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KB Securities analyst Jeff Kim says Samsung Electronics is entering a sustained earnings expansion phase, with the firm projecting that Samsung’s entire memory-chip output through 2027 will be absorbed by the market. The broker raised its price target to KRW320,000 and materially boosted operating profit forecasts for 2026 and 2027 amid expectation…
CME Group CEO Terry Duffy called for clearer regulation of prediction markets, saying the distinction between swaps used for hedging and products that resemble bets has become blurred. His remarks come as platforms including Polymarket and Kalshi face legal and regulatory scrutiny in several U.S. states, and as lawmakers consider federal action fol…
Poland's WIG30 closed lower, falling 0.77% as losses in the Construction, Media and Basic Materials sectors pushed equities down. Pepco Group, Dino Polska and Allegro were among the session's top performers, while Rainbow Tours, Kruk and PZU posted the largest declines. Commodity markets saw significant moves, with crude and Brent rising sharply an…
Denmark's benchmark OMX Copenhagen 20 closed lower on Thursday, finishing the session down 0.99% as losses in Personal & Household Goods, Financials and Chemicals weighed on the market. Pandora tumbled to a three-year low, while crude and Brent oil jumped sharply and key FX pairs moved modestly against the Danish krone.
Goldman Sachs trimmed its 2026 Q4/Q4 U.S. GDP growth projection by 0.3 percentage points to 2.2%, driven by a forecasted spike in Brent crude tied to the war with Iran. The bank's commodity team now expects Brent to average $98 per barrel in March and April before easing to $71 by late 2026, and it has raised its December 2026 PCE inflation project…
Housing starts in January increased 7.2% month-over-month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 1.487 million units, according to Barclays. The January reading exceeded Barclays' own projection of 1.395 million units and consensus estimates of 1.341 million units. Despite the jump in starts, building permits dropped 5.4% month-over-month, …
Macquarie says Honda has initiated a broad strategic reset of its electric-vehicle ambitions, cutting guidance and signalling a large earnings deterioration driven by program cancellations and write-downs. The firm points to slowing U.S. EV demand, policy shifts and stronger competition in China as core reasons, and says Honda’s near-term recovery …
Stryker Corporation's stock dropped 4% Thursday as shipping of orders remained disrupted following a cyber attack the company says targeted its Microsoft environment. The company reported no signs of ransomware or malware, affirmed the safety of key devices including its Mako System, and said it is working to restore electronic ordering while using…
RBC moved Vale S.A. from Outperform to Sector Perform, saying the stock's rapid re-rating versus major diversified miners leaves little upside. The firm raised its ADR price target to $15.50 from $14.50 based on higher copper and nickel price assumptions, and modestly increased its adjusted EBITDA forecasts for 2026-2028.
Morocco's stock market closed with marginal net change on Thursday as gains in banking, beverage and transport stocks balanced declines elsewhere. The Moroccan All Shares index finished effectively flat, with a near-even split between advancing and falling issues on the Casablanca Stock Exchange. Crude and Brent oil posted significant gains while g…
Norway's benchmark Oslo OBX rose 1.68% to a record close, paced by gains in Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities. Yara, Kongsberg and Norsk Hydro reached new all-time highs, while several shipping and commodity-linked names posted notable declines. Oil prices strengthened sharply and currency pairs moved mod…
Israel's main equity gauge, the TA 35, ended the trading day lower as losses concentrated in the Banking, Real Estate and Financials sectors pushed the market down 1.56%. A small group of stocks posted strong gains, but the breadth of decliners outweighed advancers by more than three to one. Commodity and currency moves accompanied the equity decli…
Greek equities closed lower on Thursday, with the Athens General Composite ending the session down 2.43%. Declines were concentrated in the Banking, Telecoms and Household sectors. Market breadth favored decliners, while commodities and currency instruments moved notably in global trading sessions that accompanied the local close.
Salesforce announced a $25 billion senior notes offering whose entire net proceeds will be used to fund accelerated share repurchase (ASR) agreements. The move lifted the stock about 3% to $200, and represents the largest debt issuance in the company's history and one of the biggest corporate borrowings in the tech sector for 2026. Initial share de…
Citi upgraded Dow Inc. and LyondellBasell Industries to Buy from Neutral, arguing that supply disruptions tied to the conflict involving Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz are elevating energy and feedstock costs and could sustain higher chemical prices. The bank expects North American producers that use natural gas feedstocks to benefit …
S&P Global said it will not enact automatic sovereign rating cuts after the escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, but warned that surging oil and gas prices are elevating risk for several fiscally stretched nations. Analysts described the situation as moving from a low- to moderate-risk scenario and flagged specific exposures in the Gulf an…
Turkey's equity benchmark finished higher after the close on Thursday, supported by gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Insurance and Electricity sectors. The BIST 100 added 0.65% at the close in Istanbul. Small- and mid-cap movers led the session's notable winners while several large banking names posted the largest losses. Commodity marke…
Stellantis NV has engaged with Chinese firms Xiaomi Corp. and Xpeng Inc. about potential investments into its underperforming European operations. Conversations have spanned the possibility of Chinese shareholders taking stakes in Maserati or other marques, and securing access to manufacturing capacity as Chinese groups look to expand in Europe. St…
Rivian plans to begin delivering its R2 compact SUV line this spring with a $57,990 Performance launch variant, with additional trims and lower-priced versions slated through 2027. The company projects the R2 will drive a substantial increase in deliveries, but analysts warn that recent U.S. policy changes and the loss of EV tax credits may blunt d…
Barclays said in a Thursday note that it prefers U.S. office real estate to European office assets. The bank highlighted weaker tenant demand in Europe after pandemic-era changes to work patterns and pointed to more attractive valuations in the U.S., where a 10-22% year-to-date sell-off among its coverage has made the sector comparatively compellin…
Bank of America has updated its forecast for the Bank of England, saying it now expects the BoE to leave its policy rate at 3.75% in March rather than implement a cut. The change follows recent increases in energy prices, which the bank says are likely to force the central bank into a wait-and-see posture while it gauges how large and persistent th…
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman said revised drafts of the Basel rules and the GSIB surcharge will reduce large bank capital requirements by a "small amount." Speaking at the Cato Institute in Washington, Bowman framed the changes as eliminating redundant standards and better aligning requirements with measured bank risks…
Goldman Sachs places its Q1 GDP tracking estimate at a 3.3% annualized rate after January data showed a larger-than-expected narrowing of the U.S. trade deficit largely driven by rising gold exports excluded from GDP. Housing starts came in stronger than anticipated with a 7.2% increase, while initial jobless claims edged down and remain below thei…
Piper Sandler raised its mid-cycle forecast for West Texas Intermediate crude to $75 a barrel from $70 and upgraded Occidental Petroleum and Murphy Oil to Overweight from Neutral. The brokerage cited a more than 2 million barrels-per-day swing in its 2026 global oil balance, lingering uncertainty tied to the Iran conflict, and company-specific deve…
Rothschild says enterprise software stocks have been repriced to historically low valuations amid investor anxiety about frontier AI labs. The firm reduced revenue assumptions and some price targets to account for possible unit-price pressure from AI, but retains Buy recommendations on Intuit, SAP and ServiceNow, arguing that entrenched data and bu…
