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Siemens shares climbed 2.2% to €283.03 after Kepler Cheuvreux upgraded the stock to Hold from Reduce and raised its price target to €280 from €255. The broker highlighted the upcoming third-quarter earnings on August 6 and raised fiscal 2026-2028 revenue and profit forecasts above market consensus. A recent €300 million German investment to expand …
Iran has started negotiations to sell crude to Japanese companies, but potential buyers are requesting a longer U.S. sanctions waiver and guarantees about safe shipping in the Gulf, according to three Iranian and Western sources. The United States authorised limited Iranian oil sales in June as part of diplomatic efforts tied to nuclear inspections…
AUTO1's stock climbed to €24.80 after JPMorgan placed the Berlin-based used-car platform on its Positive Catalysts Watch List, kept an Overweight rating and maintained a €37 price target. The broker cited a site visit, stronger-than-expected gross profit estimates and management targets presented at a June 17 Capital Markets Event as reasons for it…
Comments from Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh at a central bankers' panel in Sintra and a June U.S. jobs report that showed fewer hires than expected have not resolved uncertainty over the Fed's next policy move. Barclays analysts say their central view is for an extended hold on rates, conditional on inflation, activity, and labor market trends …
Morgan Stanley has shifted its recommendations for European mid-cap energy companies toward a more defensive positioning, upgrading Portugal’s Galp to Overweight and raising its price target, while maintaining Equal-weight ratings on Spain’s Repsol and Austria’s OMV. The bank says it expects Brent crude to decline toward about $70 a barrel beyond 2…
Sterling and the euro rose on Friday after a weaker U.S. payrolls report sent the dollar lower. GBP/USD traded near $1.3360 and EUR/USD pushed to around $1.1455 as investors reassessed expectations for Federal Reserve tightening. Market participants are watching upcoming Fed commentary and a slate of U.S. economic releases ahead of the July 14 cons…
Brazil’s federal police have initiated an operation aimed at dismantling a criminal network accused of laundering proceeds from international drug trafficking. The action targets individuals who were recently sanctioned by the United States for alleged links to the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), and follows U.S. measures that also designated cr…
A poll of 39 foreign exchange analysts conducted June 26 to July 1 finds the Canadian dollar is now expected to strengthen less versus the U.S. dollar over the next year than was projected a month earlier, as uncertainty around revisions to the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and soft domestic growth reduce the likelihood of Bank of Canada rat…
Futures tied to Canada’s primary equity benchmark edged higher on Thursday, underpinned by a pronounced rise in gold prices that lifted metal mining stocks even as financial shares weighed on the broader index. Market activity is expected to be light heading into the long U.S. holiday weekend.
U.S. oil producers are on track to report their strongest quarterly profits in years as crude and refined-product markets tightened following geopolitical shocks earlier this year. Expected blockbuster results for Exxon Mobil and Chevron could intensify friction with the White House, which is urging faster declines in retail gasoline prices ahead o…
Contango Silver & Gold is transforming from a collection of assets into an operational platform after acquiring Lucky Shot and delivering extremely high-grade drill results. With a market cap near $531m, manageable leverage and heavy recent insider-driven M&A activity, this trade idea takes a constructive stance: buy on constructive technicals and …
Kepler Cheuvreux upgraded Siemens AG from "reduce" to "hold", raising its price objective to €280 from €255 ahead of the company's third-quarter results due August 6. The brokerage lifted its 2026-2028 forecasts above consensus, pointing to limited downside in industrial automation, a concluded de-rating of industrial software assets and an imminen…
Barclays expects the European Central Bank to deliver a second interest-rate increase this year at its September meeting. The bank's strategists note that while headline inflation in the euro area has eased and oil prices have retreated, signs of cost-push pressures in selling price expectations leave scope for further tightening.
Goldman Sachs increased its share of mergers and acquisitions advisory work across Europe, the Middle East and Africa in the first half of 2026, capturing the largest portion of deal value in the region for the January-June period since 2018. LSEG data indicate EMEA M&A activity reached $676 billion in H1 2026, more than twice the volume of 2025 an…
Barclays estimates Britain will still need to identify about £4.7 billion in the 2026 budget to fully pay for recently announced increases in defence spending. The bank finds that planned cuts to capital budgets across government departments cover roughly £11.3 billion of a pledged £15 billion rise over the next four fiscal years, leaving a residua…
Perdoceo Education has delivered meaningful earnings and free cash flow expansion while keeping debt nearly non-existent. At about $34.45 and ~13x earnings, the stock looks like a reasonable value pick with multiple near-term catalysts. We upgrade to a Buy and lay out an actionable swing trade with clear entry, stop and target.
BNP Paribas upgraded Novonesis and its ADRs from Underperform to Neutral after the stock fell well behind the ingredients sector this year and its valuation contracted. While the broker remains cautious on long-term organic growth, it notes 2026 estimates align with consensus and flags potential for guidance upside at second-quarter results, creati…
Indian stock indices finished the session higher on Friday, led by strength in Real Estate, IT and Technology names. The Nifty 50 rose 0.39% to a one-month high, while the BSE Sensex 30 gained 0.34%. HCL Technologies and IndusInd Bank were among the largest winners, and volatility as measured by the India VIX declined to a three-month low.
As the U.S. market opens the second half of 2026, investors are parsing minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest meeting and early earnings reports from Delta Air Lines and PepsiCo to assess whether the stock rally, driven largely by technology and semiconductors, can broaden. Recent weakness among big tech names has introduced uncertainty, while …
ExxonMobil's combination of durable free cash flow, a ~3% yield, low leverage, and pipeline of growth-led projects (Guyana, Permian, LNG) creates a favorable risk-reward setup near $137. I am upgrading to a buy and re-entering with a measured long-term trade plan: entry $137.00, target $165.00, stop loss $125.00, horizon 180 trading days.
MTY Food Group (MTY) is a franchising-and-acquisition-led restaurant roll-up trading at a valuation below its historical average. With recurring franchise cash flows, a modest net cash position and multiple integration levers to drive margin expansion, MTY looks like a pragmatic mid-term long. This trade idea lays out a clear entry, stop and target…
Tensions over the framing of U.S. history have surfaced across museums, parks and cultural sites as the country celebrates its 250th anniversary. From a contested exhibit at Philadelphia’s President’s House to funding losses for an LGBTQIA+ archive in Florida, institutions say federal guidance and shifting grant language risk narrowing the stories …
Shares of Stellantis slipped in Paris after HSBC downgraded the automaker from "hold" to "reduce" and cut its sum-of-the-parts target to €4 from €5.50. The broker pointed to deteriorating forecasts, a rising U.S. inventory backlog and a surge in recalls that it says undermine a clear path to a sustainable recovery.
Global oil benchmarks were largely unchanged on Friday as market participants weighed fragile US-Iran negotiations aimed at easing tensions in the Strait of Hormuz against recent military exchanges. Brent inched higher while WTI was effectively flat; weekly moves were muted. Renewed shipping through the strait and rising Gulf output have reduced ne…
President Donald Trump will travel to Mount Rushmore on Friday to take part in ceremonies marking the 250th anniversary of the United States. The visit precedes a larger celebration in Washington on Saturday, where he is scheduled to speak on the National Mall ahead of a major fireworks display. The trip comes amid drought-related fire concerns and…
