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French equities ended lower on Thursday, with the benchmark CAC 40 down 0.71% and the broader SBF 120 also off 0.71%. Gains in select industrial and consumer-oriented companies were offset by notable declines among financials, basic materials and select consumer names. Market breadth favored decliners and volatility for the index options reached a …
Belgian shares closed lower on Thursday, with the BEL 20 sliding 0.54% to a fresh one-month low. Broad declines in Industrials, Financials and Healthcare drove the move. Market breadth was narrowly positive, while commodity and currency contracts moved unevenly in overseas trading sessions ahead of the close in Brussels.
Morgan Stanley's European strategists and sector analysts have mapped how the Iran conflict could alter the risk profile for sustainability-focused investors. The bank flags implications for energy markets, government policy on power pricing and carbon, and sector-specific vulnerabilities in tech, defence and utilities, while also updating its inte…
Swedish equities closed higher on Thursday with the OMX Stockholm 30 edging up 0.14%, supported by advances in Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Industrials. Leading individual movers included Evolution AB, SAAB AB ser. B and Alfa Laval, while several large banks posted notable declines. Oil prices climbed sharply and currency pairs involving the krona moved…
Finland's OMX Helsinki 25 closed higher, up 1.44%, with oil, telecommunications and utilities stocks among the top performers. Neste, Nokia and Fortum recorded substantial gains while several industrial and metal names declined. Commodity markets showed large moves, with Brent and U.S. crude jumping and gold falling; currency and dollar-index moves…
Jefferies has downgraded SoftBank Group to Underperform, pointing to mounting risks tied to the company’s concentrated capital commitments to OpenAI and an expanding leverage profile. The broker set a new price target of ¥3,140, down from ¥5,118 adjusted for a stock split, which it says implies roughly 19% downside from current share levels. Jeffer…
TMX Group, operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange, is engaging Canadian regulators to advance a rule change that would allow all publicly listed companies to file earnings every six months rather than quarterly. The proposal mirrors similar U.S. discussions and follows a CSA plan to permit smaller companies with under $10 million in revenue to move…
GeneDx Holdings Corp saw its shares fall 7.8% Thursday after Natera announced the commercial launch of Zenith genomics, a whole genome sequencing assay intended to enhance detection of rare genetic conditions. The assay, developed by MyOme in an exclusive partnership with Natera, incorporates whole genome sequencing with long-read sequencing confir…
KB Securities analyst Jeff Kim says Samsung Electronics is entering a sustained earnings expansion phase, with the firm projecting that Samsung’s entire memory-chip output through 2027 will be absorbed by the market. The broker raised its price target to KRW320,000 and materially boosted operating profit forecasts for 2026 and 2027 amid expectation…
CME Group CEO Terry Duffy called for clearer regulation of prediction markets, saying the distinction between swaps used for hedging and products that resemble bets has become blurred. His remarks come as platforms including Polymarket and Kalshi face legal and regulatory scrutiny in several U.S. states, and as lawmakers consider federal action fol…
Poland's WIG30 closed lower, falling 0.77% as losses in the Construction, Media and Basic Materials sectors pushed equities down. Pepco Group, Dino Polska and Allegro were among the session's top performers, while Rainbow Tours, Kruk and PZU posted the largest declines. Commodity markets saw significant moves, with crude and Brent rising sharply an…
Denmark's benchmark OMX Copenhagen 20 closed lower on Thursday, finishing the session down 0.99% as losses in Personal & Household Goods, Financials and Chemicals weighed on the market. Pandora tumbled to a three-year low, while crude and Brent oil jumped sharply and key FX pairs moved modestly against the Danish krone.
Goldman Sachs trimmed its 2026 Q4/Q4 U.S. GDP growth projection by 0.3 percentage points to 2.2%, driven by a forecasted spike in Brent crude tied to the war with Iran. The bank's commodity team now expects Brent to average $98 per barrel in March and April before easing to $71 by late 2026, and it has raised its December 2026 PCE inflation project…
Housing starts in January increased 7.2% month-over-month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 1.487 million units, according to Barclays. The January reading exceeded Barclays' own projection of 1.395 million units and consensus estimates of 1.341 million units. Despite the jump in starts, building permits dropped 5.4% month-over-month, …
Macquarie says Honda has initiated a broad strategic reset of its electric-vehicle ambitions, cutting guidance and signalling a large earnings deterioration driven by program cancellations and write-downs. The firm points to slowing U.S. EV demand, policy shifts and stronger competition in China as core reasons, and says Honda’s near-term recovery …
Stryker Corporation's stock dropped 4% Thursday as shipping of orders remained disrupted following a cyber attack the company says targeted its Microsoft environment. The company reported no signs of ransomware or malware, affirmed the safety of key devices including its Mako System, and said it is working to restore electronic ordering while using…
RBC moved Vale S.A. from Outperform to Sector Perform, saying the stock's rapid re-rating versus major diversified miners leaves little upside. The firm raised its ADR price target to $15.50 from $14.50 based on higher copper and nickel price assumptions, and modestly increased its adjusted EBITDA forecasts for 2026-2028.
Morocco's stock market closed with marginal net change on Thursday as gains in banking, beverage and transport stocks balanced declines elsewhere. The Moroccan All Shares index finished effectively flat, with a near-even split between advancing and falling issues on the Casablanca Stock Exchange. Crude and Brent oil posted significant gains while g…
Norway's benchmark Oslo OBX rose 1.68% to a record close, paced by gains in Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities. Yara, Kongsberg and Norsk Hydro reached new all-time highs, while several shipping and commodity-linked names posted notable declines. Oil prices strengthened sharply and currency pairs moved mod…
Israel's main equity gauge, the TA 35, ended the trading day lower as losses concentrated in the Banking, Real Estate and Financials sectors pushed the market down 1.56%. A small group of stocks posted strong gains, but the breadth of decliners outweighed advancers by more than three to one. Commodity and currency moves accompanied the equity decli…
Greek equities closed lower on Thursday, with the Athens General Composite ending the session down 2.43%. Declines were concentrated in the Banking, Telecoms and Household sectors. Market breadth favored decliners, while commodities and currency instruments moved notably in global trading sessions that accompanied the local close.
Salesforce announced a $25 billion senior notes offering whose entire net proceeds will be used to fund accelerated share repurchase (ASR) agreements. The move lifted the stock about 3% to $200, and represents the largest debt issuance in the company's history and one of the biggest corporate borrowings in the tech sector for 2026. Initial share de…
Citi upgraded Dow Inc. and LyondellBasell Industries to Buy from Neutral, arguing that supply disruptions tied to the conflict involving Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz are elevating energy and feedstock costs and could sustain higher chemical prices. The bank expects North American producers that use natural gas feedstocks to benefit …
S&P Global said it will not enact automatic sovereign rating cuts after the escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, but warned that surging oil and gas prices are elevating risk for several fiscally stretched nations. Analysts described the situation as moving from a low- to moderate-risk scenario and flagged specific exposures in the Gulf an…
Turkey's equity benchmark finished higher after the close on Thursday, supported by gains in the Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic, Insurance and Electricity sectors. The BIST 100 added 0.65% at the close in Istanbul. Small- and mid-cap movers led the session's notable winners while several large banking names posted the largest losses. Commodity marke…
