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Moroccan equities slip as utilities, banks and miners weigh on market

Moroccan equities slip as utilities, banks and miners weigh on market

Morocco's stock market closed lower on Tuesday, with the Moroccan All Shares index down 0.55% in Casablanca. Losses were concentrated in the Utilities, Banking and Mining sectors. Micro Data SA, Jet Contractors and Miniere Touissit were the top gainers, while SMI, CDM and Akdital SA posted the largest declines. Market breadth favored decliners, and…

SoftBank Eliminated Its Nvidia Stake in Q4 2025, SEC Filing Shows

SoftBank Eliminated Its Nvidia Stake in Q4 2025, SEC Filing Shows

SoftBank Group reported that it disposed of its entire holding in Nvidia during the fourth quarter of 2025, according to its Form 13-F submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing, which compares positions as of Dec. 31, 2025 to those on Sept. 30, 2025, corresponds with a modest pullback in Nvidia's share price, which traded…

Blackstone-Backed Liftoff Mobile Pulls IPO Registration

Blackstone-Backed Liftoff Mobile Pulls IPO Registration

Liftoff Mobile Inc., backed by Blackstone Inc., has formally withdrawn its registration for an initial public offering, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. The move follows an earlier postponement of a planned offering that could have raised up to $762 million and occurs amid widespread weakness in software stocks tied in part…

EQT and Vitruvian Weigh Sale or IPO for Cyber Insurer CFC

EQT and Vitruvian Weigh Sale or IPO for Cyber Insurer CFC

EQT AB and Vitruvian Partners have engaged financial advisers to explore strategic options for their investment in cyber insurer CFC, including a potential sale or an initial public offering. Evercore Inc. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. have been retained to prepare CFC for these alternatives. A transaction could value the company at about £5 billion…

SEC Chair Signals Move to Narrow Executive Pay Disclosures

SEC Chair Signals Move to Narrow Executive Pay Disclosures

The chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission indicated regulators are considering limiting which senior executives must be included in detailed investor disclosures about compensation. The proposals, part of a wider agenda to ease compliance burdens on public companies, could also simplify pay-versus-performance metrics and change repor…

Sana Biotechnology Names New CFO as Shares Slip

Sana Biotechnology Names New CFO as Shares Slip

Sana Biotechnology shares declined after the company appointed Brian Piper as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Piper brings more than 25 years of biopharma finance experience and will join as the company progresses toward near-term clinical data for SC451 and SG293, programs management says will create key value inflection poin…

BIST 100 Ends Lower as Basic Metals and Chemical Stocks Weigh on Market

BIST 100 Ends Lower as Basic Metals and Chemical Stocks Weigh on Market

Turkey's main stock index closed lower after trading on Tuesday, with losses concentrated in the Basic Metals, Metal Products & Machinery and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors. The BIST 100 slipped 0.78% as a handful of winners contrasted with larger declines among several heavyweights. Commodities and FX moves accompanied the equity pu…

Canada to Rebalance Defense Spending Toward Domestic Suppliers

Canada to Rebalance Defense Spending Toward Domestic Suppliers

A recently released Canadian defense strategy sets targets to substantially increase weapons purchases from domestic firms, reversing the current reliance on U.S. suppliers. The plan includes ambitious investment and industry growth goals while noting the change follows recent U.S. tariffs and has delayed a review of an F-35 purchase.