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Norway's Oslo OBX finished the trading session up 0.20%, with gains concentrated in Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities. Major energy producers, including Equinor and Aker BP, were among the best performers, while select cargo and technology-related stocks lagged. Oil futures surged and gold moved higher am…
Israel's benchmark TA-35 index closed slightly higher on Friday, recording a new all-time high as gains in the Oil & Gas, Real Estate and Banking sectors offset weaknesses elsewhere. Market breadth was positive, with more advancing than declining issues, and commodities saw significant upward moves led by crude futures.
Morgan Stanley has published an updated ranking of IT hardware companies that it views as well placed to benefit from continued investment in data center capacity and AI-driven capital expenditures. The bank emphasizes firms with strong exposure to cloud infrastructure and storage markets, citing robust demand for data processing and storage as pri…
Shares of Day One Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:DAWN) jumped 65.6% after Servier agreed to acquire the company for $21.50 per share in cash, valuing Day One at about $2.5 billion. The transaction, which carries significant premiums to recent trading levels, is scheduled to close in the second quarter of 2026 pending customary conditions including a ma…
Greek stocks ended the trading day lower, with the Athens General Composite sliding 2.27% at the close. Losses were concentrated in the Banking, Telecoms and Household sectors. Market breadth favored decliners by a wide margin, while commodities — notably crude oil and gold — posted sizeable gains and major currency pairs were largely unchanged.
Reitar Logtech Holdings said it has signed a definitive Share Subscription Agreement with Equator Capital Management SPC for a potential equity investment of up to $60 million. The deal, converting a prior non-binding memorandum into a binding contract, saw Reitar's Nasdaq-listed stock jump 12.5% on the announcement. The bulk of proceeds are earmar…
Barclays told investors that recent declines in life science tools and contract research organization (CRO) stocks sparked by concerns over artificial intelligence are likely overblown. While acknowledging AI advancements in tasks like protein structure prediction and experiment planning, the firm said laboratory experiments remain essential to val…
Equity markets on Friday featured notable swings across market-cap tiers, with Marvell Technology Group and Samsara among the top gainers in the large-cap cohort. Several mega-cap financial and tech names slipped, while mid- and small-cap lists showed a mixture of strong rallies tied to corporate news and steep declines linked to secondary offering…
Whitestone REIT shares climbed after reports that private equity buyers, including Blackstone and TPG, have entered into confidentiality agreements to evaluate a potential acquisition. The Houston-based shopping-center owner has retained Bank of America to coordinate the process, which follows recent proxy challenges and a prior takeover bid from a…
Turkey's benchmark BIST 100 closed lower, falling 2.19% to a new one-month low as losses were concentrated in the Banking, Wholesale & Retail Trade and Technology sectors. Decliners far outpaced advancers on the Istanbul exchange. A handful of stocks recorded strong gains, with two reaching all-time highs. Commodities and FX markets were volatile, …
Iceland's government announced on March 6 that it will hold a referendum on August 29 to decide whether to resume negotiations to join the European Union. Reykjavik halted accession talks in 2013 after four years; renewed interest in restarting negotiations has been driven by rising living costs and geopolitical developments, including the war in U…
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will convene a national autonomous vehicle safety forum that will include the chief executives of Waymo, Zoox and Aurora. The one-day meeting will cover regulatory barriers, safety scrutiny, potential future guidance on domestic development and the role of remote assistance in robotaxis. The e…
BMO Capital Markets upgraded Okta to Outperform and increased its price target to $97, citing greater confidence that demand for identity and access management will remain resilient as companies roll out AI agents. The brokerage highlighted gaps in governance for automated agents and expects Okta to benefit from its scale, integrations and establis…
Oppenheimer initiated coverage of CoreWeave on Friday, assigning an Outperform rating and a $140 price target. The firm described the AI-focused cloud provider as a "Gigawatt-Sized Engine for an AI Future," highlighting the substantial total addressable market for AI-optimized infrastructure-as-a-service and forecasting stronger free cash flow marg…
BlackRock shares fell 5% after the firm limited withdrawals from its $26 billion HPS Corporate Lending Fund, a move that weighed on multiple private-equity firms. Shareholder redemption requests exceeded the cap set by management, highlighting liquidity-management mechanics in private credit vehicles and generating broader market pressure across th…
Robinhood launched its $658.4 million private markets fund on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, offering retail investors exposure to late-stage private technology companies. The closed-end fund, trading under the ticker RVI, holds stakes in Databricks, Ramp and Revolut and was priced at $25 per share in an IPO that sold 12.6 million shares. C…
Diana Shipping Inc. has raised its all-cash proposal for Genco Shipping & Trading to $23.50 per share. The updated offer is paired with an agreement for Star Bulk Carriers Corp. to buy 16 Genco vessels for $470.5 million, and Diana Shipping has secured a fully underwritten financing commitment of $1.433 billion to support the transaction.
Commercial air services across sections of the Middle East have been suspended following recent strikes, leaving foreign nationals stranded. Multiple national governments have mobilised evacuation flights, charters and land corridors to bring citizens home. The European Commission is coordinating under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism as member st…
Bank of America has brought back coverage of the North American automotive and auto-tech sector and identified Ford, General Motors and Tesla as its preferred original equipment manufacturers. The bank highlights regulatory changes that allow a shift toward higher-margin trucks and SUVs, and points to growing consumer adoption of autonomous vehicle…
Bank of America upgraded Ciena to Buy from Neutral and increased its price target to $355 from $260 after revising upward its outlook for spending by hyperscalers, Tier-2 cloud providers and newer cloud operators. The firm called the current demand cycle a potential "super-cycle" extending into 2027 and pointed to gains in Ciena's backlog and produ…
Blue Owl Capital Inc. (NYSE: OWL) shares declined after reports that the firm holds a £36 million ($48 million) exposure to Century Capital Partners Ltd., a London bridging lender that entered administration. The report said Blue Owl had funded the riskiest tranche of Century-originated loans; Century entered administration with roughly £95 million…
Kuwait has started reducing production at some oil fields after running out of crude storage capacity, sources familiar with the situation said. Officials are discussing wider cuts to production and refining to levels required solely for domestic consumption, with a decision expected within days. The development has pushed crude prices higher and p…
The Chair of NATO’s Military Committee convened a virtual roundtable on Friday that included all 32 NATO Chiefs of Defence to receive a briefing on an evolving situation in the Middle East. The emergency meeting was held to assess developments and coordinate monitoring across the alliance, but the briefing did not disclose specific details about th…
Following a U.S. Supreme Court decision that invalidated a major tranche of tariffs, European firms are in active discussions with U.S. clients, lawyers and logistics partners about reclaiming duties and using import-amendment mechanisms to reduce assessed levies. Businesses face unclear guidance on reimbursements even as a new blanket U.S. tariff …
A draft U.S. rule that would require licenses for exports of advanced artificial intelligence chips worldwide has the potential to introduce delays and extra review into global AI hardware procurement, analysts at Bernstein say. The proposal - still subject to change or abandonment - would not amount to an explicit export ban, but would give U.S. a…
