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U.S. stock futures ticked higher in premarket trading after earlier losses this week amid reports that Iran may be seeking an end to the conflict in the Middle East. Individual equities moved on company forecasts, quarterly results, regulatory actions, and a legal settlement. Notable premarket movers included gains in technology and biotech names s…
Saudi Arabia's equity market ended the session higher, led by gains in Media & Publishing, Hotels & Tourism and Real Estate Development sectors. The Tadawul All Share climbed 1.20% at the close. Market breadth favored advancers by a wide margin, while energy and industrial heavyweights showed mixed moves. Oil, gold and currency indicators posted mo…
Morgan Stanley has named National Grid plc, ENGIE and RWE AG as its preferred European utility stocks to outperform through 2026, citing a policy focus on energy security and investor demand for defensive exposures amid market volatility. The broker points to a mix of regulated earnings, visible capital expenditure growth and structural exposure to…
Bernstein upgraded Target's rating to market-perform from underperform, arguing that expected U.S. tax refunds and prospective Federal Reserve rate reductions, together with management actions to update merchandising and stores, make the company's near-term recovery prospects more balanced despite ongoing execution risk. Target also issued optimist…
Mazda, which withdrew from the Russian market in 2022, has climbed to sixth place in Russian car sales for January-February as recent changes to Russia's scrappage fees favor smaller, lower-output imported vehicles. Autostat data show a dramatic rise in Mazda imports, led by the CX-5, amid broader shifts in import routes through third countries, pr…
Abercrombie & Fitch projected annual net income per share above analyst consensus and predicted muted top-line growth for fiscal 2026, while incorporating the expected effects of U.S. tariffs on apparel imports. The company also reported a fourth-quarter adjusted EPS that exceeded estimates and said its full-year outlook assumes a 70 basis-point ta…
Piper Sandler downgraded GitLab from Overweight to Neutral and reduced its price target from $55 to $28 following the company's cautious fiscal 2027 guidance. The brokerage flagged that management’s emphasis on stabilizing results while expanding sales spending and investing in AI could keep near-term fundamentals under pressure. GitLab shares fell…
Jefferies upgraded Kion Group AG from "underperform" to "hold" and lifted its price target to €56 from €51 after the stock fell about 24% year-to-date. The broker said the recent selloff, together with cautious 2026 guidance that already factors in a weak operating backdrop, trims near-term downside risk. Jefferies applied a 12x multiple to 2027 ea…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that a 15% tariff rate is likely to come into force this week, rising from the current 10% level. Speaking on CNBC, Bessent discussed energy supplies, U.S. control of Iranian airspace, plans to insure ships operating in the Gulf, and trade vulnerabilities involving China and Spain. Separately, Pres…
UK equities steadied on Wednesday following a two-day slide linked to an intensifying Middle East conflict. Major banks helped drive a bounce in the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250, while homebuilder names fell after management changes and profit margin warnings weighed on the sector. Economic data and central bank expectations continue to shape investor vie…
Futures tied to Canada’s principal stock index rose on Wednesday as gains in crude oil and gold helped underpin the commodities-heavy TSX. Markets remained sensitive to the fifth day of fighting involving Iran and U.S. and Israeli forces, while investors awaited a series of U.S. economic releases that could influence the Federal Reserve’s rate outl…
Indie Semiconductor shares plunged in premarket trading after the company priced a private offering of $150 million in 4% convertible bonds due 2031. The deal, which sets an initial conversion price above the recent stock close, is intended to fund a repurchase of outstanding convertible notes and to provide working capital and other corporate uses…
Cryptocurrency-linked equities and funds rose in premarket trading as bitcoin and ether both advanced. Exchange operators, miners, and firms holding tokens posted gains, while spot and strategy ETFs also moved higher ahead of the market open. Key short-term drivers cited in the session were the increases in bitcoin and ether prices and investor ex…
Morgan Stanley’s quantitative research team has singled out four European-listed companies - Next Plc, Prudential Plc, Assicurazioni Generali and Endeavour Mining - as the most likely to report earnings above expectations this month. The bank’s Earnings Surprise Composite, which combines measures of Earnings Forecast Landscape, Earnings Quality and…
On March 4, the U.S. government will open bidding on more than 1 million acres in Alaska's Cook Inlet, marking the first of six offshore lease sales required under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will read bids via livestream at 10 a.m. Alaska time (1900 GMT). Leases run for 10 years and include a 12.5% ro…
Kraken’s banking unit has secured permission to tap into the Federal Reserve’s core payment systems, enabling the firm to process transactions more quickly for large clients and professional traders. The approval highlights digital-assets firms' increasing integration with traditional finance, while public details about the arrangement remain limit…
South Korea's KOSPI tumbled 12% on March 4 in its largest single-day fall since the global financial crisis, driven by the rapid unwinding of highly leveraged long positions and heavy selling by foreign investors. The drop has coincided with a sharp weakening of the Korean won and follows a broader deterioration in market sentiment after the escala…
Airlines across the globe have cancelled thousands of flights following the closure of major Middle Eastern hubs, including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi, after the outbreak of war in Iran. The disruption has led carriers to suspend service on routes to and from affected cities for varying periods in March, with airlines publishing staggered timetables…
Bank of America has resumed coverage of Tesla with a Buy rating and a $460 price objective, pointing to Tesla's leadership in consumer autonomy, a camera-only approach to self-driving, and potential revenue from robotaxis, full self-driving subscriptions, the Optimus humanoid robot and the companys energy business.
A Bernstein research note finds Chinese carmakers and Europe’s Stellantis at greatest risk from the Iran conflict and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which has forced ships to reroute and added 10 to 14 days to voyages. The disruption hits a Middle East market that recorded roughly 3 million new car sales in 2025 and carries implications for v…
UBS lowered its rating on Syensqo from Buy to Neutral and trimmed its price target to €54 from €81 after the company's fourth-quarter 2025 report showed a sharp organic sales drop in Specialty Polymers. The bank reduced 2026-2028 EBITDA and EPS forecasts, citing volume and pricing pressures, and projects a modest sales decline and EBITDA roughly in…
UBS upgraded Viscofan from Neutral to Buy and raised its price target to €72 from €58.30 after the company set medium-term targets for 2025-30E. The targets imply accelerating organic sales and EBITDA growth, supported by market expansion, capacity additions and cost savings, prompting UBS to lift its forecasts for sales, margins and dividends.
Citi analyst Scott Chronert says the market response to the Iran conflict can be informed by patterns seen during the 2011 Libya intervention. He flags the Strait of Hormuz as a focal point of risk, warns that an effective closure could push oil prices higher, and stresses that while Citi is keeping its full-year 2026 U.S. equity outlook unchanged,…
Implenia AG delivered a landmark increase in its order backlog and swung to positive free cash flow for fiscal 2025, while reporting revenues below analyst expectations. The Swiss construction group raised its dividend and improved its equity ratio, but guided reported EBIT for 2026 below some broker and consensus estimates due to planned growth sp…
Barclays upgraded Nexans SA to overweight from equal weight and increased its price target to €157, arguing that the market has overly penalized the French cable maker following the rescheduling of the GSI offshore project. The bank highlights a sizeable backlog tied to GSI, upgraded earnings forecasts for 2026-28, and sees the PWR Grid division as…
