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European equity indices were broadly unchanged as a stream of solid corporate earnings from banks, luxury goods and miners offset widening geopolitical tensions that pushed oil prices higher and a rout in semiconductors that hit tech stocks. Investors remained cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy announcement, with fixed-income markets re…
Shaftesbury Capital increased its interim dividend by 16% after completing 226 leasing transactions in H1 2026 that secured £23.2m of rent. The letting performance outpaced December 2025 estimated rental value and previous passing rents, while EPRA net tangible assets and underlying earnings per share also rose. The group entered a new £300m unsecu…
Kerry reported second-quarter volume growth above analyst expectations and delivered first-half EBITDA that matched consensus, while margins expanded. The company kept its full-year EPS growth guidance in constant currency despite a noted foreign exchange headwind. Free cash flow for the first half came in materially below consensus, driven by work…
Tokyo's stock market closed lower on Wednesday, with the Nikkei 225 falling 1.03% to a one-month low. Losses in Paper & Pulp, Transport and Communication sectors weighed on the market. Several large-cap names produced wide moves in both directions, while volatility measures and commodity prices climbed.
Kering's flagship brand Gucci reported quarterly sales that surpassed analysts' forecasts driven by robust U.S. demand for new handbags, prompting a sharp jump in the group's shares. The results, released alongside Kering's broader earnings, reinforced investor hopes that CEO Luca de Meo's turnaround strategy - which has included debt reduction and…
Porsche reported a stronger first half driven by cost control and a strategic shift toward higher-margin vehicles, enabling it to reaffirm its 2026 guidance. Management said recent restructuring — including a further round of job cuts that brings the total to about 9,000 roles or roughly 20% of the workforce — will weigh on second-half and next-yea…
Goldman Sachs reaffirmed a constructive stance on select Chinese data center operators while revising some near-term estimates. The bank retained Buy ratings on GDS Holdings and VNET Group and reiterated a preference for Range Intelligent among A-share peers, while lowering price targets and adjusting revenue and adjusted EBITDA forecasts to reflec…
Australian equities closed higher, with the S&P/ASX 200 gaining 1.01% to reach a three-month high. Strength in Healthcare, Consumer Discretionary and Consumer Staples lifted the market, while individual stocks showed wide divergence. Commodity prices and currency pairs moved modestly alongside equity gains.
Solvay reported adjusted EBITDA of €187 million for the second quarter, slightly under Jefferies' estimate but modestly ahead of consensus. Group sales declined to €1,031 million with organic sales down 7.4% driven by lower volumes and reduced pricing. The company reiterated its full-year 2026 guidance for EBITDA, free cash flow, and capital expend…
South Korea’s benchmark KOSPI tumbled for a second consecutive session, sliding about 7% to its weakest level since early April after memory chipmaker SK Hynix reported robust results that nevertheless failed to satisfy elevated market expectations around AI-driven demand. Market participants and strategists cited concentrated exposure to AI-linked…
Taiwan's main index fell sharply, sliding 4.65% to a new one-month low as losses in the Electronic Parts/Components and Plastic sectors weighed on the market. Several mid-cap and specialty names recorded strong gains, while multiple semiconductor and electronics suppliers posted double-digit drops. Oil prices moved higher and gold slipped, while cu…
Bank of Singapore, the private banking arm of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC), has started deploying an agentic AI platform called HELIOS to reduce new wealth account opening times from over 30 business days to 15. The platform has been used by more than 100 relationship managers across Singapore, Hong Kong and Dubai in the past five months, an…
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck southern Japan, killing at least 13 people and causing extensive damage across Kumamoto prefecture. Rescue teams pulled survivors from a partially collapsed Aeon shopping mall and responded to reports of a possible gas explosion. Factories and major manufacturers in the region have suspended operations while tens o…
UBS reported a 17% increase in second-quarter net profit and unveiled plans to repurchase $3 billion of its own shares by the middle of next year at the latest, including at least $1 billion in the coming three months. The bank said performance was driven by wealth management and a record quarter in trading, and highlighted continued progress on Cr…
The global push to build artificial intelligence infrastructure is reshaping air cargo patterns across Asia. Airlines and logistics firms report rising, multi-year demand for semiconductors, processors and data centre equipment, prompting route and capacity changes around semiconductor manufacturing hubs. At the same time, cross-border e-commerce v…
Electrolux reported a higher-than-expected operating profit for the second quarter, with operating profit excluding non-recurring items rising to 1.2 billion Swedish crowns on 2% organic sales growth. The group said conditions deteriorated in North America, a market representing about one-third of sales. In June it completed a 9 billion crown right…
Standard Chartered reported a 9% increase in first-half pretax profit to $4.78 billion, driven by higher wealth and global banking revenue. The bank booked a $446 million impairment linked to geopolitical uncertainty tied to the Middle East conflict, had earlier set aside $190 million in management overlays, and announced a $1 billion share buyback…
Asian equity markets dropped broadly on Wednesday, with South Korea’s KOSPI enduring heavy losses as technology stocks extended a deep selloff ahead of major U.S. corporate results and the Federal Reserve policy announcement. The risk-off tone intensified after Iran launched ballistic missiles at U.S. forces, driving oil prices higher and refocusin…
Elon Musk's social media platform X has told an Australian senate committee that proposed changes to enforcement of the country's under-16 social media ban would grant excessive information-gathering powers to the eSafety Commissioner and could conflict with international legal norms. X criticized plans to broaden document-discovery rights, allow c…
U.S. futures moved lower on Tuesday evening as market participants digested renewed tensions in the Middle East and awaited the conclusion of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting, along with quarterly reports from several major technology companies. Index futures erased some earlier gains while traders monitored Fed rate probabilities and prepared …
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has begun a phased restart of its Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (JASM) plant in Kumamoto Prefecture following a powerful earthquake that forced employee evacuation. Post-quake inspections found the facility's structures intact, and engineers are conducting detailed equipment and operations assessments…
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is reportedly set to pursue a temporary reduction of the reduced consumption tax on food from 8% to 1% for a two-year period beginning April 2027. The proposal, discussed with senior LDP figures, is intended to provide relief from rising living costs but has drawn questions over how lost revenue would be offse…
On July 28 the U.N. Security Council will stage an initial round of informal, closed-door 'straw poll' ballots to measure backing for the seven declared candidates vying to become the next U.N. secretary-general. The shortlisted contenders hail from Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Senegal and Uganda. The successor to Antonio Guterres…
The U.S. Senate voted 51-47 to confirm Jay Clayton as Director of National Intelligence, installing the former Manhattan U.S. attorney in charge of the country’s intelligence community after a heated confirmation process that exposed divisions over election claims, subpoenas of journalists, and the interim leadership that followed Tulsi Gabbard’s J…
A U.S. district judge has enjoined the city of Houston from carrying out race-conscious elements of its Minority, Women, and Small Business Enterprise Program, concluding the city failed to show the necessary evidence to justify race-based contracting preferences under recent Supreme Court rulings. The decision follows a challenge by two white-owne…
