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Futures for Europe's main stock indices slipped on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump pledged intensified strikes on Iran, undermining hopes for a near-term end to the Middle East conflict. The pan-European STOXX 600 and major national contracts were down in early trade, while Brent crude jumped above $100 a barrel. Investors will watch oil…
Japan's equity market finished lower after trading, with the Nikkei 225 down 2.40% as weakness in Paper & Pulp, Transport and Communication stocks dragged the index lower. Decliners outnumbered advancers by a wide margin, while the Nikkei Volatility index plunged to a one-month low. Energy and precious metals futures moved sharply, and currency mar…
A former Bank of Japan official cautioned that fallout from the Iran war may inflict supply-chain shocks and a demand slump on Japan’s economy, risks he says the central bank may be underestimating while concentrating on inflation. He highlighted a potential shortfall of naphtha and other refinery-derived chemicals that underpin petrochemical produ…
President Donald Trump’s declaration that U.S. forces would continue strikes in Iran for another two to three weeks has intensified investor concern that the Middle East conflict will be protracted. Markets reacted sharply: global equities and bonds fell, Brent crude jumped, and the U.S. dollar firmed as traders moved into safe-haven assets and awa…
Hong Kong’s Grade-A office market in the Central business district is beginning to stabilize after almost seven years of decline. A sharp rebound in capital markets in 2025 has drawn mainland Chinese and multinational buyers and tenants into premium office assets, lifting prices, rents and lowering vacancy rates in Central. Despite these gains, ana…
Jefferies upgraded Redeia from Hold to Buy and raised its price target to €16.50 from €15.80, arguing that the Spanish grid operator's share price already discounts most regulatory and operational headwinds and that RAB growth should accelerate beyond 2029. The broker projects modest near-term earnings growth followed by higher growth across 2025-3…
Major central banks mostly left policy settings unchanged in March as uncertainty from the Middle East conflict and volatile oil prices raised the risk of higher inflation even as growth prospects dimmed. Developed economies largely stood pat, while emerging markets offered a mixed response with several modest cuts and a few notable hikes.
Goldman Sachs lowered its rating on Akzo Nobel NV to Neutral from Buy and reduced its 12-month price target to €54 from €71, citing a tightening earnings outlook driven by rising raw material costs and persistent weakness in demand. The broker cut adjusted EBITDA and EPS forecasts across FY26-FY28 and flagged the company’s limited inventory buffer …
A year after the imposition of sweeping 'Liberation Day' tariffs by U.S. President Donald Trump, the dollar has staged a strong early-2026 comeback, aided by safe-haven flows amid conflict in the Middle East and the United States' role as an energy exporter. Despite a roughly 1.6% rally in the first quarter - the strongest quarterly performance sin…
Commercial satellite images reviewed by weapons analysts show at least three combat-capable drones deployed at Al Khadim airbase in eastern Libya between late April and December. Experts say the aircraft are most likely a Chinese Feilong-1 (FL-1) and two Turkish Bayraktar TB2s, with ground control equipment visible in imagery as recently as January…
Hess Midstream (HESM) offers a tactical long opportunity after a recent geopolitical re-pricing. With the market refocusing on Middle East supply risk, near-term concerns about Bakken takeaway capacity and volume declines have receded. HESM's steady free cash flow ($728M), high yield (~7.6%), and reasonable EV/EBITDA (~7.1x) give asymmetric upside …
Faced with a fresh energy-driven price shock tied to the Iran conflict, major central banks are attempting to read real-time signals from firms, workers and households to judge whether a temporary rise in energy costs will translate into broader, persistent inflation. Despite expanded toolkits and increased contact with businesses, authorities say …
Taiwan's benchmark closed lower, sliding 2.45% to a one-month low as declines in plastics and electronic parts/components pressured the market. A handful of smaller industrial and plastics names posted double-digit percentage gains, while materials, PCB and memory-related names recorded steep losses. Crude and Brent oil jumped sharply, while gold f…
AI inference workloads are forcing a rethink of storage architecture: lots of cheap, dense capacity at scale. Western Digital is sitting at the intersection of that shortage and supply-constrained pricing. The trade: buy WDC at $299, protect at $250, target $350 over a 180-trading-day horizon, with partial profit-taking earlier.
Australian equities closed lower Thursday, with the S&P/ASX 200 shedding 1.06% in Sydney. Weakness in IT, gold and metals & mining stocks weighed on the market as the VIX gauge rose and commodity prices diverged, with gold falling and oil rallying. Decliners outnumbered advancers by a wide margin across the exchange.
Microsoft's shares have been punished as investors price in a multi-year AI infrastructure build and near-term margin pressure. At $369.91, the stock trades at a materially lower multiple than its 2025 peak and offers cash-flow durability, a fortress balance sheet and exposure to cloud/AI secular growth. This trade idea lays out a mid-term (45 trad…
Morgan Stanley has singled out five Japanese IT and software companies that it views as well positioned to capture demand tied to corporate digital transformation and enterprise technology spending. The firm assigns Overweight ratings across the group and projects multi-year EBITDA compound annual growth driven by platform services, security offeri…
A New Zealand-based startup that routes people in crisis from AI chatbots to human-run helplines is testing an expanded service aimed at users showing violent extremist tendencies. ThroughLine, already contracted by major AI firms to handle self-harm and other crisis referrals, is developing a hybrid chatbot-and-human intervention in consultation w…
Merck KGaA (MKKGY) combines a high-quality life-science tools franchise, steady pharma royalties and specialty materials. At $25.44 the stock trades at a reasonable P/E of 18.3 and a market cap of roughly $55.3B, offering a compelling risk/reward for a long trade targeting the $31 52-week high. Technicals show constructive momentum (EMA cross, MACD…
Shares of major Chinese pork producers outperformed a wider market selloff after Beijing indicated it will proceed with a second substantial round of frozen pork reserve purchases this year. The policy move is aimed at supporting pork prices and farm margins while providing immediate revenue to producers and processors amid persistent oversupply pr…
Seagate's HAMR rollout has moved beyond proof-of-concept into a multi-year supply story. With hyperscaler bookings, expanding margins, and visible orders into 2027-2028, the setup favors a tactical long. This trade presents a clear entry, stop and target with mid-term horizon (45 trading days) and defined risks tied to demand cycles, competition an…
Singapore prosecutors have charged an additional individual in a fraud case involving false representations to U.S. server supplier Dell Technologies. The charge links the newly accused to two others previously charged in 2024 over claims that servers supplied to Singapore firms would end up with a specified end-user. Authorities have noted that th…
Pharming Group N.V., a global biopharmaceutical company listed on Euronext Amsterdam and Nasdaq, announced the filing of its 2025 Annual Report and Form 20-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The reports are made available on the company's website and SEC portal for investor access.
Symrise has shown clear operational improvement after a difficult cycle for flavors & fragrances, yet the growth runway is not fully visible. For traders, a disciplined buy-on-weakness with a tight stop and a modest target fits the current risk/reward: the company can rerate if revenue momentum re-accelerates, but that outcome is not guaranteed.
Australia announced a package of restrictions on gambling advertising that bans celebrity-fronted promotions, limits online ads to logged-in users over 18, caps ad frequency during daytime hours and bans branding at sports venues. The measures, to take effect in 2027, stop short of the total online-ad ban recommended by an earlier government inquir…
