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German equity markets finished the session higher on Friday, with the DAX rising 0.20% and the MDAX and TecDAX advancing 0.48% and 1.27% respectively. Strength in Financial Services, Technology and Food & Beverages names underpinned gains, while select banks and utilities weighed on the downside. Market breadth was positive and volatility, as measu…
Paris equities closed lower Friday, driven by declines in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Utilities sectors. The CAC 40 fell 0.35% and the SBF 120 slipped 0.30%. Safran led gains on both indices, while Societe Generale and L'Oreal were among the heaviest decliners. Market breadth favored losers and volatility measures reached a 52-week high.
Belgian equities finished Friday in negative territory, with the BEL 20 down 0.21% at the close in Brussels. Gains in select healthcare and real estate names contrasted with weakness among lenders, consumer-facing firms and materials-related stocks. Market breadth was modestly positive, with slightly more advancing than declining issues. Commodity …
Canada’s S&P/TSX Composite advanced sharply on Friday after U.S. consumer inflation readings for January showed a slowdown. Gains were broad but uneven, with technology shares under pressure amid AI-related worries and materials stocks weighed down by lower precious metals prices as markets pared back early expectations for near-term Federal Reserv…
Stocks in Sweden finished lower on Friday, with the OMX Stockholm 30 falling 0.12%. Losses concentrated in the Financials, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors. Hexagon AB ser. B, NIBE Industrier AB ser. B and SAAB AB ser. B were the session's top performers, while Evolution AB and major banks Swedbank and Svenska Handelsbanken posted notable…
The OMX Helsinki 25 ended Friday's session up 0.25%, with Technology, Consumer Services and Industrials among the better-performing sectors. Mandatum Oyj, TietoEVRY and KONE were the session's top advancers, while SSAB AB B, Hiab and Fortum weighed on the index. Market breadth was positive and commodity and FX moves were mixed.
A wave of U.S. initial public offerings in 2026 has been trimmed or deferred as volatile markets, heightened valuation scrutiny and weak performance among peers weigh on issuers. Several companies, including a Wall Street broker, a Brazilian fintech and a Blackstone-backed app marketer, have scaled back fundraising targets or postponed planned list…
Citizens Financial Group cut its rating on Upstart Holdings to Market Underperform from Market Perform and set a $20 price target. The brokerage said Upstart's current valuation is hard to justify relative to comparable consumer lenders despite a recent share pullback, and flagged concerns about its medium-term origination targets, the usefulness o…
Poland's WIG30 index closed lower on Friday, dragged down by declines in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors. Market breadth favored decliners, while a handful of retailers and brokers outperformed. Energy and precious metals contracts moved higher, and major PLN crosses were essentially unchanged.
U.S. antitrust regulators have intensified scrutiny of Microsoft, sending civil investigative requests to several competitors in enterprise software and cloud markets to gather information on licensing terms and product bundling, including AI, security and identity offerings. The move follows an earlier 2024 probe into Microsoft’s productivity soft…
Denmark's main equity gauge, the OMX Copenhagen 20, finished higher on Friday, supported by advances in Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors. While a handful of large-cap industrial and biotech names posted notable gains, several banking stocks moved lower and decliners outnumbered advancers on the exchange. Commodity and FX benchmark…
Jefferies raised its rating on Medpace to Buy, pointing to a 56% rebound in biotech funding in H2 2025, a conservative balance sheet at the company, and a lower near-term risk from artificial intelligence. The broker expects new contract bookings to pick up in the back half of 2026 into 2027 given Medpace’s typical four- to six-quarter lag from fun…
A federal judge in Manhattan ruled that JPMorgan Chase must defend against portions of a proposed class action alleging the bank paid brokerage and retirement account holders artificially low interest on idle cash swept into deposit accounts. Plaintiffs say Cash Sweep programs paid between 0.01% and 0.03% even as short-term market rates exceeded 5%…
BTIG identified AeroVironment (AVAV) and Leonardo DRS (DRS) as its leading industrial sector picks for the first half of 2026, citing expanded defense budgets and accelerating demand for unmanned systems, counter-unmanned technology, loitering munitions and electronic warfare solutions. The firm outlines recent contracts, margin profiles and supply…
L'Oreal's chief executive, Nicolas Hieronimus, said the company would welcome obtaining the Gucci beauty licence before its scheduled transfer in 2028. The licence, currently held by Coty, remains a topic of negotiation between Coty and Gucci's owner Kering. Key industry moves around the licence have followed Kering's sale of its Creed-centred beau…
Norway's benchmark Oslo OBX closed lower, down 0.89%, with losses concentrated in Media, Transport and Diversified Financials stocks. Market breadth was negative with 171 decliners versus 90 advancers. Frontline rose to a 52-week high, while Tomra, Norsk Hydro and Nordic Semiconductor posted the biggest drops. Oil, gold and currency benchmarks show…
Israel's benchmark TA 35 finished lower on Friday, falling 0.49% as declines in the Communication, Banking and Financials sectors weighed on the market. Market breadth favored losers, while a handful of stocks posted notable gains and losses. Commodities and currency markets showed modest movement alongside U.S. dollar strength.
Instacart shares climbed sharply after the online grocery platform reported its strongest quarterly gross transaction value growth in three years and raised first-quarter GTV guidance above Wall Street expectations. Management pointed to improved product selection, quality enhancements and pricing moves to capture smaller baskets while continuing t…
Greek equities closed lower Friday, with the Athens General Composite dropping 2.82% as losses in banking, telecommunications and household sectors drove a broad retreat. Ekter was among the few gainers and reached a five-year high, while Titan Cement International, Eurobank Ergasias and Elvalhalcor were the session's heaviest decliners. Market bre…
A burst of investor selling tied to accelerating AI developments has pushed sharp losses across multiple U.S. sectors. The reaction began in software names following a high-profile legal AI plug-in release and widened as more model upgrades and new AI products emerged. Markets punished companies seen as vulnerable to automation, with declines spann…
Coinbase shares climbed more than 16% shortly after 10:30 AM on Friday, recovering sharply a day after the company reported a 20% year-over-year decline in fourth-quarter revenue to $1.8 billion and a net loss of $667 million driven by unrealized markdowns on its crypto holdings and investments. The rebound follows a prior steep slide in the stock …
Barclays has resumed coverage of Medtronic with an Overweight rating and a $116 price target, pointing to robust expansion in the company’s electrophysiology business led by cardiac ablation systems for atrial fibrillation. The broker projects 60% to 70% growth in the EP segment, sees Affera and renal denervation as multi-year drivers, and expects …
Chile's state-owned copper miner Codelco said it has removed several senior managers at its El Teniente operation following an internal audit that identified inconsistencies and alleged concealment of technical details after a prior rock explosion. The changes include the replacement of the El Teniente general manager and a vice president of operat…
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has expanded an inquiry into Microsoft Corp.'s practices in enterprise computing, cloud services and artificial intelligence products. The agency has issued civil investigative demands to multiple Microsoft competitors to obtain information on licensing, bundling and whether Microsoft impedes customer use of its so…
Friday's trading session produced sharp moves across market-cap segments as analyst upgrades, earnings prints and guidance updates pushed some names sharply higher and others notably lower. Applied Materials and Rivian posted strong gains after positive analyst actions, while Pinterest and several mid- and small-cap names slumped following downgrad…
