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U.S. software firms have accelerated share repurchase programs during a prolonged market selloff, but investors and portfolio managers remain unconvinced that buybacks alone will reverse the sector’s slide. Concerns about rapid changes in artificial intelligence, which have complicated near- and medium-term outlooks for many software businesses, ar…
UBS upgraded Avanza Bank Holding AB from Sell to Neutral while keeping its SEK 320 price target. The bank raised its 2026 earnings-per-share forecast by 6% and set multi-year EPS growth estimates, even as it expects only modest increases in net brokerage and net interest income during 2026. Avanza's planned launch of fully digital discretionary man…
Barclays has reduced its rating and price objective for St. James’s Place while raising Quilter's target but retaining an underweight view, citing artificial intelligence as a material near-term threat to margins across UK wealth managers. The bank adjusted valuation parameters and model assumptions to reflect potential margin compression, incorpor…
Escalating conflict in the Middle East pushed energy prices higher and prompted broad equity declines across Europe, Asia and the U.S. JPMorgan's trading desk identified sectors it expects to benefit - including defense primes, North American energy segments and cybersecurity - and those likely to suffer, such as consumer discretionary, travel-rela…
Fighting widened Tuesday as Israeli forces said they struck targets in Tehran and Lebanese Hezbollah positions in Beirut while Iran carried out counterstrikes across the Middle East. U.S. and Israeli officials signaled the campaign could continue for weeks, while attacks on regional infrastructure and threats to shipping through the Strait of Hormu…
Morgan Stanley warns that elevated geopolitical risk is producing tactical headwinds for European equities, prompting a renewed preference for defensive sectors over cyclicals. The bank’s analysis, anchored to the Geopolitical Risk index, identifies five episodes since 1990 that illustrate how prolonged uncertainty correlates with larger market dra…
On Holding reported strong fourth-quarter sales and rising adjusted EBITDA, and executives say a reduced U.S. tariff could improve guidance. The company is projecting continued high sales growth in 2026, maintaining a premium price strategy and planning new store openings, even as its shares fell sharply in premarket trading.
UBS moved Melia Hotels (BME:MEL) from Sell to Neutral and increased its price target to €8.60 from €6.70 after better-than-expected fourth-quarter 2025 revenue and an upward revision to RevPAR and earnings forecasts. The bank raised RevPAR growth to 3.4% and boosted revenue and EBITDA margin estimates for 2026 and 2027, while noting that clearer ev…
Global aviation has been heavily affected after strikes in Iran prompted the closure of several major Middle Eastern air hubs, including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi. Tens of thousands of travelers have been stranded and numerous carriers have announced route suspensions and cancellations through early- to mid-March. Below is a detailed, airline-by-ai…
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Ankara and Washington are working to reverse CAATSA sanctions imposed in 2020 over Turkey's acquisition of Russian S-400 systems, with the aim of resolving the issue before the U.S. midterm elections. Fidan noted Israeli resistance to lifting the measures and reaffirmed Turkey's desire to regain access to t…
UBS has upgraded Emmi AG (SIX:EMMN) from Sell to Neutral and raised its price target to CHF830 from CHF700 following a pronounced valuation de-rating and clearer capital allocation priorities. The bank adjusted 2026-2028 EPS, sales growth and margin forecasts modestly higher and said company guidance for 2026 appears achievable, supported by procur…
Stellantis will continue filing patents at a high rate even after cancelling numerous electric vehicle projects as part of a strategic reset, the automaker's head of innovation said. The company filed 1,294 patents in France last year, roughly half of its global filings, and recently booked a 22.2 billion euro writedown tied to its reduced EV ambit…
Vietnam recorded one of its strongest market rallies in years in 2025, driven by 8% GDP growth and a 41% rise in the benchmark index. Yet foreign investors have been net sellers, withdrawing a record $5.1 billion from equities last year and leaving overseas holders with roughly 14.5% of listed shares. Concerns cited by foreign allocators include po…
Naturgy Energy Group's shares tumbled after BlackRock fully divested an 11.4% stake in an accelerated bookbuild, pricing 110.8 million shares at €25.20 each. The placement, executed at a 5.6% discount to the prior close, raised about €2.79 billion and prompted a single-session slide of around 6-7%, marking one of the sharpest moves among European u…
Summary: Morgan Stanley has moved Novo Nordisk to an Equal-weight rating from Underweight, concluding that the roughly 40% share price decline since late January has brought valuation closer to the mid-term risks facing the company. Analyst Thibault Boutherin lowered his price target to 250 Danish crowns from 270 and flagged uncertainty stemming fr…
Toyota raised its takeover offer for Toyota Industries to 20,600 yen a share, a move that prompted Elliott Investment Management to agree to tender its stake. While the higher price improves outcomes for minority holders compared with the initial offer, governance critics say core concerns remain — notably the treatment of related group companies a…
London’s blue-chip FTSE 100 extended losses as renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East pressured risk assets and the pound weakened against the dollar. Investors digested a range of full-year corporate results from major U.K. and international-listed companies, with several firms announcing buybacks or raising dividends even as some report…
Indonesia's benchmark IDX Composite fell 0.53% at Tuesday's close in Jakarta as losses in the Infrastructure, Financials and Agriculture sectors pulled the index lower. Market breadth was negative, with more decliners than advancers. Several small-cap names posted outsized gains while a handful of stocks recorded double-digit declines. Commodity an…
European stocks extended losses as investors absorbed rising oil prices and geopolitical threats tied to an escalated Middle East conflict. The STOXX 600 fell 1.3% to 615.72 by 0804 GMT, with utilities and banks among the weakest sectors while energy posted a small gain. Comments from U.S. and Iranian officials, and warnings from a key European cen…
Grocery inflation in the United Kingdom ticked up to 4.3% in the four weeks to February 22, according to market researcher Worldpanel by Numerator. The reading follows a brief dip to 4.0% in the prior report and gives an early indicator ahead of the official UK inflation release on March 25. Retailers recorded mixed sales results over the most rece…
Johnson Service Group reported full-year 2025 results that broadly matched analyst expectations. Adjusted EBITA came in at £72.5m against a forecast of £72.1m while revenue was £535.4m, marginally below the previously disclosed forecast of £535.6m. The group achieved 1.4% organic growth, improved adjusted EBITA margin to 13.5%, and signalled it rem…
Morgan Advanced Materials reported 2025 results that missed analyst expectations on profitability, driven by weakness in its Thermal Products division and elevated central costs. The company posted modestly higher revenues versus consensus but saw organic revenue decline and margins compress. Management has placed the Thermal Products business unde…
European equity benchmarks fell sharply early Tuesday as a widening conflict in the Middle East rattled investor sentiment. Major indices in Germany, France and the U.K. opened lower, oil prices jumped following threats to flows through the Strait of Hormuz, and a string of corporate earnings produced mixed results for regional stocks. Market atten…
Japan's Nikkei 225 finished sharply lower, sliding 3.08% as losses in Paper & Pulp, Transport and Communication stocks weighed on the market. A handful of utilities and services names posted gains, but the session was dominated by heavy declines in several large-cap names. Volatility along the Nikkei options curve jumped and commodity and currency …
Macquarie has mapped the potential vulnerability of select Indian lodging and hotel companies to fallout from the Iran conflict, assessing each firm's presence in affected regions, the share of revenue sourced from key urban centres, and their dependence on international visitors. The broker ranks Lemon Tree Hotels as the most insulated, while Chal…
