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Barclays downgraded Vale S.A. to "equal weight" from "overweight", arguing the miner's 35% year-to-date share rally has largely eliminated the valuation discount it traded at versus Australian peers. The bank raised its price target modestly to $17 while cutting EPS and EBITDA forecasts, and flagged catalysts concentrated in 2027 including potentia…
AST SpaceMobile reported that its BlueBird 7 satellite was inserted into an orbit lower than planned after separation on Blue Origin's New Glenn 3 mission, leaving the spacecraft unable to operate and destined to de-orbit. The stock fell 14% on Monday. The company said the spacecraft powered on after separation, that the altitude achieved is insuff…
Deutsche Bank strategist Henry Allen argues that current equity resilience versus the post-Ukraine 2022 selloff reflects meaningful differences in the energy shock environment, inflationary backdrop, central bank pressure and macro trends. Allen highlights four principal factors that make today’s market reaction more durable than the sharp deterior…
TopBuild shares jumped nearly 20% in premarket trading after the company accepted a $17 billion acquisition offer from construction supplies distributor QXO. The unanimous board approvals set up a transaction that will deliver a mix of cash and QXO stock to TopBuild shareholders and create the second-largest publicly traded building products distri…
Marvell Technology's stock climbed sharply in premarket trading after reports that Google is in discussions with the chip designer to build two specialized processors - a memory processing unit to complement Google's tensor processing unit and a new TPU for running AI models. The talks, reported by The Information and attributed to people familiar …
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has assigned priority review to two supplemental Biologics License Applications from Merck for KEYTRUDA and KEYTRUDA QLEX, each in combination with Padcev, targeting muscle-invasive bladder cancer patients eligible for cisplatin-based chemotherapy. The filings are supported by Phase 3 KEYNOTE-B15 data that show…
Raymond James found that most Canadian energy stocks lagged the WTI commodity strip and the TSX between Feb. 27 and Apr. 17, with nearly 60% of names posting negative total returns. The firm says exploration and integrated companies are trading at double-digit sustaining free cash flow yields at $70 WTI and continues to favor a basket of large-cap …
Greenwich LifeSciences saw its shares climb more than 4% in premarket trading Monday after reporting that its GLSI-100 vaccine produced a stronger immune response in participants of the late-stage FLAMINGO-01 study. The trial, which evaluates the vaccine's capacity to prevent breast cancer from returning following standard treatment, reported marke…
Barclays adjusted its coverage on several large European banks, lowering Deutsche Bank while upgrading Commerzbank, UBS and Julius Baer. The moves reflect a delayed German GDP acceleration, UniCredit’s bid-related floor for Commerzbank shares, and reduced Credit Suisse integration risk at UBS, alongside updated earnings per share forecasts and capi…
Shares of companies developing psychedelic therapies climbed in premarket trading after President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing federal health regulators to expedite reviews of psychedelic treatments and to increase federal research funding for ibogaine. The order could significantly shorten FDA review timelines for qualifying dr…
UBS analyst Nicolas Le Roux says commodity trading advisers (CTAs) are positioned to sharply increase their exposure to U.S. equity futures in the coming weeks, potentially quadrupling S&P 500 exposure by the end of April even if prices do not move higher. The bank's simulation shows divergent CTA behavior across regions and asset classes, includin…
India's key equity benchmarks closed higher on Monday, with the Nifty 50 edging up 0.05% to a one-month high and the BSE Sensex 30 rising 0.03%. Strength in Power, Capital Goods and Public Sector Undertakings stocks underpinned the move, even as decliners outnumbered advancers across both exchanges and market volatility rose.
U.S. equity benchmarks rallied Friday after Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz "completely open" following a ceasefire announcement between Israel and Lebanon, lifting the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow to new record closes as oil prices slid. The move capped a strong week for stocks, but volatility returned after renewed tensions over the weekend. Trader…
Tesla’s solar and energy arm is expected to outperform the automaker’s shrinking vehicle business in the coming quarterly results, providing some relief as the company spends heavily on new factories and robotics. While vehicle profitability and regulatory credit revenues have fallen, the energy division is expanding faster and is materially more p…
Tesla’s 2025 U.S. federal tax bill was reported as zero in its January filing. Beyond historical losses and clean-energy credits, a review of corporate filings indicates subsidiaries in the Netherlands and Singapore recorded about $18 billion of profits in recent years that were not taxed in those jurisdictions - profits that otherwise may have bee…
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments over the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ability to obtain disgorgement - the recovery of profits tied to unlawful conduct. The case centers on whether the SEC must demonstrate that victims suffered pecuniary harm before courts can order the return of ill-gotten gains, a question raised by the appeal …
The headline consensus projecting an 18% year-on-year rise in Eurozone earnings for 2026 conceals a much quieter underlying picture. IBES weighted estimates are skewed by an outsized recovery in the Consumer Discretionary sector, whose steep base effect inflates the aggregate figure. Median forecasts and sector-level detail point to more modest gai…
Kepler Cheuvreux shifted its tactical stance on global equities, cutting U.S. stocks from overweight to neutral and upgrading emerging market shares to overweight. The strategists, led by Arnaud Girod, cited deteriorating risk-reward for U.S. equities, the market's immediate reaction to Iran-related headlines, and a range of valuation scenarios for…
U.S. stock futures moved lower on Monday following a strong run of record highs last week, as renewed tensions between the United States and Iran dampened investor risk tolerance. The temporary reopening of the Strait of Hormuz was reversed after an escalation tied to a seized Iranian cargo ship, and Tehran said no further U.S. negotiations are pla…
Barclays raised price targets across its European energy services coverage by an average of 21% and changed its valuation framework from discounted cash flow to a 15x 2027 price-to-earnings multiple. The bank adjusted ratings on several firms, citing inventory replenishment, repair needs from Middle East physical damage, and a push for domestic ene…
QXO announced plans to acquire installer and building products distributor TopBuild for $17 billion. The deal, which will leave QXO as the second-largest building products distributor in North America, offers TopBuild shareholders the option of $505 in cash or 20.2 QXO shares per TopBuild share. QXO shares slipped more than 2% in premarket trading …
American Airlines said it has not engaged in discussions about a merger with United Airlines and expressed opposition to such a combination on competition and consumer grounds. The announcement pressured American's stock in premarket trading, while questions about consolidation, antitrust enforcement and cost pressures in the airline sector remain …
India’s Competition Commission has moved to finalize penalty proceedings against Apple after the company declined to provide financial details the regulator requested and asked that the case be paused while it challenges India’s penalty law in the Delhi High Court. The watchdog has set a final hearing for May 21, after investigators found Apple abu…
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Bank of America reported a shift to positive equity net flows in April while money market funds recorded outflows. The bank links the move to hopes for a US-Iran peace agreement and seasonal tax-related withdrawals, and highlights evolving fund flows across active and passive equity, fixed income, and ETFs.
