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Goldman Sachs reduced its 3-, 6- and 12-month targets for Japan's TOPIX index and trimmed its fiscal 2026 EPS growth projection for the index, attributing the revisions to expected higher oil and gas prices and supply disruptions tied to sustained Middle East conflict and disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz. The TOPIX suffered a steep March de…
Asian equities opened sharply lower on Monday with Japanese benchmarks at the forefront of losses after remarks from the Bank of Japan drew attention to the potential for higher interest rates. Investor risk appetite was further dented by renewed worries over a possible wider U.S.-Israel–Iran conflict and profit-taking in technology names, while oi…
U.S. stock index futures moved lower on Sunday evening as the Iran war showed signs of broadening after Yemen’s Houthi forces entered the fight, pushing oil prices higher and unsettling risk assets. Futures pared some declines after President Donald Trump said talks with Iran were ongoing and a deal "could be close." Technology shares, already unde…
The U.S. Treasury plans to convene soon the first in a series of meetings with domestic and international insurance regulators to review recent stresses in private credit markets. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent intends to establish regular consultations to gather regulator feedback on fund-level leverage, ratings consistency, offshore reinsurance…
Asian stock futures fell on Monday as a widening Middle East conflict pushed oil to its biggest monthly jump since the early 1990s, raising the prospect of higher inflation and recession risk. Fresh diplomatic activity around Iran, expanding regional hostilities and disruptions to the Strait of Hormuz have lifted prices across energy and commodity …
Star Entertainment has obtained a binding commitment for a $390 million refinancing facility from funds associated with WhiteHawk Capital Partners. The three-year line is intended to fully refinance the company’s current group debt and supply incremental liquidity for day-to-day operations. The transaction requires customary closing conditions and …
Russia's main benchmark closed the session unchanged, with a handful of resource and transport names among the strongest performers and several consumer and fertilizer stocks slipping. Market breadth favored advancers, while volatility measures held steady and major commodity prices moved higher.
The four-member crew selected for NASA's Artemis II mission arrived at Kennedy Space Center and entered the final stretch of prelaunch activities for the first crewed trip toward the Moon in more than 50 years. Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen flew T-38 jets from Houston and will board an Orion capsule atop t…
French anti-terrorism investigators said two more people were taken into custody in connection with an attempted attack on Bank of America’s Paris offices. The arrests follow an initial detention of a minor and an early-morning intervention by police who say they prevented a rudimentary incendiary device from being ignited outside the bank in Paris…
Several energy companies have posted strong gains in recent months, with Occidental Petroleum leading the group after an AI-driven selection earlier this year. A set of mid-cap and downstream energy names has also recorded sharp month-to-date and March moves. The investment model that identified these names refreshes its picks monthly, uses a broad…
Saudi Arabia's stock market finished lower on Sunday, with the Tadawul All Share ending the session down 0.13% as Financial Services, Real Estate Development and Retail sectors weighed on the index. While several individual names posted strong gains, including an all-time high for Saleh Abdulaziz Al Rashed And Sons, other notable stocks fell. Commo…
Several high-profile policy announcements by U.S. President Donald Trump were preceded by concentrated trading activity that generated outsized profits for some market participants. Exchange records, trading-platform data and third-party analysis show large bets on oil futures, prediction-market contracts and equity options in tight time windows be…
Anonymous market wagers that paid off shortly before several high-impact policy announcements during the second Trump term have prompted calls from legal experts and former regulators for closer review. A detailed examination of trading around decisions on tariffs, Venezuela and Iran identified at least four episodes in which unknown traders placed…
This week brought a batch of influential analyst updates focused on companies positioned around the artificial intelligence opportunity. Bank of America returned Microsoft to a Buy rating and set an elevated $500 target, calling the company a "primary beneficiary of AI monetization". JPMorgan trimmed SAP to Neutral amid slowing cloud backlog growth…
This weekly roundup distills the key analyst moves across five companies. Northland downgraded Super Micro Computer to Market Perform amid governance concerns and executive reshuffling. BofA launched coverage of Nebius Group with a Buy rating, highlighting its positioning in AI Infrastructure-as-a-Service and an addressable market projection. Wolfe…
A Morgan Stanley benchmark using fourth-quarter 2025 figures finds Russell 1000 companies holding $2.2 trillion in cash, yet the cash-to-enterprise-value ratio sits near a two-decade low. Firms are directing substantial operating cash into capital expenditures, with capex rising sharply while free cash flow remains robust. Select large-cap technolo…
Moscow's main stock gauge closed the session unchanged as a handful of gains in transport and telecom names were balanced by declines elsewhere, notably in fertilizer shares. Commodities firmed and the ruble showed modest movement versus major currencies, while implied volatility held steady.
Nestle confirmed that a truck carrying 12 tons of KitKat chocolate bars - 413,793 individual bars from a new product range - disappeared last week while traveling from central Italy to Poland. The vehicle and its load remain missing. KitKat says the stolen bars can be traced by unique batch codes and is asking anyone who scans those codes to follow…
The World Trade Organization e-commerce moratorium prohibits customs duties on electronic transmissions such as software downloads, streaming media and e-books. First adopted in 1998 as a temporary measure, it has been renewed repeatedly and was extended for two years at the 13th WTO ministerial in 2024. With its scheduled expiration at the 14th WT…
Businesses in Windsor, Ontario - a manufacturing hub tightly linked to Detroit - are experiencing a slowdown as uncertainty around the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA or CUSMA in Canada) affects customer behaviour, investment decisions and labour markets. A local signage firm that serves automotive clients saw a severe drop in orders l…
Guy Spier is returning capital to investors in his $470 million Aquamarine Fund, pointing to personal health concerns and a shifting landscape for active management driven by passive flows and artificial intelligence. Despite a lifetime gain of 1,186% since 1997, the fund has lagged the S&P 500 for eight straight years as information advantages nar…
Schindler has declared it will actively oppose any merger between Kone and TK Elevator before competition authorities, warning that combining the two rivals would create the world's largest lift company and upend the industry. CEO Paolo Compagna said the deal would be a "bloodbath," likely require extensive divestitures and take years to resolve, a…
Italy's markets regulator Consob has determined that none of the three candidate slates submitted for the board of Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) are illegitimate. The decision, taken in close consultation with the European Central Bank, follows a complaint from MPS's incumbent board about a slate put forward by PLT Holding. Consob's final positio…
Goldman Sachs says the S&P 500 has pulled back about 9% from January highs as rising oil prices, higher interest rates and the Iran war weigh on markets. The index's P/E multiple has fallen from 21x to 19x even as analysts have nudged 2026 EPS estimates up by 3%. With the U.S. Equity Sentiment Indicator at -0.9, the coming first-quarter 2026 earnin…
Since U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28, a cascade of Iranian attacks on Israel, U.S. bases and Gulf states - and a new front in Lebanon - has produced thousands of deaths across the region. Reported totals vary by source and Reuters has not independently verified the figures. The counts include civilians, combatants, and military per…
