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Belgian stocks closed higher on Tuesday, with the BEL 20 up 0.10% as gains in Basic Materials, Utilities and Telecoms supported the market. Individual movers included Azelis, Umicore and Syensqo among the top performers, while D'Ieteren, KBC and Montea recorded the heaviest declines. Market breadth was slightly negative and commodity and currency m…
Arm Holdings unveiled a new data-center central processing unit, the AGI CPU, which the company says will generate billions in annual revenue and marks a strategic pivot from pure IP licensing toward building its own chips. The processor targets so-called agentic AI workloads, was developed with Meta Platforms as lead partner, and will be manufactu…
Sweden's equity market finished the session higher, with the OMX Stockholm 30 rising 0.56% at the close. Gains were concentrated in Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Basic Materials names, while several large financial and industrial stocks lagged. Oil benchmarks moved sharply higher, currencies were mixed, and the US Dollar Index Futures gained.
Stocks in Sweden closed higher on Tuesday, with the OMX Stockholm 30 rising 0.56% as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors supported the market. NIBE Industrier AB ser. B, Telia Company AB and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B were the top performers on the index, while Nordea Bank Abp, Svenska Handelsbanken AB A and At…
Finland's equity benchmark closed higher, driven by gains in Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Consumer Services. The OMX Helsinki 25 finished the session up 0.67%, with Neste Oyj the top performer and several banking and industrial names among the laggards. Trading breadth favored decliners, and commodities markets showed notable strength in crude benchmark…
Brazil’s federal audit court (TCU) has postponed its ruling in the Banco Master matter, citing the existence of concurrent investigations whose findings are necessary to reach a complete judgment. Judge Jhonatan de Jesus ordered results from probes by the central bank, the Office of the Comptroller General and a case before the Supreme Federal Cour…
Estee Lauder and Madrid-listed Puig are reported to be in merger discussions that would create a luxury beauty group with an estimated combined market value near $40 billion. The deal would meaningfully increase Estee Lauder’s exposure to premium fragrances, moving its share in that category from 6% to about 15% and positioning it just behind L’Ore…
European Commission antitrust chief Teresa Ribera will meet Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg and Sam Altman in San Francisco as part of a U.S. trip that includes a meeting with Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and a scheduled speech later in the week. Ribera has said she is examining the full AI stack - from chatbots and training data to cloud infrastructure - …
Poland's stock market closed lower on Tuesday, with the WIG30 index falling 0.93% to a fresh one-month low. Declines were concentrated in the Information Technology, Banking and Developers sectors. While select large-cap names posted gains, overall market breadth favored decliners as crude and Brent oil rallied and the dollar strengthened against t…
The OMX Copenhagen 20 finished the session up 0.52%, driven by advances in Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Industrials. Novozymes, FLSmidth and Coloplast were among the top performers, while NKT Holding, Vestas and Carlsberg fell. Broader market breadth was nearly balanced with slightly more decliners than advancers. Energy commodities and the US do…
Meta Platforms has reassigned leadership of its AI For Work program to Chief Technology Officer Andrew Bosworth, part of a broader internal reorganization intended to sharpen the company’s operational agility in competing with AI native startups. The move shifts responsibility away from Guy Rosen and follows internal pilots and early adoption of AI…
Microsoft has reached an agreement to lease a large Texas data center project in Abilene that was originally intended for Oracle and OpenAI. The site, which represents approximately 700 megawatts of capacity and sits beside the Stargate campus, will be rented from developer Crusoe after Oracle and OpenAI discontinued negotiations to occupy the loca…
Shares of Celsius Holdings Inc (CELH) fell roughly 7% after Costco began selling a Kirkland Signature sparkling energy drink available in 24-packs for $16.99. The private-label product is priced at about $0.70 per 12-ounce can, contains 200 mg of caffeine and zero sugar, mirroring Celsius's formulation but at a much lower price point. The launch hi…
Norwegian equities closed higher on Tuesday, with the Oslo OBX gaining 0.48% as advances in Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities pushed the index higher. Yara International, Hoegh Autoliners and Frontline were the session's strongest performers, while Gjensidige, Kongsberg Gruppen and Norwegian Air Shuttle l…
Israel's main equity gauge, the TA 35, closed down 1.17% as losses in insurance, technology and communication names outweighed gains elsewhere. Market breadth showed far more decliners than advancers. Commodity and currency moves included sizable gains in crude and Brent oil, a modest rise in the U.S. dollar and small shifts in shekel exchange rate…
Greek equities closed lower on Tuesday as losses in the Banking, Telecoms and Household sectors pushed the Athens General Composite down 2.07% to a fresh three-month low. Market breadth favored decliners, with notable drops in major bank and industrial names, while gold, crude oil and the US Dollar Index futures advanced.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration will begin a series of pilot surveys to measure energy consumption patterns at data centers, starting in three states. Agency leadership says the effort is a preliminary, phased exercise to collect basic information - including backup power capabilities and fuel types - ahead of a potential broader survey.
Bernstein analyst Richard Clarke reports that global travel activity has held up through the first quarter, with U.S. hotels showing an acceleration in revenue per available room in February and continued strength into March. China and the Asia-Pacific region also posted robust February results, while Europe remained steady. Online travel agencies …
Immunic Inc. (NASDAQ:IMUX) shares rose 7.7% after Guggenheim initiated coverage with a Buy rating and a $7.00 price target. The analyst cited Phase II evidence in both relapsing and progressive multiple sclerosis, a placebo-like safety profile, and projected Phase III readouts and peak sales assumptions for the company’s oral candidate vidofludimus…
Istanbul equities closed lower on Tuesday with the BIST 100 index finishing down 1.81%. Losses were concentrated in the Banking, Insurance and Basic Metals sectors. Market breadth favored decliners, while a handful of mid- and small-cap names posted the session's largest gains and losses. Key commodity and FX benchmarks moved higher for the dollar …
Exchange data and calculations show traders placed bets on more than 5,100 lots of Brent and WTI futures valued at over $500 million between 10:49 and 10:50 GMT, shortly before a presidential post at 11:05 GMT that announced a five-day delay to planned strikes on Iran. The post prompted an abrupt selloff that saw over 13,000 lots, equivalent to rou…
Morocco's stock market closed slightly lower on Tuesday, with the Moroccan All Shares index down 0.04% in Casablanca. Losses concentrated in the Utilities, Banking and Mining sectors outweighed advances among several midcap names. Market breadth showed more rising stocks than decliners, while oil and Brent rose and gold dipped. Local FX rates and t…
Bank of America has singled out five U.S. cleantech companies as top picks, arguing that unsubsidized utility-scale solar remains cheaper than new-build combined-cycle gas generation. The bank lays out valuation targets, core assumptions and downside scenarios for Nextpower, First Solar, Shoals Technologies, HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital an…
Apple said it will begin displaying paid advertising within Apple Maps in the United States and Canada this summer. Advertisers will be able to claim their physical locations via revamped business tools coming next month, while Apple said it will preserve its stated privacy protections and keep personal data on users' devices. The move positions Ap…
Shares of the Fundrise Innovation Fund, trading as VCX, climbed as much as 39% to $265 on Tuesday, marking the fund's fourth day of public trading and pushing the market price to more than 1,300% above its most recently reported net asset value of $18.97. The stock's rapid ascent triggered multiple trading halts and reflects intense demand for a li…
