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Aker's stock climbed sharply after the Norwegian conglomerate agreed to sell its entire holding in Cognite Holding B.V. to Schneider Electric for $3.1 billion in cash. The transaction produces roughly $1.48 billion in proceeds for Aker, generates an uplift to reported net asset value and leads the company to reinvest the windfall into a larger stak…
Bending Spoons S.p.A. set its initial public offering price at $29.00 per share, above the previously indicated $26 to $28 range. The deal comprises 57,971,015 ordinary shares, with the company selling 34,398,640 shares and certain selling shareholders offering 23,572,375 shares. Shares are expected to start trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Mark…
Jefferies identifies three Buy-rated European software companies it views as best positioned to capture monetizable demand tied to artificial intelligence. The brokerage emphasizes progress in turning AI capabilities into revenue for some names, cautions that near-term earnings seasons may not act as catalysts, and flags elevated uncertainty from A…
Bernstein identifies Costco, Dollarama and Dollar General as its preferred U.S. retail equities for the second half of 2026. The research note highlights a conflicted consumer backdrop - shaped by lingering inflation, uneven wage gains and trade-down behavior - while pointing to company-specific strengths that support conviction in these names.
Tesla's new vehicle registrations across European markets showed marked variation in June. France, Sweden and Denmark recorded sizeable year-over-year increases, while Norway - traditionally a strong market for the maker of electric vehicles - saw registrations fall 43% to 3,222 units. The company is expected to report roughly a 5% rise in deliveri…
BlackRock Investment Institute revised its asset views on Tuesday, reducing its exposure call on emerging market equities and hard-currency sovereign debt while increasing preference for emerging market local-currency debt and euro zone government bonds. The research unit highlighted pockets of opportunity linked to artificial intelligence infrastr…
Citigroup cut its 12-month price forecasts for the two largest cryptocurrencies, lowering bitcoin and ether targets after noting negative exchange-traded fund flows, subdued investor appetite and limited progress on U.S. digital-asset legislation. The bank also reduced its expected 12-month net ETF inflows to zero and outlined a bear-case tied to r…
European equities opened mixed on Wednesday as traders positioned for preliminary June eurozone inflation data and a high-profile monetary policy panel at the ECB Forum on Central Banking in Sintra. The STOXX 600 slipped modestly after hitting a record the prior session, with national indices showing divergent moves. Investors are focused on whethe…
British equities opened the new quarter under pressure as investors awaited a batch of global manufacturing PMI releases, monitored renewed Iran-Qatar mediation efforts in Doha and digested fresh remarks from Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey on the inflation outlook. The FTSE 100 traded lower alongside other European benchmarks while sterling…
TD Cowen has singled out JFrog as its preferred small- and mid-cap software pick, citing AI-related demand from coding agents, accelerating cloud adoption, and resilient security curation as the key drivers supporting upside to estimates and a sustained premium valuation multiple. Recent beats on revenue and billings, plus initiation and target upg…
Japanese equities closed higher on Wednesday, with the Nikkei 225 rising 0.60% as advances in Real Estate, Banking and Textile sectors outweighed losses in several industrial stocks. SUMCO, Taiyo Yuden and Dainippon Screen were the session's top performers, while Furukawa Electric, Sapporo Holdings and Kawasaki Heavy Industries registered the large…
Goldman Sachs has upgraded Helsinki-listed residential landlord Lumo Homes Plc from neutral to buy and raised its 12-month price target to €9.10, pointing to stronger occupancy trends, limited balance sheet risk and a large valuation discount to net tangible asset value. The broker projects further occupancy gains, modest rental growth and balance …
Topps Tiles Plc has reduced its adjusted profit-before-tax guidance for the financial year ending in September, citing extreme heatwave conditions that temporarily halted work on housebuilding sites and a consumer shift toward lower-priced product lines. Group revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2026, including the recently acquired CTD brand a…
Shares on the S&P/ASX 200 closed lower in Sydney, pressured by declines in the Consumer Staples, Financials and Gold sectors. The benchmark fell 0.64% at the close, with a handful of large movers on both the upside and downside. Volatility, measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX, ticked up, while gold futures fell and crude oil traded slightly higher.
Greggs plc announced a planned finance leadership transition: Richard Hutton will retire after 28 years with the business, and Ben Waldron will join as Chief Financial Officer-designate on October 27, 2026 before taking on full CFO responsibilities on January 1, 2027. Hutton will remain in post until December 31, 2026.
SK Holdings and KKR have formed a 2 trillion won ($1.3 billion) joint venture to assemble the largest renewables platform in South Korea. KKR will hold 51% and SK will retain 49% of the new company, which starts with about 1.7 gigawatts of operating and pipeline assets and targets expansion to 10 GW. The move consolidates renewable assets across SK…
Goldman Sachs updated its July 2026 European Conviction List in the bank's Directors' Cut, adding seismic-data specialist TGS ASA and UK industrial group Halma Plc, and removing Bayer AG, Anheuser-Busch InBev and Deutsche Telekom from the 27-stock roster. The revised list shows a median 12-month total return potential of 32% and a median upside to …
Taiwan stocks ended the session higher, with the Taiwan Weighted rising 0.96%. Gains were concentrated in Biotech & Medical Care, Chemical/Bio & Medical Care and Chemical sectors. Avision Inc and several chemical and scientific names posted large percentage increases, while Primax Electronics, Yeong Guan Energy Technology Group and Siward Crystal T…
Weichai Power's shares climbed 3.6% on Wednesday after Jefferies reiterated a Buy rating and lifted its price target to ¥44.20 from ¥40.40. The move reinforced investor confidence amid an already bullish analyst consensus and growing attention on the company's AI data center power generation business, which some analysts see as a major profit drive…
Austria-based Agrana reported preliminary fiscal first-quarter revenue of €855.30 million, below a €900 million analyst estimate, driven by lower volumes in its Sugar division. Despite the top-line shortfall, preliminary EBIT rose to €35.40 million on improved operations in both the Starch and Sugar segments and the absence of prior-year restructur…
Coles Group shares tumbled more than 5% after the company confirmed discussions with U.S. private equity firm TPG about a possible acquisition of Greencross Pet Wellness Company. Investors reacted to media reports that the deal could value Greencross at around A$4 billion. Coles stressed that any move would need to be strategically compelling and c…
A surge in very large acquisitions pushed announced global M&A value to $2.8 trillion in the first half of 2026, driven by 47 transactions above $10 billion that together made up nearly half of activity. Deal counts declined even as financing and regulatory conditions encouraged boards to pursue ambitious takeovers and corporate separations.
YTO Express shares rallied 10.0% to 17.33 CNY on Wednesday after the courier operator projected a substantial rise in first-half net profit. Management attributed the gain to AI-driven cost cuts and regulatory steps intended to rein in fierce competition. Broader improvements in market sentiment following stronger June PMI data also supported the s…
Kawasaki Heavy Industries shares plunged after reports the company is finalizing plans to raise about 200 billion yen through a mix of new share issuance and convertible bonds. The stock hit its lowest level since early February as investors weighed dilution, even as the broader Nikkei 225 climbed. The company says it is evaluating multiple capital…
South Korea recorded its biggest annual export increase in nearly half a century in June as semiconductor shipments surged. Exports climbed 70.9% year-on-year to a monthly record of $102.25 billion, while imports rose 30.1% to $66.10 billion, producing a trade surplus of $36.15 billion. Chip exports alone hit a new monthly high of $44.82 billion. T…
