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President to convene defense industry leaders at the White House as the administration pushes for a faster scale-up of munitions manufacturing. Tentative framework agreements with major contractors aim to raise output of interceptors, cruise missiles and air-to-air munitions, but conversions to binding contracts and congressional funding remain out…
Goldman Sachs downgraded Allegro.eu from buy to neutral, citing a narrowed valuation gap after a strong rally in the Polish e-commerce group's shares. The bank raised its 12-month price target to 41 zlotys from 38 zlotys, while highlighting ongoing operational strengths and a set of near-term catalysts it will monitor.
Sharp Corp said it signed a memorandum of understanding with Hon Hai to pursue strategic collaboration across multiple emerging technology areas, including AI infrastructure, energy, robotics, automation, electric vehicles and next-generation communications. The announcement provided no additional operational plans beyond a previously disclosed AI …
Ambu A/S shares fell sharply after Danske Bank downgraded the stock to Sell from Neutral, pointing to mounting competitive pressure in the company's urology business and signaling concerns about near-term growth prospects and upside for the share price. The Danish maker of single-use endoscopy devices has expanded into urology but is now facing fas…
FedEx reported fiscal fourth-quarter adjusted EPS of $6.31 on $25.0 billion in revenue, beating Wall Street’s $5.92 and $24.01 billion estimates, but the company’s calendar year 2026 adjusted EPS guidance of $16.90 to $18.10—centered at $17.50—came in well below the roughly $19.86 analyst consensus. Investors focused on stranded costs tied to the F…
Twilio shares jumped in pre-market trading after Goldman Sachs started coverage with a Buy rating and a $300 price target, citing the companys positioning to capture demand tied to agentic AI and growth in its self-service business. The initiation added to a series of recent analyst upgrades and followed robust Q1 2026 results, pushing the stock h…
FedEx stock dropped sharply premarket after the company reported a narrower operating margin in its Federal Express delivery segment and detailed a strategic shift that included spinning off its trucking arm. Rising labor, outsourced transportation and fuel costs, coupled with lower volumes tied to trade-policy shifts and changes to de minimis trea…
Barclays upgraded mobile operator 1&1 and parent United Internet from "equal weight" to "overweight," increasing price targets for both names. The broker cited stabilising operational performance at 1&1 after a network migration and roaming-partner change, a reduced spectrum-spend assumption, and unpriced consolidation potential in the German marke…
RENK Group AG shares fell 5.5% to €43.21, approaching a 52-week low of €42.12, as a sector-wide sell-off triggered by weakness in Rheinmetall compounded pre-existing headwinds including institutional positioning and technical pressure. The stock is testing a critical support band even though the company is reporting strong operational metrics such …
Leonardo stock declined 4.4% to €48.215 following a sharp downturn in German defense stocks, notably Rheinmetall, after a report about Germany potentially cancelling a delayed multibillion-euro F126 frigate project. The company’s June 23 update on the GCAP Global Combat Air Programme remained constructive for long-term orders, but a wider macro sel…
Micron reports quarterly results after the market close following a severe 13.2% drop the prior session. Pre-market bids showed partial recovery, but attention is focused on whether consensus revenue expectations - ranging from Micron's own $33.5 billion guide up to some street forecasts near $35.4 billion - are sustainable and how management frame…
Indra's stock fell sharply, hitting an intraday low after a sell-off in the European defence sector triggered by news about a potential cancellation of Germany's F126 frigate project. The decline is compounded by recent management turnover, a notable earnings-per-share miss, and broader risk-averse market conditions that have pressured higher-beta …
Hensoldt AG shares fell 4.8% to €67.86, pushing the stock closer to its 52-week low of €64.80 after a sector-wide decline triggered by a Rheinmetall sell-off. Technical indicators have been deteriorating for weeks, management bought shares in late June but the purchase did not halt the decline, and Germany's weakening private sector and losses acro…
Trainline PLC shares fell about 3.8% to trade near 205p after the company disclosed that Ian Brown, formerly of Flutter UK, will take over as chief executive. The leadership change, revealed in an early morning regulatory filing, arrives as the company contends with a difficult regulatory environment and a wider market downturn that has left UK equ…
European defence equities fell after Germany announced it was abandoning the F126 frigate programme. Rheinmetall shares tumbled after reports the company would lose the lead on the €12.8 billion contract, while several continental peers slid modestly. The government will instead buy eight smaller Meko A-200 frigates, prompting a reallocation of rol…
U.S. equity futures edged higher after two sessions of declines as technology names attracted buyers following a steep selloff that erased more than $1 trillion from the Nasdaq 100’s market value. Memory-chip shares led early gains in premarket trade, while investors awaited Micron Technology’s after-hours results for signals on the strength and su…
Kepler Cheuvreux lowered its recommendation on Telecom Italia Group from "buy" to "hold," saying the stock's roughly 220% rise in the past 18 months has effectively closed its valuation gap with peers and brought the share price to the brokerage's unchanged €8 target. While several upside scenarios remain possible, the broker judged them unlikely a…
Wendy’s stock climbed sharply in pre-market trading after the company named Steve Cirulis as its new Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer, effective June 23, 2026. The move, seen as a vote of confidence because of Cirulis’s prior working relationship with CEO Bob Wright, arrived as Wendy’s contends with soft U.S. same-restaurant sales…
J.P. Morgan placed Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV on Negative Catalyst Watch ahead of the retailer's first-half 2026 results due Aug. 5, maintaining an underweight rating while slightly increasing its price target to €24.07. The bank trimmed like-for-like sales and margin assumptions for both the U.S. and Europe for Q2 and H2 2026, citing weaker mar…
Indonesia's benchmark IDX Composite fell 3.41% at the close in Jakarta, led lower by declines in the Infrastructure, Financials and Agriculture sectors. Market breadth was weak, with falling issues far outnumbering advancers. Commodity and currency moves included drops in crude and Brent oil, a retreat in gold futures, and a firmer rupiah against t…
Argenx shares fell 5.7% in Brussels trading after the company updated its late-stage trial plan for Vyvgart in myositis. Management said it will stop pursuing one myositis subtype in the program and will analyze the two remaining subgroups independently, citing less robust evidence of efficacy in one subgroup. J.P. Morgan noted concerns over the DM…
SK Hynix plans to raise 45.45 trillion won ($29.43 billion) by listing American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) on Nasdaq, issuing 17.79 million new shares to underpin the offering on July 10. The company says proceeds will fund a new chip plant in Yongin, an advanced packaging facility in Cheongju and purchases of equipment including an Extreme Ultravi…
TKMS stock climbed sharply after media reports indicated that Germany will shift to eight MEKO-A-200 frigates in place of the F126 design, directing a large surface-vessel order to TKMS. The move coincided with a Bundestag budget committee vote on a €26 billion F127 procurement for which TKMS is sole supplier on the MEKO platform, and with the comp…
Rheinmetall AG shares plunged as much as 14.7% today, hitting a new 52-week low after reports that Germany will cancel the F126 frigate program and buy eight smaller Meko-200 frigates from rival TKMS. The move undermines Rheinmetall’s recent €1.5 billion purchase of Naval Vessels Lürssen and raises the prospect of multibillion-euro write-downs desp…
Brazil's antitrust authority CADE has granted unconditional approval for the merger of Saipem and Subsea 7, allowing the two offshore contractors to combine into a new entity named Saipem7. Shares in both firms jumped intraday before trimming gains. The approval can still be challenged by third parties, while separately Saipem agreed to sell its Sa…
