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Japanese equities rose at Monday's close in Tokyo, with the Nikkei 225 advancing 0.97% to a fresh all-time high. Gains were concentrated in the Real Estate, Banking and Textile sectors, while several large-cap names posted significant individual moves. Market breadth showed more decliners than advancers and implied volatility climbed.
Barclays has raised its rating on Kingfisher Plc from underweight to equal weight while reducing its price target to 300p and trimming near-term earnings forecasts. The upgrade follows a solid contribution from the group's marketplace and trade channels, even as Barclays flags limited visibility on demand amid geopolitical and inflationary pressure…
Moore Threads Technology swung to a first-quarter profit as revenue surged 155% year-on-year, driven by robust demand for domestic GPUs and AI computing. Shanghai-listed shares climbed to multi-month highs after the company reported net profit and continued to expand production of its flagship hardware, positioning itself as a local alternative to …
Goldman Sachs has increased its oil price forecasts after concluding that Persian Gulf crude exports will take longer to return to normal. The bank now projects higher average prices for Brent and WTI in late 2026 and 2027, driven by sustained production losses, faster-than-expected inventory draws and limited supply growth outside the Gulf.
The S&P/ASX 200 finished lower on Monday, falling 0.23% as losses in Utilities, Energy and Telecoms Services pressured the market. Advancers and decliners were closely matched, while volatility edged higher. Commodity markets diverged with crude oil and Brent rising and gold retreating. Currency moves were modest.
Gold traded in a tight band on Monday as a softer dollar and tentative signs of potential de-escalation between the U.S. and Iran balanced lingering geopolitical risk. Bullion found modest support after last week's steep fall, with market attention shifting to a Federal Reserve meeting later in the week for indications about interest-rate policy an…
Finland-based Nitro Games reported first-quarter revenue of 1.50 million euros, falling short of analyst expectations of 2.20 million euros and declining versus the same period last year. The studio nevertheless reported positive net income and maintained EBITDA and operating profit slightly ahead of the prior-year quarter, driven by efficiency mea…
Chipotle is set to report Q1 2026 results with transactions the key read‑through. The setup offers an asymmetric mid‑term trade: entry near the $34 level, stop at $31.50, target $45 if transactions accelerate and guidance stabilizes. Valuation has compressed (P/E ~29, P/S ~3.7) but the company still generates solid free cash flow and is pushing uni…
Finnish industrial conglomerate Aspo reported a 1.7% year-over-year fall in first-quarter net sales from continuing operations to EUR 114.1 million. Comparable EBITA from continuing operations slipped, mainly because of reduced profitability at ESL Shipping amid soft demand early in the quarter and elevated fuel costs tied to the war in Iran. Other…
Micron looks positioned to ride a new wave of CPU-driven AI demand as major CPU vendors steer workloads toward inference and agentic tasks that need high-bandwidth memory. The stock has momentum, solid fundamentals and a clean balance sheet. This trade idea outlines a mid-term swing entry, stop, and target while mapping catalysts and risks tied to …
The Taiwan stock market ended Monday on a strong note, with the Taiwan Weighted index climbing 3.23% to a new all-time high. Strength was concentrated in the Semiconductor, Electronic Parts/Components and Electronics sectors, while a handful of small-cap names posted sharp declines. Commodities and foreign-exchange rates showed mixed moves during t…
Garrett Motion Inc. announced a collaboration with Chinese company TONFY to integrate Garrett's oil-free centrifugal compressor technology into TONFY's liquid cooling units for battery energy storage systems, aiming to double cooling capacity and improve efficiency and noise levels. The technology is expected to enter mass production in 2027, enhan…
WeRide and Lenovo have expanded their collaboration to accelerate the commercial deployment of Level 4 autonomous vehicles worldwide. Starting in 2026, they aim to jointly deploy 200,000 autonomous vehicles, including Robotaxis, across more than 40 cities in 12 countries over five years. Utilizing Lenovo's high-performance computing platform HPC 3.…
Canadian officials, including Prime Minister Mark Carney, say U.S. President Donald Trump has not used the phrase 'entry fee' in relation to the scheduled review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Ottawa warns the review is unlikely to conclude by the July 1 deadline and insists outstanding issues be resolved together rather than through…
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Iran, NATO and the United Kingdom’s digital services tax are among the issues he plans to address with King Charles during the king’s four-day state visit to the United States next week. The visit will include stops in Virginia, New York and Washington, D.C., a private meeting with the president and a…
A spokesperson for the British prime minister said the United Kingdom's claim to the Falkland Islands remains unchanged following publication of an internal Pentagon email that suggested the United States could reassess diplomatic support for territories such as the Falklands as a response to allies' positions on the Iran war. Argentina's foreign m…
A Reuters poll of economists finds near-unanimous expectations that the Bank of Canada will keep its overnight rate at 2.25% on April 29 and mostly unchanged through the year. While markets price in a possible hike in the fourth quarter, economists say a rate rise would only be warranted if the recent jump in energy prices produces sustained core i…
Revised fiscal projections and official budget estimates indicate that Greece will lose its long-held position as the euro zone’s most indebted country by the end of this year, with Italian public debt expected to remain higher through the middle of the decade. Greece’s debt ratio is projected to fall to around 137% of GDP this year, while Italy’s …
DeepSeek has launched a preview of its V4 family of AI models and is offering developers a 75% discount on the Pro variant through May 5. At the same time, the company reduced input cache hit charges across its entire API suite to one-tenth of prior levels. V4 is available in a higher-performance Pro edition and a lighter Flash edition, and the com…
Shares of Zhipu AI (Knowledge Atlas Tech, HK:2513) and MiniMax Group Inc (HK:0100) fell further on Monday after rival DeepSeek released a new open-source model, V4, and announced deep cuts to API input cache pricing. The moves have intensified concern about escalating competition and a potential price war among Chinese AI developers. Tencent (HK:07…
Apollo-managed funds have agreed to acquire Forvia's Interiors Business Group, a leading global supplier of automotive interior systems. The acquisition enhances Apollo's presence in the automotive supply chain with a company possessing a global footprint and strong OEM partnerships, expected to close in the second half of 2026 after regulatory app…
A Bank of England survey released on Friday shows British companies have lifted their expectations for selling prices over the next 12 months, while their outlook for sales growth weakened to its lowest point since July 2020. Other business gauges echoed stronger pricing signals, even as concerns about demand temper how aggressively firms plan to r…
The Bank of Russia cut its key rate by 50 basis points to 14.5% on Friday, a move in line with market expectations. Governor Elvira Nabiullina warned that the Iran war and a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz create uncertainty that could blunt the benefits of higher commodity prices. The central bank raised its 2026 average oil price forecast to $65…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States is in talks about establishing currency swap lines with partners in the Gulf and Asia after several allies requested assistance to manage energy shocks and other effects from the Iran war. Bessent noted such arrangements could strengthen international dollar liquidity and help create new dolla…
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has agreed to purchase U.S. drugmaker Organon & Co in an all-cash transaction valued at about $11.75 billion including debt. The acquisition, financed with cash and committed bank loans, is aimed at boosting Sun's footprint in specialty medicines and women's health while providing global scale and a cash-generating bus…
