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  • U.N. says Russian aerial strikes killed at least 265 civilians and injured 1,816 in Ukraine in June, the highest monthly toll since early 2022.
  • At the NATO summit in Ankara, President Trump alternated threats and praise, stoking concerns about alliance cohesion and trade frictions.
  • S&P downgraded Oracle's long-term issuer rating to BBB- citing higher AI capex and rising leverage while the stock still rose intraday.
  • Markets are bracing for a heavy Friday docket of energy and positioning data, including the IEA oil assessment, WASDE, rig counts and CFTC reports.
  • Bank of France raised its Q2 GDP estimate to 0.2% after June activity improved across services, industry and construction.
  • Equities swung as semiconductors and large-cap tech led gains while biotech and several small caps posted steep declines on company news.
  • Elon Musk praised Anthropic as the AI frontrunner as the company expands Claude adoption and eyes broader commercial offerings and a potential IPO.

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BE Semiconductor Raises Targets, Shares Edge Higher After Investor Day

BE Semiconductor Raises Targets, Shares Edge Higher After Investor Day

BE Semiconductor Industries NV nudged higher after management used its annual Investor Day to lift revenue and operating margin targets, citing robust demand from AI data centers and optical photonics. The company raised its top-line range and increased the lower bound of its margin guidance, while analysts refreshed ratings and the broader Dutch t…

UPM to Temporarily Idle Two Finnish Pulp Mills, Shares Retreat

UPM to Temporarily Idle Two Finnish Pulp Mills, Shares Retreat

UPM-Kymmene announced temporary production curtailments at two Finnish pulp mills, with the Kaukas mill set to stop operations from August 3, 2026 for about six weeks and a potential temporary shutdown of the Pietarsaari mill planned for October. The company said the moves aim to optimize production levels and wood sourcing and to protect profitabi…

European equities open cautiously after Fed signals possible rate rise

European equities open cautiously after Fed signals possible rate rise

European markets opened modestly lower as investors digested Federal Reserve policymakers' hawkish projections that left the door open to a rate increase later this year. Softer oil prices, following an interim U.S.-Iran agreement, provided some relief for inflation-sensitive sectors even as investors weigh the odds of a September Fed move.

China's Tariff Cuts and Rising Trade with Africa Accelerate Yuan Settlements

China's Tariff Cuts and Rising Trade with Africa Accelerate Yuan Settlements

China's removal of tariffs on imports from 53 African countries, combined with an almost 18% increase in China-Africa trade last year and new payment links, is encouraging greater use of the Chinese yuan in cross-border settlements. Banks and exporters report rising yuan transactions driven by trade flows and new infrastructure like CIPS, but relia…

TLG Trade Idea: A Clean, Convex Way to Backstop a Growth Rebound

TLG Trade Idea: A Clean, Convex Way to Backstop a Growth Rebound

Touchstone Large Company Growth ETF (TLG) is digesting recent highs near $28.34 while technicals sit neutral-to-weak and liquidity is thin. The fund’s concentrated, actively managed exposure to U.S. large-cap growth offers a way to capture a reflation in growth leadership with defined risk. I lay out a mid-term swing trade with precise entry, stop …

Tekmar posts 31% H1 revenue rise as oil and gas work lifts margins

Tekmar posts 31% H1 revenue rise as oil and gas work lifts margins

Tekmar Group reported a 31% year-over-year increase in first-half revenue to 16.20 million, with adjusted EBITDA turning positive at 100,000. Gross margin improved to 30.5% as sales shifted toward oil and gas work and process improvements supported profitability. Management flagged a record order backlog and recent contract awards as the basis fo…

China’s 618 Mid-Year Sale Shows Tepid Consumer Demand as AI Gains Traction

China’s 618 Mid-Year Sale Shows Tepid Consumer Demand as AI Gains Traction

China’s 618 mid-year shopping festival, centered on the anniversary of JD.com’s founding, has unfolded more quietly than in past years. The event - stretched into a roughly 40-day promotion period - highlights restrained consumer behaviour amid property-sector weakness and trade-related job concerns, while e-commerce firms increasingly deploy AI to…

Core Natural Resources: Capital Discipline and Cash Flow Make a Convincing Long-Term Swing — Buy into $86.50

Core Natural Resources: Capital Discipline and Cash Flow Make a Convincing Long-Term Swing — Buy into $86.50

Core Natural Resources (CNR) combines a conservative balance sheet with meaningful free cash flow generation and a shareholder-friendly capital return program. The trade: initiate a long at $86.50, stop $76.00, target $110.00 over a long-term horizon (180 trading days). The setup balances operational upside with clear risk controls for commodity-dr…

Final Hours to Secure InvestingPro at a 55% Discount: What You Need to Know

Final Hours to Secure InvestingPro at a 55% Discount: What You Need to Know

A limited-time Flash Sale on InvestingPro expires in a matter of hours. Subscribers can obtain the platform's full premium toolkit - including ProPicks AI strategies that have significantly outperformed the S&P 500 since launch - for less than $7 per month. The offering bundles AI stock selection, exit signals, valuation tools, real-time AI chat, a…

Citigroup Delays Expected Fed Rate Cut to October After Hawkish Dot Plot Shift

Citigroup Delays Expected Fed Rate Cut to October After Hawkish Dot Plot Shift

Citigroup has moved its forecast for the Federal Reserve's next interest-rate reduction from September to October after the Fed's latest Summary of Economic Projections revealed a surprisingly hawkish tilt among policymakers. The central bank left its policy rate unchanged at 3.50%-3.75% in a 12-0 vote and flagged that inflation remains above the 2…

Australian equities end lower as mining and tech drag S&P/ASX 200 down 0.62%

Australian equities end lower as mining and tech drag S&P/ASX 200 down 0.62%

Australian stocks closed lower in Sydney on Thursday, with the S&P/ASX 200 falling 0.62% as losses in the Gold, Metals & Mining and IT sectors pushed the benchmark down. Megaport Ltd led gains after reaching a three-year high, while Generation Development Group, Nickel Mines and Seek were among the heaviest decliners. Moves in commodities and curre…

Lantronix India Celebrates 10 Years of Innovation, Engineering Excellence and Strategic Growth

Lantronix India Celebrates 10 Years of Innovation, Engineering Excellence and Strategic Growth

Lantronix Inc. celebrates the 10-year anniversary of its India subsidiary, Lantronix India Pvt. Ltd., highlighting its evolution into a key engineering and innovation hub. The Indian team’s contributions have accelerated the company’s technology roadmap in Edge AI, industrial IoT, and smart infrastructure, supporting global product development and …