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European equity indexes traded with little net movement as markets digested U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement that he was extending a deadline for possible air strikes on Iranian power plants. Oil prices held at elevated levels amid continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz to tanker traffic and renewed regional military exchanges, sustain…
Barclays upgraded Derwent London from Underweight to Equal Weight and lifted its 12-month price target to 1,740p, citing a management pivot toward earnings delivery and capital recycling following FY25 results. The broker forecasts an earnings trough in FY26 followed by recovery, underpinned by disposals, a buyback, development completions and rent…
Christodoulos Patsalides, a member of the European Central Bank's Governing Council, said the ECB should not hurry to raise interest rates in response to recent energy-driven headline inflation. He argued that the bank's baseline projection - with inflation peaking above 3% in the second quarter and returning to target a year later - still holds. P…
JPMorgan is urging investors to consider buying into the recent weakness across European defence equities, saying the selloff presents a favourable buying window. Analyst David Perry points to elevated geopolitical risks, expanding order books and conservative leverage guidance at Czech armoured vehicle maker CSG as reasons the sector - and CSG in …
Energy-related equities led March performance, but gains were concentrated among less-obvious names identified by an AI-driven stock selection framework. Premium subscribers who followed the model captured sizable returns in several oil and oil-infrastructure companies. The AI strategy, which refreshes monthly, will publish its next slate of up to …
Deutsche Bank upgraded Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP) from sell to hold and cut its target price to €65 from €74. The stock was last quoted at €59.94. Since the bank's prior downgrade on 23 February, Pernod Ricard's shares have fallen 24%, trailing European Staples by 24% and the STOXX index by 34%. Brown-Forman has confirmed ongoing discussions with …
Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) remains my preferred way to play energy exposure after the recent rally. The company combines low breakeven production, heavy free cash flow, a history of dividend growth, and a valuation that still feels reasonable versus its cash-generation profile. This trade idea lays out an entry at $48.71, a protective stop at…
Global markets have been swept by a severe selloff since the outbreak of the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, pushing oil above $100 a barrel, driving Treasury yields sharply higher and leaving few traditional safe havens intact. Fund managers, traders and bankers from Shanghai to New York report sleepless nights and frantic portfolio adjustments as t…
On March 27 the Bank of Japan published an updated staff estimate of Japan's natural rate of interest, placing it at roughly -0.9% to +0.5% - a range largely unchanged from the prior -1.0% to +0.5% estimate. The BOJ noted that while the overall range is similar, many individual estimates have in recent months edged higher, reflecting in part a rise…
Morgan Stanley identified its top four picks in Japan's construction sector and kept Overweight ratings on three of the four names as the industry heads into full-year earnings and fiscal 2027 guidance season. The bank described the sector as Attractive on the back of steady demand for factories, data centers and redevelopment work, but expects com…
Jefferies has downgraded Future Plc from buy to hold and reduced its price target to 466p from 1,220p, flagging significant downside risks from the emergence of Agentic AI and a slower-than-expected pivot to New Media formats. The broker cut near- and medium-term revenue and adjusted EBITDA forecasts and highlighted potential margin pressure in aff…
Tokyo's benchmark slipped modestly at Friday's close, with losses concentrated in the Paper & Pulp, Transport and Communication sectors. The Nikkei 225 ended down 0.08%, while volatility measures and select commodity and currency benchmarks moved noticeably during the session. Individual large-cap stocks showed divergent performance, with several n…
Diversified Energy Company announced that its President and CFO, Bradley Gray, has transferred 15,000 shares of the company's common stock to his family members as a gift, reducing his shareholding to approximately 0.30% of the company's issued share capital. The transaction was executed outside a trading venue and involved no consideration. The co…
China's main association for science and technology professionals has announced it will no longer support members to attend the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) after the event's California-based organisers implemented a policy barring submissions from entities under U.S. sanctions. The move removes a key channel for Ch…
Customer tests of Huawei’s 950PR artificial intelligence processor have reportedly gone well, prompting technology giants including ByteDance and Alibaba to plan orders. The 950PR is said to be more compatible with Nvidia’s CUDA software and tuned for inference workloads. Huawei aims to ship roughly 750,000 units this year, with samples already dis…
Jefferies upgraded Mony Group to buy and lifted its price target to 230 pence from 205 pence, citing reduced risk from AI disruption and an attractive dividend yield. The new target implies roughly 51% upside from the stock's last close of 152.40 pence and a 12-month total return of about 61% including dividends. The broker's view rests on the resi…
France's public sector deficit narrowed to 5.1% of GDP in 2025, according to INSEE, an improvement on the previous year and better than the government's latest estimate. The statistics office also reported a rise in the public debt ratio to 115.6% of GDP in 2025. Paris is aiming to reduce the deficit to 5.0% this year and to return to the EU 3% cei…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told France Televisions that the United States is attempting to assume control of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, which were severely damaged by explosions in September 2022. Lavrov linked the claim to broader U.S. efforts to influence global energy markets, but provided no supporting details.…
Public procurement documents indicate that four Chinese universities, including two institutions linked to the People’s Liberation Army, acquired Super Micro Computer systems configured with Nvidia A100 chips during the past year. The purchases come amid longstanding U.S. export restrictions on certain high-performance AI accelerators and an ongoin…
European insurance stocks have shown relative resilience since the Iran War began on Feb. 27, falling 7% versus a 9% drop for the Stoxx Europe 600 and an 11% slide for European banks. Analysts point to the non-discretionary nature of insurance demand, robust opening balance sheets and the industry’s capacity to re-price amid rising inflation as key…
Nvidia's machine-learning dominance is delivering outsized growth and cash generation, with the company trading at roughly $4.21 trillion in market cap and double-digit revenue expansion. That said, stretched multiples, rising competition from custom AI chips and an ambiguous capital-allocation path introduce real dilution and margin risks. This tr…
Taiwan's main market closed higher on Friday, led by advances in Electronic Parts/Components, Glass and Communication and Internet sectors. The Taiwan Weighted index climbed 2.54% as several individual stocks posted double-digit percentage moves, while commodity and currency markets registered modest shifts.
Pharming Group announced that the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has given a positive opinion recommending marketing authorization for Joenja® (leniolisib) to treat activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta syndrome (APDS) in patients 12 years and older. The final European Commission decision is ex…
Equity futures and oil prices showed muted moves after U.S. President delayed planned strikes on Iranian power stations for a further 10 days. Global markets remain on edge as signs of persistent inflation and central-bank pivoting prompt re-priced rate expectations, even as fresh reports of additional U.S. troop deployments to the Middle East incr…
Australian equities closed lower on Friday, with the S&P/ASX 200 finishing down 0.11% in Sydney trading. Gains in several individual stocks were offset by broader losses in the Gold, IT and A-REITs sectors. Market breadth favored decliners, while implied volatility eased and commodity prices presented mixed signals.
