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Novartis has agreed to acquire UK-based Myricx Bio for $1.1 billion upfront plus up to $400 million in contingent milestones. The acquisition brings a potential first-in-class N-myristoyltransferase inhibitor (NMTi) antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) payload platform — intended to address resistance to existing ADC payloads — and two lead ADC assets aim…
JPMorgan moved its rating on Greek equities from Neutral to Overweight, citing Greece's imminent inclusion in the EuroStoxx index at the September 18 rebalance as the primary catalyst. The bank's index team projects about $956 million of inflows linked directly to that event, with nine Greek stocks, including the country's four largest banks, due t…
Shares of Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES fell after Barclays reduced its rating to Underweight and lowered its price target, citing doubts about the company hitting 2026 consensus forecasts and pointing to intensifying competition from low-earth orbit networks including SpaceX and Amazon projects.
Nemetschek AG shares climbed 4.3% to €57.85 after Deutsche Bank resumed coverage with a Buy rating and a €75 price target. The bank's analyst updated forecasts to incorporate first-quarter 2026 results, the July 1 acquisition of U.S. infrastructure software specialist HCSS, and foreign exchange headwinds, and judged the market too negative on the c…
SES stock slipped after Barclays lowered its rating to underweight and reduced the price target to €7.05, citing the need for pronounced 2026 improvement to meet consensus, competition threats from Starlink and Amazon LEO, and uncertainty around C-band incentive payments. Barclays also outlined its valuation assumptions, including a €3.4 billion ne…
Shares of Austria-based oilfield equipment maker SBO AG rose after Kepler Cheuvreux upgraded the stock from Reduce to Hold, citing that a roughly 20% decline since the earlier downgrade has absorbed much of the downside. The brokerage kept its EUR29 price target and made only modest changes to 2026-27 estimates, while flagging remaining risks aroun…
Adyen shares climbed after the Amsterdam-listed payments firm struck a deal with Xiaomi to use its Unified Commerce solution across 18 markets. The partnership is being viewed as a concrete commercial win amid a period of investor skepticism driven by lower growth expectations, a CFO departure, and analyst downgrades. Market rotation away from grow…
KGHM Polska Miedz unveiled its financial plan for 2026-2030, aiming for an average adjusted EBITDA of ZL 12 billion annually and a real-term EBITDA margin of 25.6%. The projection rests on specific commodity prices and FX assumptions from June 2026, outlines production and capital spending plans, and sets renewable energy capacity and emissions tar…
BE Semiconductor Industries NV slid after Dutch reports that Samsung and SK Hynix are contemplating delaying hybrid bonding adoption because of a new heat-dissipation technology. The potential postponement hits at BESI’s principal long-term revenue thesis, adding uncertainty to analyst assumptions and coinciding with a softer tone across semiconduc…
Shares of BE Semiconductor Industries dropped more than 7% following industry reports that the shift to hybrid bonding may be delayed. Manufacturers are said to be favoring existing thermocompression bonding for HBM4 memory chips and postponing hybrid bonding adoption until the 16-layer HBM4E generation, a development that could dampen growth prosp…
Prosus shares gained 4.4% to €38.62, rising to the top of the AEX after a positive session for Tencent in Hong Kong. The move highlighted Prosus’s close correlation with its Tencent holding, and came amid recently improved FY2026 results and the announcement of a $5 billion buyback and a proposed roughly 40% dividend increase for free-float shareho…
Porsche AG Preferred stock climbed 2.4% to €47.08 after UBS named the company its top clean Q2 performer in European auto coverage, citing near-term margin and cash flow upside. The rise was reinforced by reports of further management and administrative job reductions and a review of capacity at the Weissach development site. Investors await Q2 res…
European defense and aerospace stocks rallied Monday, with gains from around 1% up to nearly 13%, after NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned that weapons manufacturers are struggling to keep up with a rapid increase in allied defence spending ahead of this week’s NATO summit in Ankara. Market advances were led by Italy’s Fincantieri, while broa…
Indonesia's benchmark IDX Composite finished Monday's session up 0.68% as advances in Financials, Agriculture and Basic Industry stocks supported the market. Traders saw notable winners including Leyand International, Nusatama Berkah and Inocycle Technology, while Fortune Indonesia, Bumi Teknokultura Unggul and Winner Nusantara Jaya were among the …
Ocado Plc shares slipped after the company said co-founder and CEO Tim Steiner will leave at the start of its 2028 financial year, remaining in a founder role through 2029. The planned departure, coupled with reported disagreements among shareholders and calls for chairman Adam Warby’s removal, intensified governance concerns for a stock already pr…
Shares of Wise (OTC:WPLCF) advanced after J.P. Morgan initiated coverage of the U.S.-listed shares with an overweight rating and a $17.50 price target. The bank also lifted its London price target to 1,320 pence while keeping an overweight stance, citing stronger-than-expected transaction momentum, user engagement and customer balances that should …
Porsche shares rose after UBS identified the automaker as the strongest "clean" second-quarter performer in its coverage, forecasting a reported 7.3% operating margin that includes about €250 million of strategic realignment costs. UBS expects near-10% margins on an adjusted basis, improved sequential operating profit, and solid automotive free cas…
Members of the platform that receives monthly AI-curated stock lists are seeing sizable gains as markets reopen after the Independence Day holiday. Models flagged several stocks across semiconductor infrastructure, healthcare, and energy that delivered double-digit returns in June, and one energy name identified earlier by the machine-learning engi…
Prosus surged more than 4% as Tencent rallied following bullish commentary from JPMorgan about the rollout prospects for a WeChat AI Agent. JPMorgan said increased visibility from Tencent’s June beta testing has turned the project into a phased plan with measurable milestones. Separately, Prosus announced cash tender offers for two series of its 20…
OC Oerlikon Corp AG shares rose sharply in today’s trading, gaining 6.4% to CHF 4.50 and briefly reaching a new 52-week high of CHF 4.56. The move came without a single identifiable company announcement and appears to reflect the accumulation of favorable earnings revisions, robust Q1 2026 results and a benign market environment in Switzerland and …
Close Brothers Group PLC shares fell sharply after RBC Capital downgraded the stock and reduced its price target, citing the Upper Tribunal’s decision to permit a judicial review of the motor finance redress scheme. The move compounds previous legal developments and short-seller claims, leaving investors with greater uncertainty about the lender’s …
Thales shares fell after the company announced a binding agreement to acquire a controlling stake in Exail Technologies for an enterprise value of €3.9 billion and warned that cancellation of the German F126 frigate programme would weigh on first-half profits. Investors appeared to balance the strategic benefits of gaining scale in underwater syste…
Close Brothers Group shares fell by more than 5% after RBC Capital Markets lowered its rating to "sector perform" from "outperform" and trimmed its price target to 470p from 625p. The downgrade reflects renewed uncertainty around the Financial Conduct Authority's motor finance redress scheme following court developments and a delayed timetable for …
Shares of ITV rose after Comcast’s Sky agreed to acquire ITV’s Media & Entertainment division for up to £1.6 billion. The package includes £1.2 billion in cash at completion, a contingent earn-out of up to £200 million tied to 2027 advertising revenue targets, the sale of Love Productions to ITV Studios, and a long-term output agreement running to …
Exail Technologies shares climbed after French defense conglomerate Thales signed a binding agreement with the Gorgé family to acquire the company at an enterprise value of €3.9 billion, offering €134.00 per share. The deal marks the initial step toward a mandatory tender offer for all shares and follows the collapse of prior talks with Safran. Mar…
