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Xiaomi said April electric vehicle deliveries exceeded 30,000 units, a roughly 50% increase from March. The company's Hong Kong-listed shares closed up 6.75% on the session. Lead times for several models moved in opposite directions, while the new SU7 has collected more than 70,000 locked orders since launch. Xiaomi shipped 110,000 EVs from January…
Indonesia's benchmark IDX Composite finished marginally higher on Monday, led by advances in Infrastructure, Agriculture and Basic Industry segments. Market breadth was mixed with slightly more decliners than advancers. Commodity and currency markets showed divergent moves, with oil prices climbing and gold futures slipping.
Accent Group reduced its second-half fiscal 2026 EBIT guidance to A$23 million-A$28 million and reported softer like-for-like sales and margin compression, prompting a 13% fall in its Australian-listed shares. Management has flagged a material slowdown in April, is instituting a cost-reduction program that will incur about A$2 million of restructur…
Cerebras Systems is preparing to restart its IPO process with an investor roadshow beginning Monday and an indicated share price range of $115 to $125. The Sunnyvale-based AI chip designer, which previously withdrew an October filing, plans to list on the Nasdaq under the ticker CBRS. Bloomberg reported the company could raise up to $4 billion and …
Nokia shares climbed nearly 7% on Monday, extending a five-session winning streak and pushing year-to-date gains past 100% as demand for AI-related infrastructure supports the Finnish network equipment maker. The stock reached its highest level since November 2008 after the company raised its annual sales expectations in April for its network infra…
Chaozhou Three-Circle Group is seeking to raise as much as $1 billion through a Hong Kong listing, according to two people familiar with the matter. The Shenzhen-listed producer of small ceramic components used across smartphones, cars, data centres and telecom gear is waiting on China Securities Regulatory Commission approval and plans to deploy p…
European automotive stocks fell on Monday following President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would raise U.S. tariffs on cars and trucks imported from the European Union to 25% from an earlier agreed 15%. German manufacturers were among the worst hit, while European officials rejected the U.S. claim that the EU had breached the trade agreement…
European equities were mostly unchanged on Monday as investors awaited developments in Middle East negotiations. Shares of European automakers fell after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would raise tariffs on cars and trucks from the European Union to 25% this week from 15%. The STOXX 600 remained flat, while German carmakers led losses and sel…
Australian equities ended lower on Monday, with the S&P/ASX 200 retreating 0.37% as losses in Consumer Staples, Energy and Utilities led declines. Broad market breadth favored decliners, A2 Milk sank to a 52-week low and the S&P/ASX 200 VIX ticked up, while commodity and currency moves were mixed in overseas trading.
Taiwanese equities closed lower on Monday with the Taiwan Weighted declining 0.96%. Losses were concentrated in the unnamed sector, Computers & Peripherals and Semiconductor groups, while individual names from industrial components to textiles posted double-digit percentage moves in both directions. Energy and precious metals prices fell, and c…
Bernstein identified two Taiwan-based electronics suppliers it expects to gain from accelerating AI infrastructure investment. The brokerage highlighted Unimicron for its exposure to AI server printed circuit boards (PCBs) and ABF capacity expansion, and TSMC for its stronger-than-expected 2026 guidance and elevated capital spending toward the high…
Australia and Japan announced joint support totaling A$1.67 billion for critical minerals initiatives as part of bilateral cooperation aimed at reducing supply chain vulnerabilities in mining, refining and manufacturing. Australia will provide up to A$1.3 billion and Japan has put forward around A$370 million in investments and grants, with further…
Kone has launched a fresh attempt to combine with Germany’s TK Elevator, a move that would create the world’s largest lift and escalator supplier by market value. The proposal comes as the European Commission considers reforms to merger assessment that could give greater weight to sustainability, resilience and innovation, potentially altering the …
Companies in Australia and New Zealand are reporting the early financial impacts of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, citing higher fuel and freight costs, disrupted shipping routes and softer demand. The effects span aviation, banking, retail, logistics, packaging, construction materials and dairy, with a series of earnings downgrades, suspended guida…
Anthropic is finalizing a $1.5 billion joint venture backed by several Wall Street firms to market artificial intelligence tools to companies owned by private equity sponsors. The arrangement is expected to be anchored by Anthropic, Blackstone and Hellman & Friedman, with each of those three groups set to invest about $300 million and Goldman Sachs…
Berkshire Hathaway investors declined a proposal to require a published report on how the conglomerate supervises its roughly 387,000 employees across nearly 200 businesses. At the same meeting they approved non-binding measures endorsing executive compensation practices and instituting a triennial advisory vote on pay. All 13 directors, including …
A New Mexico court is set to hear a case that accuses Meta Platforms of designing social networks to addict minors and failing to protect children from sexual exploitation. If a judge finds Meta's products constitute a public nuisance under state law, the court could order sweeping technical and operational changes, and the state may seek billions …
Asian stock markets advanced on Monday, led by South Korea's KOSPI which reached a record high on gains from major memory chipmakers. Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose as technology shares rallied, while other regional markets largely followed last week's Wall Street gains. Trading volumes were subdued because of holidays in Japan and Mainland China, and …
Samsung Electronics has appointed Lee Won-jin to head its Visual Display Business, replacing Yong Seok-woo who will move into an advisory role. The personnel change - the first in more than two years for the TV unit - is intended to refresh the division as it faces growing competition from Chinese rivals and a strategic partnership between TCL and …
Two manufacturers of mifepristone have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse an appeals court order that paused mail-order deliveries of the drug. The filings come after a unanimous three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked shipments, narrowing access to a medication used in about two-thirds of U.S. abortions …
Asian equities ticked higher but trading remained cautious on mounting geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty. Oil prices were largely unchanged after an initial slide, while investors parsed mixed signals from a reported diplomatic exchange between the United States and Iran and a U.S. announcement of military support to help clear shipping in…
Linkerbot, a Beijing robotics company that leads the global market for high-degree-of-freedom robotic hands for humanoid systems, said it will target a $6 billion valuation in its next financing round - double the $3 billion valuation assigned in a recently completed "series B+". The company, backed by prominent private and state-aligned investors,…
U.S. stock index futures were largely unchanged on Sunday evening following a strong week on Wall Street. Traders are preparing for a large slate of first-quarter earnings from more than 100 S&P 500 companies and the April nonfarm payrolls report later this week. Attention also remains on the conflict involving Iran after a U.S. operation was annou…
Shares of New Zealand-based a2 Milk fell sharply after the company announced a voluntary recall of three batches of its a2 Platinum infant formula sold in the United States following tests that detected the toxin cereulide. The recall - involving products manufactured by associate Synlait Milk - prompted a near 14% drop in the stock, removal of aff…
National Australia Bank reported first-half cash earnings below analyst estimates after recording significant one-off charges and a credit impairment related to the Iran-U.S. conflict. Strong business lending growth helped underlying earnings, but the bank warned that the war in the Middle East creates uncertainty for asset quality and capital meas…
