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Traders face a packed economic calendar on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, with the API Weekly Crude Stock report, the 5-Year Note Treasury auction and the ADP Employment Change Weekly release among the events most likely to influence markets. Several mortgage market measures and regional Fed surveys, plus speeches from Federal Reserve officials, add laye…
Spanish defence contractor Indra has named Josep Maria Recasens as its new chief executive, with the appointment effective June 17. Recasens joins from Renault Group, where he has been chief strategy officer since November, after two years leading roles at Renault's Ampere electric vehicle unit. The leadership change follows recent exits among seni…
KNDS is engaging with other sectors, including automotive, to secure manufacturing capacity across Europe as it ramps up tank output, CEO Jean-Paul Alary said. The company highlighted an urgent need for significantly more capacity in Europe - particularly Germany - following a reported revenue rise in 2025. Broader defence-sector order momentum con…
Goldman Sachs weekly data showed US Class I railroad carload volumes rose 5% year-over-year in week 20, up from 4.2% in week 19. Intermodal traffic led the increase, while ex-intermodal volumes were broadly steady. Canadian rail carriers recorded accelerating total carload growth but uneven intermodal trends.
Law’s Business Group Holding Limited submitted a registration to offer 6.25 million Class A ordinary shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market, aiming to raise between $25 million and $37.5 million. The company proposes a $4 to $6 per-share price range and plans to trade under the ticker LSBA. Cathay Securities is named as the sole underwriter and the sh…
Barclays has named three mining and materials companies as its highest-conviction ideas: Freeport McMoRan, Steel Dynamics and MP Materials. The bank assigns Overweight ratings to all three, setting price targets of $77, $270 and $69 respectively, and points to company-specific operational improvements, growth projects and market positioning as the …
Shareholders of Webster Financial Corp. approved Banco Santander SA's $12 billion acquisition proposal at an extraordinary meeting, clearing a major hurdle for the takeover. Santander's offer combines cash and American Depositary Shares and is aimed at expanding the Spanish bank's U.S. commercial and retail lending presence by accessing Webster's d…
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan will be in Taiwan this week for meetings that include sessions with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. management, and will deliver Intel’s COMPUTEX keynote on June 2. The trip occurs as Intel’s market capitalization has climbed to about $614 billion amid optimism around its foundry efforts and elevated AI CPU demand. The m…
American Airlines stock jumped nearly 7% in mid-day trading after UBS raised its price target and the carrier announced a multiyear plan to install Starlink connectivity on a large portion of its narrowbody fleet. The move coincided with the start of American's summer schedule, expectations to carry a record 75 million customers, and sectorwide str…
Mao Geping Cosmetics (stock code 1318) retreated during the session, sliding toward the lower bound of its 52-week trading range after Morgan Stanley reduced its price target and trimmed margin and earnings assumptions. Broader market rotation away from consumer discretionary names and lack of fresh company-specific catalysts compounded selling pre…
SoFi Technologies shares rose after CEO Anthony Noto spoke on the Basis Points podcast, attributing the company's stock decline to multiple compression tied to changing interest rate expectations and detailing four new business initiatives designed to drive member growth and revenue diversification.
U.K. equities finished higher on Tuesday, with the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 climbing 0.26% to register a new one-month high. Strength in Mining, Industrial Metals & Mining and Travel & Leisure sectors powered the advance. Market breadth was positive, with more than 1,100 stocks rising, while commodities and currency moves were mixed.
Spain's benchmark IBEX 35 ended lower on Tuesday, weighed down by losses in Telecoms & IT, Financial Services & Real Estate and Consumer Services. The index closed down 0.52% as a greater number of stocks fell than advanced. Repsol, Acerinox and Acciona were among the session's leaders, while Telefonica, Banco Santander and Bankinter were notable d…
Portugal's PSI index finished the session down 0.31% as declines in Consumer Services, Financials and Consumer Goods weighed on the market. Galp Energia led gains among constituents, while Altri, CTT and Ibersol were among the largest decliners. Commodity and FX markets showed mixed performance, with Brent crude rising and other contracts retreatin…
Netherlands equities closed lower on Tuesday, with the AEX sliding 1.05% after losses concentrated in the Technology, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors. While a handful of stocks, including SBM Offshore and Shell, posted gains, larger-cap names such as ASML and Philips recorded notable declines. Commodity prices moved unevenly, with Brent crude…
Italian equities closed lower on Tuesday, with the Investing.com Italy 40 dropping 0.59% as weakness in the Travel & Leisure, Chemicals and Healthcare sectors pressured the market. STMicroelectronics was among the session winners and reached five-year highs, while Ferrari recorded the largest single-stock decline. Commodity and currency moves were …
German equities closed lower on Tuesday, with the DAX falling 0.72% as losses in Construction, Software and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare sectors outweighed gains from select technology and utilities stocks. The MDAX and TecDAX also finished in negative territory. Market breadth favored decliners, and volatility as measured by the DAX volatility…
Shares in Paris finished lower on Tuesday, with the CAC 40 falling 1.03% and the SBF 120 down 1.02%. Losses in Consumer Services, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors led declines, although a number of technology and energy names posted gains. Broader market breadth favored decliners and the CAC 40 VIX reached a fresh 52-week high.
Belgian stocks closed lower Tuesday, with the BEL 20 index falling 0.80% as losses in the Consumer Services, Technology and Industrials sectors outnumbered gains. Decliners led advancers on the Brussels exchange, while select stocks posted multi-period highs and commodity prices showed mixed direction.
Sweden's benchmark declined at the close, with the OMX Stockholm 30 falling 0.96% as losses in the Healthcare, Financials and Industrials sectors outpaced gains. Ericsson, Boliden and Essity were among the few advancers, while NIBE, Hexagon and Alfa Laval posted the steepest declines. Commodity and currency swings accompanied the equity move.
Finland's equity benchmark, the OMX Helsinki 25, closed higher and marked a fresh record high as gains in telecoms, consumer services and oil and gas stocks pushed the market up. Nokia led the winners with a strong advance, while a number of blue-chips retreated. Broader market breadth was negative, and commodities showed divergent moves with Brent…
Cyient Ltd. shares ticked higher after its semiconductor arm, Cyient Semiconductors, announced a roughly $30 million financing round led by funds managed by EAAA India Alternatives Ltd (Edelweiss) and affiliated co-investors. The transaction, comprising $10 million of equity at a $500 million valuation and $20 million of debt, is earmarked for R&D,…
U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers will review whether COVID-19 vaccines should be reformulated to target the XFG subvariant for the 2026-27 immunization campaign. The meeting follows World Health Organization guidance and comes amid recent turnover in senior FDA vaccine leadership. Manufacturers have indicated readiness to produce an XFG-t…
Options pricing shows Palo Alto Networks Inc. (PANW) could see an approximate 8% share-price swing when it reports quarterly results on June 2 after the market close. Historical comparisons across the last eight earnings releases show the stock’s actual post-announcement moves were larger than options-implied expectations in half of those occasions…
State officials and labor leaders confirmed that the App Drivers Union has been certified by the Massachusetts Department of Labor Relations to represent almost 70,000 ride-share drivers classified as independent contractors. The certification follows voter approval of a November 2024 ballot measure that established a state-level process allowing d…
