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Japan's equity benchmark closed higher on Monday, with the Nikkei 225 rising 0.90% to a fresh all-time high. Broad sector gains were led by Real Estate, Banking and Textile groups. Large-cap movers included strong advances in SoftBank Group, Kioxia and SUMCO, while Denka, Mitsubishi Electric and Shiseido were the session's weakest performers. Volat…
USA Rare Earth announced a major expansion of its investment in France's rare earth ecosystem, aiming to boost metal, alloy, and magnet production to support regional and Western supply chains. The investment, potentially exceeding €175 million by 2030, aligns with U.S. government partnerships and is supported by French governmental incentives. Thi…
Goldman Sachs elevated its 12-month target for the STOXX 600 to 660 in a note dated Friday, citing resilient corporate earnings, upward revisions in energy, and AI-related optimism as key supports for recent gains. The brokerage also raised three- and six-month targets to 640 and 645, and highlighted valuation limits driven by inflation and expecta…
Barclays upgraded Ariston Group from Underweight to Equal Weight after a roughly 9% fall in the stock since mid-May narrowed the downside to its updated price target of €3.30. The bank raised its target from €3.10 and left open scenarios ranging from a €4.80 upside to a €2.70 downside, while maintaining below-consensus estimates amid concerns about…
British house prices declined 0.6% in May, marking the first monthly fall since December and the largest monthly drop since June 2025, Nationwide said. Annual growth slowed to 1.7% from 3% in April. Mortgage rates have risen amid market expectations of later Bank of England rate hikes following the war in Iran, and surveyors report subdued sales an…
Australian equities closed slightly lower on Monday, with the S&P/ASX 200 retreating 0.03%. Strength in several software and healthcare technology stocks was offset by notable declines across healthcare, A-REITs and financials. Market breadth was negative, volatility ticked up, and commodity prices moved mixed with oil higher and gold lower.
Morgan Stanley moved two Greater China semiconductor companies to Overweight from Equal-weight, pointing to firmer DDR4 memory pricing and expansion opportunities in specialized memory products and server SSD agreements. The bank substantially raised price targets and lifted earnings-per-share forecasts for both Winbond Electronics and Nanya Techno…
Jerome Powell, speaking publicly for the first time since finishing his eight-year term as Federal Reserve chair, warned that efforts to politicize the central bank risk damaging public confidence. Accepting the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, Powell described democratic institutions as fragile …
Taiwan's benchmark index climbed 2.51% on Monday to a new all-time high, driven by advances in the Plastic, Computers & Peripherals and Electricity sectors. Several mid- and small-cap names recorded 10% gains, while other listed companies posted steep declines. Oil and Brent futures rose, gold futures declined, and local currencies saw modest moves…
An unplanned detonation of explosives stored by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army in Kaung Tat village on Sunday around noon (0530 GMT) has killed at least 55 people and razed large parts of the settlement. Witnesses described a mushroom cloud and a vast crater where munitions had been kept; search and recovery operations are ongoing amid mountin…
SoftBank Group's stock surged to an all-time high on Monday as investor enthusiasm around artificial intelligence and chipmaking drove heavy buying. The rally lifted the conglomerate's market capitalization above Toyota Group, making SoftBank Japan's most valuable company. Key drivers included the rising fortunes of Arm Holdings and disclosed gains…
On June 1, President Donald Trump said Iran wants to reach a deal with the United States and predicted it would be beneficial for Washington and its allies. His remarks followed U.S. strikes on Iranian military sites over the weekend and a claimed Revolutionary Guards response against a U.S. base, developments occurring while negotiations to end th…
HP Inc. announced a new lineup of PCs and workstations integrating NVIDIA's RTX Spark platform and advanced AI technologies, aimed at improving AI development, content creation, gaming, and hybrid Windows workflows. These devices include ultra-thin laptops, compact desktops, and secure workstations designed for regulated environments, featuring pow…
Nutanix announced that its Unified Storage solution has received enterprise-level certification from NVIDIA, ensuring compatibility and performance for NVIDIA-powered AI infrastructure deployments. The certification validates Nutanix's ability to support large-scale AI production workloads with efficient data handling, maximizing GPU utilization, a…
Biogen Inc., in collaboration with UCB, announced the publication of positive Phase 3 PHOENYCS GO study results of their investigational drug dapirolizumab pegol (DZP) in The Lancet. The study demonstrated statistically significant improvement in disease activity at Week 48 for patients with moderate-to-severe systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) tre…
U.S. Central Command said it carried out strikes on Iranian radar and command facilities on Goruk and Qeshm island over the weekend, describing the actions as self-defense after a U.S. drone was downed. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it struck a U.S. base it accused of being used to stage attacks on southern Iran. Kuwait reported int…
Red Cat (RCAT) has been executing M&A and product ramps that stitch together air, ground and maritime autonomy. With a market cap near $2.2B, an expanding product set (V7 surface vessel, wireless charging, distributed control) and positive sector-level policy tailwinds, the setup supports a tactical long. Entry $14.49, stop $11.50, target $18.78 - …
Major technology firms have been issuing large corporate bond deals outside the United States, pushing smaller currency markets to new depth. Alphabet and Amazon have set records in multiple non-dollar markets, contributing to a surge in international issuance by U.S. non-financial corporates as hyperscalers seek funding for AI infrastructure and b…
NVIDIA announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is leveraging NVIDIA's CUDA-X libraries, AI models, and GPU-accelerated computing to enhance semiconductor design and manufacturing workflows. This collaboration improves lithography, transistor and process simulation, process control, defect inspection, and fab operations opti…
NVIDIA, collaborating with Foxconn and Taiwan's leading medical centers, is deploying advanced AI agent workforces and robotic systems across Taiwan’s healthcare network as part of the $1.5 billion 'Healthy Taiwan' initiative. This deployment includes the CoDoctor AI platform, NVIDIA NemoClaw-powered AI agents for clinical workflows, and physical A…
Asian currencies and the U.S. dollar moved in tight ranges as markets balanced unresolved ceasefire discussions between the U.S. and Iran, renewed regional military activity, and mixed Chinese economic indicators. Persistent inflation risks, driven in part by rising energy costs, have traders reassessing the Federal Reserve's path and shifting focu…
NVIDIA announced a major release of open source physical AI agent skills and tools integrated with its Omniverse, Cosmos, Alpamayo, and Metropolis platforms. These tools simplify complex development workflows for robotics, autonomous vehicles, vision AI, and industrial digital twins by transforming tasks into agent-executable instructions. Industry…
Nvidia on Monday introduced a new family of processors built for Microsoft Windows PCs, unveiled by CEO Jensen Huang at COMPUTEX in Taiwan. Branded RTX Spark, the chips are designed to run locally hosted artificial intelligence agents and will appear in Microsoft Surface devices as well as models from major PC makers. Nvidia also revealed a dedicat…
NVIDIA announced the NVIDIA Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot, an open reference design combining advanced humanoid hardware with NVIDIA's Jetson Thor AI compute and Isaac GR00T software platform. Targeted at academic institutions and researchers, this platform aims to accelerate humanoid robotics development by integrating hardware, software, a…
NVIDIA announced a major expansion of its DRIVE Hyperion robotaxi-ready platform ecosystem by partnering with global automakers, software developers, and mobility providers to deploy level 4 autonomous robotaxi fleets across Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Key partners include Foxconn in Taiwan, VinFast in Southeast Asia, Uber in Europe, and HUM…
