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Portugal's main equity gauge rose at Thursday's close, led by gains in Financials, Industrials and Consumer Services. The PSI advanced 1.07% with Banco Comercial Portugues, Mota Engil and Teixeira Duarte among the session's top performers. Energy names posted the largest declines. Commodity and currency moves included lower Brent and U.S. crude, hi…
British equities slipped modestly after the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee voted 6-3 to hold the policy rate at 3.75%. Markets digested the BOE's view that inflation has eased faster than expected but could rise again because of volatile energy prices tied to Middle East tensions. Corporate updates from major UK companies provided mixe…
The AEX index finished higher, up 1.06% to a new all-time high as Technology, Financials and Basic Materials sectors outperformed. DSM Firmenich AG, ASM International NV and ASML Holding NV were the session's strongest performers, while Wolters Kluwer, Relx PLC and Unilever PLC posted the largest declines. Market breadth favored advancers over decl…
The Investing.com United Kingdom 100 ended Thursday modestly lower, dragged by declines in Software & Computer Services, Support Services and Tobacco names even as several large-cap stocks posted notable gains. Market breadth was positive overall, while commodities and currency markets showed divergent moves.
Spanish equities closed higher on Thursday, led by advances in Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Services. The IBEX 35 finished up 1.78% as a larger number of stocks rose than fell. Notable individual movers included Sacyr, BBVA and Solaria on the upside, while Amadeus, Telefonica and Enagas were among the decli…
Italian equities closed higher on Thursday in Milan, with the Investing.com Italy 40 up 1.27%. Technology, industrials and financial names were among the strongest performers. Market breadth was narrowly positive, while oil and Brent futures slipped and gold futures advanced. Currency moves included a stronger euro against the dollar.
Germany's equity market closed mixed on Thursday. The DAX rose 0.45% as strength in Technology, Industrials and Food & Beverages outweighed losses in Consumer & Cyclical, Software and Construction. Market breadth was narrow but tilted toward advancers, while volatility and commodity moves added texture to the session.
Paris markets ended the session higher, with the CAC 40 up 0.92% and the SBF 120 rising 0.85%. Schneider Electric and other industrials powered the advance, while several large-cap names including Sanofi and Capgemini fell. Commodity contracts and currency futures recorded mixed changes as market breadth favored advancers.
Hut 8 Corp shares climbed more than 20% intraday following a Financial Times report identifying Nvidia as the undisclosed anchor tenant for the company’s 1-gigawatt Beacon Point data center campus in Texas. The lease carries a base-term contract value of $19.6 billion over 15 years and could reach $50.2 billion if all renewal options are exercised.…
Options pricing indicates Unity Software Inc. (NYSE: U) could experience an 11% intraday move when it reports quarterly results on August 6 before the market opens. Bloomberg-derived options data underpins the implied move, and a review of the company’s last eight earnings announcements shows varied actual share-price reactions relative to implied …
SanDisk Corporation shares jumped sharply in morning trade, recovering a large portion of earlier losses after a combination of supportive industry commentary, an optimistic analyst read on pricing, and encouraging peer results. The move came as markets rallied broadly and with SanDisk set to report fiscal fourth-quarter results on August 5.
Ferrari's CEO Benedetto Vigna said orders for the automaker's first full-electric model, the Luce, are proceeding in line with expectations, two months after the car received negative reviews at launch. Introduced in May at a price of €550,000, the five-seat, four-door saloon is drawing interest from both existing and new clients across regions. Fe…
Jana Partners has escalated its campaign at payments firm Fiserv, sending a formal demand that management undertake a comprehensive review of the company’s entire portfolio and appoint new directors to address governance concerns. The move follows private talks, recent asset sale activity at Fiserv and a sharp decline in the company’s market value …
Oppenheimer downgraded Fiverr International to Perform from Outperform after the company reduced full-year revenue and EBITDA guidance, citing accelerated pressure from large language model adoption. Goldman Sachs also moved its rating to Neutral and halved its price target. Both firms pointed to a decline in active buyers even as spend per buyer r…
Belden Inc. jumped in pre-market trading after reporting adjusted EPS of $2.34 for its fiscal second quarter and revenue of $750 million, both above analyst forecasts. Management issued third-quarter revenue guidance that exceeded consensus and cited the recently closed $1.85 billion acquisition of RUCKUS Networks as a meaningful contributor to the…
Travis Kalanick’s Atoms raised $1.7 billion in equity and debt financing in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with Uber among the equity backers. While Atoms is not a consumer-facing delivery app, its combination of ghost kitchen infrastructure and an autonomous transport arm creates a potential vertically integrated competitor to DoorDash in the…
Intel’s shares climbed despite a report that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is working on an advanced packaging solution similar to Intel’s EMIB. While such a move could erode a key differentiator for Intel’s foundry business over time, fresh earnings from major cloud players have reinforced investor confidence that robust AI infrast…
XPO Logistics shares rose in pre-market trade after the company reported a second-quarter performance that exceeded analyst expectations. Adjusted diluted earnings per share reached $1.70, beating the consensus by $0.23 and improving 65 cents year-over-year. Strong LTL mix and efficiency initiatives drove record operating results, while consolidate…
PBF Energy shares rose in pre-market trading after the company posted second-quarter results that well exceeded analyst estimates, driven by elevated refining margins and the restart of its Martinez refinery. The company topped EPS and revenue forecasts, announced a quarterly dividend, and scheduled a conference call to discuss results, while broad…
An internal BP email indicates the company plans to eliminate about 700 positions worldwide, targeted at non-frontline roles within production and operations. The moves form part of a broader program to simplify the business, reduce debt and concentrate capital on oil and gas investments after scaling back renewable spending. A company spokesperson…
HSBC downgraded Procter & Gamble to Hold from Buy and reduced its price target to $149 from $182, pointing to persistent reinvestment in marketing and innovation that has not produced stronger sales volumes or a rebound in margins. The bank flagged flat organic sales in P&G's fiscal fourth quarter, a miss on adjusted operating income, and an extend…
Haleon reported a first-half adjusted operating profit above expectations but modest organic revenue growth, driven by tepid European demand and a sharp decline in respiratory sales, prompted investor concern. Management expects a stronger second half supported by emerging markets and a recovery in cough-and-cold demand, and says margin improvement…
Mizuho upgraded Bloom Energy from Neutral to Outperform and assigned a $242 price target, pointing to better-than-expected operational execution, accelerating margin expansion and improving operating leverage. The firm said revenue and product shipments beat its forecasts, that operating leverage has shown up sooner than projected, and highlighted …
Stocks tied to the artificial intelligence buildout weakened as investors weighed whether the enormous capital outlays for data centers, power, and GPUs are producing the transformative AI agents promised. Meta showed steep premarket losses, NVIDIA and Oracle saw credit-market stress, and chip-linked markets in South Korea plunged, all as market pa…
Rio Tinto shares rallied after the group reported a material beat in first-half 2026 results, including a 28% rise in underlying EBITDA to $14.8 billion, a 75% increase in free cash flow to $3.8 billion, and an interim dividend of $3.4 billion. Analyst upgrades from major banks and positive sector momentum on London markets further supported the st…
