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At the Morgan Stanley China Summit 2026, investors and corporate leaders expressed markedly different outlooks for AI transceivers versus smartphones. Most participants now treat co-packaged optics as the base case for AI transceiver development and expect robust demand over the next two to three years, although there is no consensus on which firms…
U.K. equities finished higher at the close on Thursday, with the United Kingdom 100 index up 0.74%. Strength in Automobiles & Parts, Oil & Gas Producers and Gas, Water & Multiutilities sectors underpinned the advance. Market breadth was uneven, with more decliners than advancers, while commodities and currency moves featured pronounced swings.
Spain's IBEX 35 closed lower on Thursday, sliding 0.14% as losses in Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Goods and Building & Construction sectors pressured the market. Gains in energy and telecom names contrasted with notable declines in steel and regional banking stocks. Commodities moved sharply, with crude oil advancing and gold futures …
Portugal's benchmark PSI index finished higher on Thursday, advancing 0.75% to reach a new five-year high. Strength in Consumer Goods, Utilities and Telecoms sectors powered the rise, with energy and renewable stocks among the session leaders. Commodity markets saw pronounced movement, with Brent and front-month crude jumping while gold fell. Curre…
Netherlands stocks closed modestly lower on Thursday, with the AEX down 0.09% as losses in Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials offset gains among several large-cap names. Shell, Koninklijke KPN and BE Semiconductor were the top performers, while Akzo Nobel, ASML and Adyen registered the steepest falls. Commodity prices and currency moves ad…
Italian stocks closed lower on Thursday, with the Investing.com Italy 40 index falling 0.27%. Losses were concentrated in the Technology, Financials and Industrials sectors, even as select energy and industrial firms posted notable gains. Broader market breadth was negative, and commodity markets saw substantial moves in crude and Brent oil while g…
Major German benchmarks finished the session lower, led by losses in the Technology, Construction and Consumer & Cyclical sectors. The DAX ended the day down 0.79%, with the MDAX and TecDAX also retreating. While a handful of utilities and platform-related names saw gains, several telecom, semiconductor and materials stocks registered notable decli…
Shares in France finished lower on Thursday, with the CAC 40 retreating 0.24% and the SBF 120 easing 0.21%. Losses were concentrated in Industrials, Financials and Technology names, while select autos, testing services and energy stocks outperformed. Market breadth tilted toward decliners and the CAC 40 volatility gauge sat at a fresh 52-week high.
Belgian shares closed slightly lower on Thursday, with the BEL 20 shedding 0.08% as pressure in Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors outweighed gains in a handful of constituents. Market breadth was mixed, and commodity and currency moves highlighted continued volatility across related markets.
Finnish equities finished higher on Thursday as strength in the Utilities, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors pushed the OMX Helsinki 25 up 0.46% at the close in Helsinki. Fortum led winners with a strong single-session gain that lifted the stock to three-year highs, while market breadth was essentially flat with a near-even split of advancers and decl…
Evercore ISI began coverage of e.l.f. Beauty with an in-line rating and a $68 price objective, warning that the company's U.S. makeup franchise appears to be maturing. Analyst Javier Escalante pointed to falling shelf productivity, a shift toward online sales that could compress margins, and L'Oréal regaining market share among key demographics as …
Liberty Global has hired Goldman Sachs to advise on a possible sale of its 50% stake in Belgian network company Wyre. People familiar with the matter say the stake could be worth about 1 billion ($1.2 billion). Discussions are preliminary and Liberty Global may choose not to pursue a transaction. Potential buyers are expected to include infrastruc…
A U.S. district judge in Manhattan has given preliminary approval to Bank of America's $72.5 million settlement with women who allege the bank enabled Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse. The court set an August 27 hearing for final approval. The class action, brought by a plaintiff using the pseudonym Jane Doe, accused the bank of prioritizing profit o…
Poland's stock market closed higher on Thursday as the WIG30 index advanced 0.91% to reach a new one-month high. Energy-sector names were among the top performers, while a greater number of issues fell than rose across the exchange. Significant moves in crude and Brent oil, and shifts in FX pairs, accompanied the market action.
Turkey's benchmark BIST 100 closed higher on Thursday, gaining 0.88% as Technology, Wood, Paper & Printing and Sports sectors supported the advance. A handful of stocks produced notable double-digit percentage moves on both sides of the tape. Commodities and FX markets showed divergent moves, with crude oil jumping and gold futures sliding, while U…
Morocco's stock market closed lower on Thursday, with the Moroccan All Shares index slipping 0.16% after losses in the Utilities, Banking and Mining sectors. Several individual stocks posted gains while others fell, and market breadth showed more decliners than advancers. Notable moves in crude, Brent and gold along with currency shifts were also r…
Global M&A activity jumped above $1.2 trillion in Q1 2026, driven by a handful of large, AI-beneficiary deals. Yet software dealmaking cooled as buyers penalize companies seen as exposed to AI disruption while competing fiercely for vertical, mission-critical software assets that benefit from AI adoption.
Melius Research elevated RTX Corp. from hold to buy and increased its price target to $242, projecting that Operation Epic Fury will trigger a prolonged period of military procurement that favors RTX. Analyst Scott Mikus models stronger defense end-market sales through 2028, driven by multi-year production frameworks for missiles, munitions and shi…
Greece's Athens General Composite closed down 0.55% on Thursday, with declines concentrated in the Telecoms, Household and Basic Resources sectors. Market breadth favored decliners, while select stocks outperformed. Commodities moved sharply, with gold down and crude oil up, and major FX pairs showing modest changes.
McBride, the London-listed manufacturer of private label cleaning products, said it will raise prices to pass on higher energy and petrochemical feedstock costs caused by the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. The company reported early signs of potential global supply chain shortages, supplier-led price rises for chemicals and packaging, and expects elev…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has voiced strong concerns about China’s detention of Panama-flagged ships, a development that U.S. regulators are monitoring after Panama’s Supreme Court invalidated the legal basis for a 1997 port concession held by a Hong Kong-based operator. China has criticized the court ruling, calling it an act of bad fait…
Equity markets showed differentiated performance across market-cap segments on Thursday. Large technology names including Micron Technology (MU) and Tesla Motors (TSLA) declined amid analyst downgrades, while energy heavyweight Chevron (CVX) registered gains. Smaller-cap names produced outsized percentage moves in both directions, with a group of m…
Starbucks said it will begin paying all U.S. store employees on a weekly basis and will expand tipping and bonus opportunities for baristas, including tips on mobile orders and a new bonus structure worth up to $1,200 per year. The changes come as the company continues negotiations with Workers United and implements broader elements of its turnarou…
Morgan Stanley analysts say the recent decline in European defence stocks is driven by sentiment and valuation derating rather than weakening fundamentals. With the sector trading, on average, about 20% below its one-year peaks and forward P/E multiples slipping from roughly 23x to around 20x, the bank views the current weakness as a buying opportu…
Microsoft is pursuing the development of large-scale AI models by next year and aims to reach state-of-the-art capabilities across text, image and audio models by 2027. The company disclosed a new speech transcription model that outperformed peers on benchmarks for 11 of the 25 most widely spoken languages, and said it is expanding its computing in…
