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U.K. equities ended the session higher, led by Healthcare Equipment & Services, Banking and Beverage sectors. The national large-cap gauge rose 0.60% as a number of financials and healthcare names posted notable advances while several mining stocks registered declines. Commodity and currency markets showed mixed moves, with a sharp drop in gold fut…
The AEX finished modestly higher on Friday, supported by advances in Technology, Consumer Services and Real Estate stocks. Market breadth favored advancers, with notable strength in Randstad and Warehouses de Pauw, while several large-cap names including Prosus, Adyen and Relx closed lower. Key commodities and FX pairs showed mixed moves alongside …
Italian equities finished Friday's session higher, led by gains in Financials, Technology and Travel & Leisure. The Italy 40 index gained 1.11% at the close in Milan. Market breadth favored advancers, while crude, Brent and the dollar showed modest increases and gold posted a notable decline in futures.
Paris equities ended the session higher, with the CAC 40 rising 0.68% and the broader SBF 120 up 0.63%. Technology, healthcare and financial stocks were among the strongest performers. Market breadth was mixed, Societe Generale climbed to a five-year high, and the CAC 40 VIX registered a new 52-week high while select commodities and currency pairs …
Sweden's equity market closed modestly lower after trading on Friday, with the OMX Stockholm 30 falling 0.16% as losses in Basic Materials, Healthcare and Industrials weighed on the market. Tele2, Telia and H & M were among the day's leaders, while AB SKF, Boliden and Svenska Cellulosa SCA posted the largest declines. Market breadth favored decline…
Finland's benchmark index closed marginally lower on Friday, dragged by declines in Basic Materials, Industrials and Healthcare. The OMX Helsinki 25 ended the session down 0.07%, with Nokia leading gains while Stora Enso, Kojamo and Metso were among the biggest decliners. Market breadth favored falling issues over advancers, and the session feature…
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen is pursuing a large acquisition aimed at transforming the company into a diversified business with a $100 billion market value. The plan would shift GameStop into consumer or retail sectors and is backed publicly by investor Michael Burry. The stock rose about 4.5% after the news; Cohen has said the move could be either a re…
Jefferies downgraded Kenvue to Hold following shareholder approvals for the proposed Kimberly-Clark transaction. With 96% of Kimberly-Clark shares and 99% of Kenvue shares voting in favor at the Jan. 29 special meeting, Jefferies views the risk of deal failure as low. The broker cut its price target to $18 and updated financial forecasts to reflect…
Bombardier Inc. shares plunged after a late social media directive from the U.S. President threatened to decertify Canadian-made aircraft and impose a 50% tariff on future sales. Analysts at Desjardins see the threat as unlikely to be enforceable, citing limited outstanding approvals and the complexity of decertifying aircraft already operating in …
Once Upon A Farm PBC, the organic kids' food company co-founded by actress Jennifer Garner, has generated notable demand for an initial public offering of up to $209 million during one-on-one investor meetings ahead of pricing scheduled for next week. The company intends to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker OFRM, with Goldman Sac…
Denmark's benchmark OMX Copenhagen 20 finished the session higher, buoyed by advances in Personal & Household Goods, Consumer Goods and Oil & Gas sectors. Market breadth favored risers over decliners, while oil prices climbed and select currency and futures benchmarks moved higher during the trading day.
Directors removed from Ben & Jerry’s independent board have filed a challenge in U.S. federal court contesting The Magnum Ice Cream Company’s attempts to install new board members. The filing disputes Magnum’s claim that it can name an independent board chair and frames the conflict as part of a broader legal battle over the brand’s autonomy that h…
U.S. equity mutual funds and ETFs recorded net inflows in the week ending January 28, reversing the prior week's redemptions and driven by optimism ahead of major technology company earnings. Sector-specific funds logged their largest weekly net investments since at least 2022, while bond and money-market funds also attracted fresh capital.
Eli Lilly said it will construct a $3.5 billion pharmaceutical plant in Pennsylvania to produce injectable weight-loss medicines, including retatrutide. The facility - the company’s fourth new U.S. site in a multi-site expansion - is slated to begin construction in 2026 and become operational in 2031. The investment, chosen from more than 300 appli…
Sandisk shares surged after the data storage company issued a fiscal third-quarter revenue and profit forecast well above analyst expectations and extended a key flash-chip supply pact. The move, fueled by strong AI-related demand for data storage, coincided with broader gains across memory chipmakers even as supply constraints persist.
Norwegian equities closed higher on Friday with the Oslo OBX index rising 0.22% to a fresh record high. Gains were driven by the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities sectors. Frontline Ltd and Cmb.Tech NV reached 52-week highs, while several industrial names paced the session's declines. Key commodity and cu…
Verizon reported a surge in fourth-quarter retail wireless additions driven by heavy device and bundle promotions, prompting the company to raise its 2026 adjusted earnings and free cash flow targets above market expectations. Management also announced a multiyear $25 billion share repurchase program and set a robust subscriber-growth target for 20…
Israel's benchmark TA-35 index closed up 0.62% on Friday, with strength concentrated in Financials, Insurance and Banking. Tower Semiconductor, Nova and Harel were the session's top performers, while Next Vision, Enlight Renewable Energy and Elbit Systems were among the largest decliners. Market breadth showed more falling issues than rising ones, …
Through the week ending January 28, global equity funds recorded a third straight week of net inflows totalling $33.39 billion, driven by optimistic earnings expectations. European funds led regional inflows, while U.S. and Asian equities also saw substantial additions. Safe-haven assets including global bond, short-term bond, money market and gold…
Greek equities ended the session lower on Friday, with the Athens General Composite slipping 0.85% as losses in the Telecoms, Household and Basic Resources sectors weighed on the market. A subset of stocks posted gains, while broader market breadth favored decliners. Commodity and currency contracts showed sizeable moves during the day.
Apeira Capital founding partner Natalie Hwang warns that as AI shifts from experimentation to mass-market use, the economics of operating inference at scale - including power efficiency, cost per inference, and system utilization - will eclipse model size as the central competitive factor. Energy availability and deployment feasibility are expected…
Advanced Micro Devices shares dropped Friday amid reports the company’s next-generation MI450-series AI accelerators could be delayed. The decline reached as much as 6% before trimming losses to about 3% after a Wells Fargo analyst disputed the delay claims and pointed to evidence that development on TSMC’s N2 (2nm) process remains on track.
Equities across market-cap tiers experienced significant intraday moves on Friday. Notable rallies included Tesla and several small- and mid-cap names, while chip-equipment and software firms posted declines. The session featured outsized percentage changes spanning mega-cap giants to micro-cap stocks.
Turkey's BIST 100 closed modestly higher, rising 0.05% to a record level as strength in Banking, Financials and Holdings & Investments stocks supported the market. Individual winners included Sekerbank TAS, Kiler Holding AS and Akbank TAS, all of which climbed to all-time highs. Market breadth was uneven, with more decliners than advancers. Commodi…
Shares of Unity Software, Take-Two Interactive and Roblox fell sharply after Alphabet unveiled Project Genie, an experimental AI tool designed to create interactive virtual worlds. The prototype, powered by the Genie 3 world model and being made available to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S., lets users generate and remix immersive environmen…
