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PayPal announced a collaboration with Anthropic to introduce a free online course, AI Fluency for Small Business, and to integrate Anthropic's Claude assistant with business tools including PayPal. The program targets training gaps among small and medium-sized businesses while PayPal pursues a broader goal of supporting 25 million people and small …
Italian equities advanced at Wednesday's close, driven by strength in Technology, Chemicals and Healthcare. The Investing.com Italy 40 climbed 1.00% in Milan. STMicroelectronics posted the session's largest gain and reached a five-year high, while a subset of financial and industrial names moved lower. Commodity and currency markets showed modest s…
Frankfurt stocks finished higher Wednesday, driven by advances in Technology, Retail and Food & Beverages. The DAX rose 0.61%, the MDAX gained 1.16% and the TecDAX added 1.26%. Infineon Technologies and Aixtron reached multi-year highs, while several names including SAP, GEA and Rheinmetall hit 52-week lows. Market breadth was positive as rising is…
Paris equities closed modestly higher on Wednesday with the CAC 40 up 0.35% and the broader SBF 120 gaining 0.41%. Strength in Technology, Basic Materials and Utilities supported the advance. Notable winners included STMicroelectronics, Vallourec and ArcelorMittal, while Capgemini, Danone and Eiffage were among the laggards. Market volatility as me…
Belgium's benchmark BEL 20 index ended the session up 0.71% in Brussels, driven by advances in the Basic Materials, Technology and Telecoms sectors. Umicore and Melexis were notable winners, each reaching 52-week highs, while Argen-X, UCB and Aedifica were among the day's decliners. Commodities and currency indicators posted mixed moves during the …
U.K. equities closed higher on Wednesday, with the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 index finishing up 0.61%. Strength in Industrial Metals & Mining, Tobacco and Mining stocks supported the advance. Antofagasta PLC, Intertek Group PLC and Rio Tinto PLC were the session's strongest performers, while Airtel Africa Plc, Vistry Group PLC and Relx PLC p…
Spain's benchmark index closed higher on Wednesday, driven by advances in Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors. The IBEX 35 gained 0.46% at the close in Madrid, with ArcelorMittal, Acerinox and Corporacion Acciona Energias Renovables posting the largest increases. Several blue-chips, including Indra A…
Portugal's benchmark index closed higher Wednesday, supported by advances in Consumer Services, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors. The PSI finished up 0.24% while market breadth was narrowly positive, with 14 winners, 13 losers and three unchanged. Notable movers included EDP Renovaveis, NOS and Jeronimo Martins on the upside and CTT, Ibersol an…
Netherlands equities closed higher Wednesday, with the AEX index advancing 1.07% as gains concentrated in Basic Materials, Technology and Financials. ABN AMRO, ArcelorMittal and ASML were among the top performers, while Wolters Kluwer, Relx and Adyen weighed on the downside. Market breadth favored advancers and volatility remained steady.
TVS Motor Company reported a 17.5% increase in consolidated net profit to ₹819.55 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, supported by vehicle sales, yet the stock fell as total Q4 expenses surged to ₹13,746.18 crore from ₹10,464.9 crore a year earlier. Market participants awaited management commentary on cost control and the EV plan after trad…
Finnish equities ended the trading day higher as sector gains in Telecoms, Consumer Services and Industrials supported a 1.02% advance in the OMX Helsinki 25. Nokia, Qt Group and Wartsila were the top performers, while Mandatum, Neste and Lumo Kodit posted declines. Market breadth was mixed, and commodity and currency markets showed modest moves.
Isuzu Motors shares climbed sharply after the company released full-year FY2026 results and issued an optimistic FY2027 operating profit forecast. While FY2026 operating profit fell short of management's ¥210 billion plan, the FY2027 guidance of ¥260 billion - which factors in an estimated ¥40 billion of continuing Middle East shipment headwinds - …
Shares of several major solar technology companies climbed Wednesday after Nextpower reported fiscal fourth quarter 2026 results that beat analyst expectations and lifted revenue guidance for the year ahead. The stronger-than-expected report sent Nextpower shares higher and appeared to improve sentiment across the solar equipment and broader renewa…
Refinery outages tied to conflicts involving Iran and Ukraine have removed close to 9% of worldwide refining capacity in recent months, intensifying shortages of diesel, jet fuel and other refined products. The disruptions have forced withdrawals from inventories, driven crude and product prices higher, and raise the prospect that a full industry r…
Rent the Runway shares fell sharply after the company said co-founder Jennifer Hyman will leave her roles as CEO, President, and Board member on May 15, 2026, remaining only as an advisor through January 2027. The announcement, paired with governance changes that remove certain investor rights, pushed the stock to a session low that matched its 52-…
AM Best expects Italy's non-life insurance premiums to keep rising in 2026, although the pace of rate increases is likely to moderate. Motor insurance still constitutes roughly 40% of gross written premiums, but non-motor lines are expanding faster, aided by a new mandatory natural disaster coverage rule. The 2026 Budget Law introduces tax and regu…
France's highest administrative tribunal has upheld a government-mandated minimum delivery charge of three euros on books, rejecting a legal challenge brought by Amazon. The fee, introduced in October 2023 to bolster independent bookstores, does not apply to orders above 35 euros. Amazon argued the policy violated EU law and was protectionist; the …
France's highest administrative tribunal refused Amazon's legal challenge to a minimum three euro delivery fee on books, a measure Paris introduced in October 2023 to support independent bookstores against low-cost online competition. Amazon had argued the rule was protectionist and incompatible with European Union law. The company said the decisio…
Poland's benchmark WIG30 advanced 1.79% at Wednesday's close as gains in Basic Materials, Chemicals and Banking stocks lifted the market. Modivo, KGHM and Allegro were the top performers, while Dino Polska, Asseco Poland and Benefit Systems finished lower. Market breadth was negative with more decliners than advancers. Commodity and FX moves were m…
Bank of America upgraded Akamai Technologies to Buy and raised its price target to $175 from $130, citing accelerating enterprise demand for distributed AI and edge inference. The brokerage highlighted a Cloud Infrastructure Services business growing roughly 40% year-over-year and pointed to a newly signed $1.8 billion, seven-year infrastructure ag…
Arm Holdings Plc and its majority owner SoftBank Group Corp. reportedly approached Cerebras Systems with an initial acquisition proposal in recent weeks. Cerebras rebuffed the overture as it prepares to set IPO pricing this week, according to a report that cited people familiar with the matter. Company representatives declined to comment.
Coface stock climbed 2.90% to €16.33 after the insurer released first-quarter 2026 results showing net profit of €53.6 million, a RoATE of 11.0%, and steady revenue of €465 million. Investors responded positively to robust growth in services, a lower net loss ratio of 37.6% and a net combined ratio of 70%, alongside a high client retention rate of …
ON Semiconductor shares jumped sharply in morning trade, hitting a new 52-week intraday high after a combination of company-specific earnings strength and a broader semiconductor rally tied to diplomatic developments in Beijing. Investors interpreted the presence of NVIDIA's CEO on a presidential delegation as a sign that semiconductor export polic…
Turkey's BIST 100 finished the session down 1.23% as losses were concentrated in Leasing & Factoring, Real Estate Investments and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors. While a handful of stocks posted double-digit gains, a larger number of issues fell, and commodity and currency moves were mixed with gold and some oil benchmarks edging higher.
Options markets imply Intuit Inc. (INTU) shares could swing about 8.3% when the company reports results on May 20 after the market close, based on Bloomberg-compiled options data. The stock’s reaction to past earnings has at times exceeded and at times missed options-implied moves across the last eight reports.
