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SK Hynix's planned $28 billion American depositary receipt (ADR) sale has seen demand multiple times greater than the shares on offer, with roughly 1,000 institutions participating in the company roadshow. The offering, which would be the largest U.S. listing by a foreign company, will price on Thursday and begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select…
Bernstein has singled out IAG and Ryanair as its preferred names in Europe’s airline sector ahead of the upcoming quarterly earnings season. The firm points to IAG’s strong RASK performance and positive market dynamics on key routes, and to Ryanair’s fortified balance sheet and hedging position as factors that support above-consensus earnings expec…
Daihen shares fell sharply after Goldman Sachs downgraded the stock from Buy to Neutral and lowered its price target. The bank said recent gains had largely priced in upside and questioned whether semiconductor-related power-supply sales would drive further valuation expansion. The downgrade came as momentum faded and Tokyo's tech-heavy market expe…
South Korea’s KOSPI slid sharply as local chipmakers, led by Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, weighed on the market — pushing the index toward a technical bear market despite Samsung reporting record second-quarter profit. Investors cited stretched valuations, leverage in the sector and concerns over demand and supply dynamics.
Shares of several China-listed memory-chip manufacturers climbed sharply after a media report said Apple is testing DRAM chips produced by state-backed ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) for devices sold in China. The report, which also said Apple has pushed for relaxed U.S. restrictions on CXMT products while not committing to commercial adoption…
Japanese regional bank equities weakened sharply this week as several lenders disclosed loan exposures to Zentoshin, an Osaka-based payments processor that filed for bankruptcy with about 125.9 billion yen in liabilities. The announcements prompted steep declines in some stocks and prompted banks to make provisions against possible defaults.
The U.S. Department of Commerce has authorized a broad launch of OpenAI's GPT-5.6 after weeks of review and testing, allowing the company to move past an earlier requirement to limit initial access. The approval follows technical evaluations by the Commerce Department's Center for AI Standards and Innovation and meetings between OpenAI and governme…
Inpex Corporation's stock rose after the company agreed to buy about 1 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas per year from Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. under a 15-year contract tied to the Ruwais LNG project, and disclosed that its Metropolitan CCS joint venture has started drilling an appraisal well off Kujukuri, Chiba Prefecture. The Nikkei 225 w…
Workers represented by the Combined Ports Unions have notified BHP of an eight-hour work stoppage at Port Hedland scheduled for July 16 after six months of bargaining failed to yield a new enterprise agreement. The threat of industrial action has pressured BHP shares, and the pause could affect significant daily iron ore export volumes through Aust…
Shares of Knowledge Atlas Tech (HK:2513), the company behind Zhipu AI, rose sharply after reports that the firm has initiated preliminary discussions with domestic chip designers about creating a bespoke ASIC to run its GLM series of large language models. The initiative is at an early stage, with no partner selected and development likely to excee…
Workers at BHP's Port Hedland operations in Western Australia have given notice of an eight-hour work stoppage scheduled for July 16. The action, called by the Combined Ports Unions after six months of unsuccessful bargaining over a four-year labour deal, is expected to interrupt roughly A$120 million ($83.16 million) of iron ore revenue for the da…
Most Asian equity markets traded with caution as investors rotated back into selected artificial intelligence-linked semiconductor stocks after a valuation-driven selloff earlier in the week. Elevated oil prices following tightened U.S. sanctions on Iranian crude and ongoing geopolitical strains around the Strait of Hormuz reinforced inflation conc…
U.S. equity futures were largely unchanged Tuesday evening as investors avoided major positioning amid renewed U.S.-Iran hostilities and ahead of the Federal Reserve's June meeting minutes. Crude oil jumped on the conflict, adding pressure to the inflation outlook, while attention turns to the Fed's commentary and the start of second-quarter corpor…
Apple is testing DRAM memory chips produced by Chinese state-backed ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) for devices sold within China, and is reportedly pressing U.S. officials for broader permission to use those parts even though no commercial commitment has been made. CXMT has grown into the world’s fourth-largest DRAM wafer producer and is prepa…
Ministers and trade officials from Mexico, Peru, Guatemala and Ecuador told U.S. Trade Representative hearings that they have laws and processes to combat forced labor and asked to be excluded from new 10% to 12.5% tariffs aimed at penalizing weak enforcement. At the same hearings, steel industry groups requested exemptions for imported pig iron, w…
Several legacy automakers are shifting significant research and development responsibilities to China, where local engineering centres are producing technology now being adopted beyond the Chinese market. General Motors' new Buick Electra E7 and the Xiao Yao platform developed at SAIC-GM's PATAC in Shanghai exemplify the trend, and other groups inc…
Major streaming services and legacy media companies are preparing to bid for U.S. broadcast rights to the 2030 and 2034 FIFA World Cups, with executives budgeting as much as $1.5 billion to $2 billion per tournament. FIFA plans to offer English- and Spanish-language U.S. rights as a single combined package, a shift that could limit participation by…
The Federal Communications Commission has placed California-based Digitalsystem Technology on its list of companies that pose risks to U.S. national security and denied the company permission to provide international telecommunications services. The agency cited the firm's ownership by a Chinese national and partnerships with Hong Kong-based PCCW, …
Freedom Metals Acquisition Corp. has priced an initial public offering of 27,500,000 units at $10.00 per unit, raising $275,000,000. The units are slated to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker FDMMU on July 8, 2026, with the offering expected to close on July 9, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. The sponsor is a blank-check co…
United PF Holdings, the largest operator of Planet Fitness locations and owned by American Securities, is negotiating with lenders on a potential debt-for-equity transaction that would hand ownership to creditors. The talks are part of a restructuring to address looming debt maturities, including a first-lien loan due in December and a second-lien …
MasTec Inc. has agreed to acquire The Superior Group for approximately $1.65 billion in a transaction that combines stock and cash. The deal, which lifted MasTec shares in after-hours trading, brings roughly 3,000 Superior employees and expands MasTec's capacity in data center and other mission-critical infrastructure work. Financial projections fo…
Mexico's benchmark S&P/BMV IPC closed down 1.17% on Tuesday, with losses concentrated in Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples. Airport-related stocks were among the weakest performers, while Wal Mart de Mexico, Gentera and Gruma posted gains. Commodity and FX markets were mixed, with crude oil rising and gold futures falling.
Lockheed Martin secured two U.S. Department of War contracts totaling more than $607 million. One award funds post-production support for AH-64 aircraft night-vision systems, and a separate task order will finance Global Positioning System control-segment modifications for GPS III follow-on space vehicles.
Colombian stocks finished lower after the close on Tuesday, with the COLCAP index falling 0.06%. Sector-level declines in Financials, Investment and Public Services pressured the market. Standout movers included Grupo Nutresa SA, which led gains, and Etb, which recorded the session's largest drop. Commodity and currency benchmarks also showed mixed…
Wolfspeed Inc filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Navitas Semiconductor after Tuesday's market close, alleging that a broad range of Navitas GaN and SiC products violate multiple Wolfspeed patents. The legal action was announced following the market close and was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. B…
