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European equities opened higher Monday after media reports suggested Washington and Tehran have reached an agreement in principle to end their recent conflict. Markets reacted to the prospect that the Strait of Hormuz - a key shipping chokepoint for oil - could be reopened, easing supply concerns that had driven crude above $100 a barrel in recent …
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 closed sharply higher, rising 3.04% to a fresh all-time high as advances in Real Estate, Banking and Textile sectors pushed the index upward. Several individual stocks posted double-digit gains and new record levels, while others slid to 52-week lows. Commodities and currency moves accompanied the rally.
Macquarie identified five Taiwanese electronics companies it believes are well positioned to benefit from rising investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure, upgrades to data centers and advances in display-related markets. The broker's selections include original design manufacturers, specialists in thermal management and power-infrastruc…
The S&P/ASX 200 closed up 0.40% in Sydney, driven by advances in the Gold, Metals & Mining and Materials sectors. Top performers included Genesis Minerals, Whitehaven Coal and IperionX, while Viva Energy, Seek and Woodside were among the laggards. Market breadth was slightly positive, the VIX rose modestly, gold futures moved higher and crude oil p…
Ferrari, famed for its V8 and V12 engines, is preparing to debut its first fully electric vehicle, the Luce, following more than a decade of hybrid testing in racing and road cars. Company milestones include early kinetic energy recovery systems in Formula One, the launch of hybrid road models such as the SF90 Stradale, a change in leadership to Be…
Ferrari will reveal its first fully electric vehicle, the four-door Luce, in Rome on Monday. Priced above €500,000 and capable of 310 kph (193 mph), the Luce is described by insiders as a large, visually distinct Ferrari developed with LoveFrom, the design studio linked to Jony Ive. The launch follows years of electrification work at the company an…
The Taiwan market finished Monday with the Taiwan Weighted index unchanged, recording a new all-time high. Several large-cap cement names finished the session without price movement. Energy benchmarks fell sharply while gold futures gained. Key currency pairs and the US Dollar Index futures registered modest moves.
Chinese semiconductor stocks climbed on Monday after Huawei disclosed a new chip design framework it says will enable high-end chips to reach transistor densities comparable to 1.4-nanometre processes within five years, and announced an architecture set to appear in upcoming Kirin chips later this year. The disclosure lifted sentiment toward domest…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States will either secure a strong agreement with Iran or pursue other options if diplomacy fails, while Washington downplayed expectations of an immediate peace breakthrough in the three-month-old war. Officials described an outline that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and set a time-limited nu…
A group of former U.S. employees has initiated a class action in an Illinois federal court alleging Guzman y Gomez failed to deliver a 60-day notice when it closed its U.S. operations. The Sydney-listed Mexican-themed restaurant chain said it is aware of the legal action, maintains it met its legal obligations to U.S. staff, and declined further co…
He Tingbo, long a central figure in Huawei’s chip efforts, now leads the company’s semiconductor business and its Scientist Committee. Her public keynote outlining Huawei’s “Tau Scaling Law” highlights the firm’s pivot away from conventional transistor scaling as U.S. sanctions have constrained access to foreign chip technologies and advanced manuf…
Asian markets moved higher on Monday as Japanese benchmarks pushed to record levels and chip-linked stocks advanced following gains in U.S. semiconductor names. Optimism around a potential U.S.-Iran memorandum on the Strait of Hormuz lifted risk appetite, while Brent crude fell sharply on prospects for restored shipping flows. Wall Street futures s…
Jardine Matheson has agreed to purchase Australia-based I-MED Radiology Network for an enterprise value of A$3.4 billion ($2.4 billion). The Hong Kong group will acquire all shares from funds advised by Permira and other sellers, funding the transaction with a mix of cash reserves and debt. The deal includes I-MED’s minority holding in AI radiology…
Jardine Matheson has agreed to buy I-MED Radiology Network from Permira and other shareholders for A$3.4 billion ($2.4 billion), securing full ownership of a diagnostic imaging group with 215 clinics and over 7 million patient procedures a year. The deal includes I-MED’s minority holding in AI imaging developer Harrison.ai, is expected to be earnin…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told reporters in Taipei that the company’s estimate of a $200 billion market opportunity for central processors includes China. Huang stressed the strategic importance of the Chinese market even as approvals for Nvidia’s H200 chips remain incomplete and broader export, supply-chain and compliance questions continue to shape…
At the 2026 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems in Shanghai, Huawei unveiled a new semiconductor scaling principle and a chip architecture the company says could reach transistor densities comparable to a 1.4 nanometer process node by 2031. The announcement included claims that the approach has already underpinned 381 mass-produced…
U.S. equity futures climbed Sunday evening after comments from President Donald Trump indicated Washington and Tehran had largely negotiated a framework that could reopen a key shipping lane. The prospect of reduced disruption pushed Brent crude below $100 a barrel and helped lift futures, even as the president warned there was "no rush" to finaliz…
U.S. stock futures advanced on Monday as growing expectations of a negotiated pause to the Iran conflict lifted investor risk appetite. Oil benchmarks and the U.S. dollar eased after reports of progress toward a memorandum of understanding that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz, although leaders tempered expectations about the timetable and remaini…
Russian equities closed lower on Sunday even as the MOEX Russia Index finished unchanged. Gains in a handful of large-cap names were offset by losses across other major stocks, while market breadth favored decliners. Volatility measures held steady and commodities and FX moves were mixed through the session.
A sustained global government bond selloff over the past two weeks has pushed yields sharply higher as markets price in larger central bank rate hikes in response to an inflation impulse tied to rising oil prices and disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz. That move has amplified a historically important negative relationship between yields and eq…
Summary - Most Middle East stock markets that were open on Sunday finished higher after President Donald Trump said a memorandum of understanding with Iran had been "largely negotiated." The upbeat market reaction followed several media reports outlining elements of a tentative agreement that could extend a ceasefire, reopen the Strait of Hormuz to…
Goldman Sachs' research indicates a clear reweighting by mutual funds and hedge funds toward the semiconductor sub-industry and away from software holdings at the opening of Q2 2026. The shift accompanies an aggressive rally in AI-related semiconductor stocks and reflects investor reassessment of which technology segments will benefit or be disrupt…
Major brokerages updated coverage this week on companies exposed to artificial intelligence-related spending. UBS reinstated ASML as its top pick in European semiconductors and lifted its price target. Evercore named Dell its preferred hardware and networking play ahead of quarterly results. Bank of America returned to coverage of Salesforce with a…
JATCO, a subsidiary of Nissan Motor, has shelved a previously announced plan to manufacture integrated electric vehicle powertrains at a Sunderland, Britain facility. The move follows weak demand for Nissan-branded EVs in Europe and comes after Nissan said it would reduce its global production footprint and review powertrain operations amid declini…
South Korea will roll out its inaugural single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds this week, providing products tied to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix that target twice the daily movement of each underlying share. The launch seeks to recapture retail trading at home after investors increasingly used overseas leveraged products tied to Korean n…
