchiva and Biocon Biologics' Yesintek on CVS's most used drug lists, and most affected members are expected to have a $0 copay for their therapy. The announce…
FactSet (NYSE: FDS) shares declined about 4% on Tuesday following Anthropic's release of ten prebuilt AI agent templates tailored to financial services workflows. Anthropic made the agents available across its Claude products and added Microsoft 365 add-ins that allow context to flow between Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook. The company also br…
