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The Casablanca bourse ended the session lower on Friday as losses in the Utilities, Banking and Mining sectors pulled the Moroccan All Shares index down 1.69%. Market breadth was weak, with decliners far outnumbering advancers. Key individual movers included gains in Lesieur Cristal, Miniere Touissit and Risma, while Marocaine Ste de Therapeutique …
High-profile workforce reductions at major technology firms have prompted scrutiny, but Wolfe Research contends the pattern represents a correction after rapid pandemic-era hiring, not evidence of a deteriorating U.S. labor market. The firm says the picture is one of stability, describing the market as 'no hire, no fire' with employment indicators …
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said discussions with Gulf and Asian partners over potential U.S. dollar swap lines are continuing as part of routine diplomatic and financial engagement. He highlighted potential benefits for global dollar liquidity, funding market functioning, and trade and investment ties with the United States, and noted request…
Norway's stock market closed lower on Friday, driven by losses in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors. The Oslo OBX fell 0.71% at the close. Tomra Systems recorded a steep decline to a 52-week low while Subsea 7 rose to an all-time high. Broader market breadth favored declines, and commodity and currency moves were mixed.
Israel's benchmark TA 35 index closed down 1.29% on Friday, dragged lower by losses in the Banking, Financials and Real Estate sectors. Market breadth favored decliners, while select names such as Camtek and Next Vision Stabilized Systems posted gains. Energy and precious metals markets showed mixed outcomes and the shekel strengthened modestly aga…
A TD Cowen report based on a survey of 689 U.S. purchasing decision-makers finds GenAI deployment is already widespread but monetization remains limited. The research highlights high usage of Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini and OpenAI's ChatGPT, rising upgrade intent for productivity suites, and improving ROI metrics that TD Cowen says support a m…
Greek equities closed lower on Friday, with the Athens General Composite falling 0.65%. Losses were concentrated in the Telecoms, Household and Basic Resources sectors. While a handful of companies posted gains, more stocks declined than advanced. Precious metals and oil showed mixed moves, and major currency pairs were largely unchanged.
X-Energy Inc. priced a US initial public offering of 44.3 million shares at $23 each, above its marketed $16 to $19 range, raising $1.02 billion. A late increase in deal size contributed to demand that exceeded available shares by more than 15 times. The offering attracted long-only, sector-focused and existing investors, but allocation was selecti…
China's Commerce Ministry has placed seven European entities on its export control list, banning exports of dual-use items to those organisations over their roles in arms sales to Taiwan. The decision, which Beijing says was communicated to the European Union through bilateral channels in advance, applies specifically to dual-use goods and allows f…
Sivers Semiconductors AB has moved the publication of its Annual Report 2025 from April 27 to May 15, 2026, citing ongoing audit work to align its consolidated financial statements for 2024 and 2025 with US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board standards. The audit effort is linked to the company's evaluation of a potential dual listing on Nasd…
GameStop is implementing dedicated retro gaming areas across all U.S. storefronts, with installations underway and completion expected by early May. The chain cites measurable demand from legacy-system trade-ins and is positioning the rollout as a deployment of cash into a high-margin secondary market, amid renewed investor interest and growing con…
Friday's trading session produced pronounced cross-currents across market caps. Semiconductor-related names including Intel and Qualcomm posted sharp gains, supported in part by analyst commentary and positive momentum across the group. At the same time, select healthcare and cable stocks fell after earnings and volume-related headlines. The broad …
Global passenger and cargo services remain heavily disrupted after the Iran war prompted the closure of key Middle Eastern air hubs, including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi. Airlines around the world have published a patchwork of cancellations, temporary suspensions and limited resumptions for routes to and from the region. Below is a country- and carr…
U.S. semiconductor shares climbed to new highs on Friday after Intel issued a stronger-than-expected revenue forecast, reinforcing investor confidence that AI-related demand for chips remains intense. The Philadelphia SE Semiconductor Index notched an all-time high, extending a streak of single-day records and marking significant year-to-date gains…
After prolonged litigation and a landmark bankruptcy settlement that promised individual payouts, many people harmed by opioid prescriptions face the prospect of receiving little or no compensation. The settlement negotiated by Purdue Pharma and its creditors set aside roughly $865 million for individuals, but a requirement that claimants prove a P…
Brazilian steel producer Usiminas reported a first-quarter net profit of 896 million reais, a 166% increase from the prior-year period, driven in part by foreign exchange gains from a stronger Brazilian real. Despite the profit beat versus analyst expectations, the company recorded lower net revenue and reduced steel and iron ore sales volumes. Man…
Apoorva Mehta, co-founder of Instacart, has launched Abundance, a Palo Alto-based hedge fund that leverages thousands of AI-driven agents to identify, research and execute long and short stock positions. Launched last year with a team of quantitative researchers, engineers and AI specialists, the firm currently runs fully automated stock-picking st…
BCA Research characterizes the current wave of artificial intelligence investment as mature yet not clearly near its end. The firm raised its 12-month equity stance to neutral and outlined four indicator groups it will monitor to assess the timing of a potential AI capital expenditure reversal: adoption metrics, GPU and memory prices, analyst capex…
Amazon shares climbed 1.2% Friday morning after Meta said it will deploy tens of millions of AWS Graviton cores to support agentic AI workloads. Meta will become one of the largest Graviton customers worldwide, and both companies described CPUs as central to the next phase of AI, which emphasizes autonomous agents that plan, reason and carry out co…
NIO's CEO William Li says the company has developed proprietary automotive-grade chips and a vehicle operating system to better align hardware with its sensor layouts and algorithms, particularly for AI-driven driver-assistance. The move - including spinning off a chip unit as a separate company that can sell externally - is intended to reduce reli…
Bank of America has pared earnings projections across packaging and paper companies to reflect higher oil-linked costs for freight, energy and chemicals following renewed geopolitical tension in the Middle East. Despite downward adjustments to estimates and price targets, the bank singled out four stocks - Packaging Corporation of America, Ball Cor…
Bank of America analysts anticipate Brazil's central bank will lower the Selic rate by 25 basis points to 14.50% at the next Copom meeting. The call comes even as domestic inflation metrics have worsened since March and geopolitical tensions have increased uncertainty around energy prices and supply chains. Currency strength and modest easing in fi…
UnitedHealth and CVS Health said they have standardized data and submission requirements for a majority of prior authorization requests, part of a sector-wide push to reduce administrative burden and delays for clinicians and patients. UnitedHealthcare expects over 70% of requests to follow the standardized process by year-end, while CVS Health's A…
Porsche said Friday it will sell its 45% holding in Bugatti Rimac and a 20.6% stake in Rimac Group to a consortium led by U.S.-based HOF Capital, which is associated with the Sawiris family. Financial terms were not disclosed. The move comes as Porsche reevaluates its strategic priorities amid a sharp earnings decline and a 93% fall in operating pr…
Bernstein identifies two top picks within the European non-alcoholic beverages space: Coca-Cola HBC (CCH), favored for its growth trajectory and margin improvement potential, and Royal Unibrew (RBREW), viewed as a high-upside turnaround candidate after recent share weakness. The broker points to revenue momentum, operational leverage and brand mix …
