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Global equity positioning showed improvement last week after risk sentiment received a lift from a Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. and Iran. Flows into smaller-cap stocks signaled broader market participation, though pockets of extended positioning in major indexes and in Korea keep downside risks elevated, Citi strategists warned.
Bath & Body Works will make multiple product lines available inside over 600 Ulta Beauty stores beginning July 12, part of both companies' broader efforts to expand distribution and drive consumer discovery. The arrangement brings home fragrance, body care and hand soap SKUs into Ulta stores, while Bath & Body Works continues to expand its e-commer…
People familiar with the matter say the European Commission is preparing preliminary findings that allege Meta Platforms used interface and design choices on Facebook and Instagram that keep younger users engaged. The timing for publication of those findings has not been fixed. The potential escalation comes amid ongoing EU enforcement under the Di…
Vonovia SE shares dropped after the company revealed plans to issue a EUR 750 million convertible bond maturing in 2031 via an accelerated placement that excludes pre-emptive rights. The structure, lack of periodic interest, and conversion premium of 35% to 40% above the reference share price are weighing on the stock, which is trading close to its…
KONE shares ticked higher following a Kepler Cheuvreux upgrade tied to the company’s agreement to combine with TK Elevator. The broker’s analysis, which assumes limited divestitures concentrated in Germany-led European field operations, concluded KONE would retain the majority of TKE’s revenue and adjusted EBITDA post-remedy. Recent shareholder app…
Morgan Stanley has reduced its price target for Moncler to €57 from €59 while keeping an equal-weight rating, citing slower-than-expected traction in the U.S. and tourism headwinds in Europe. The bank's valuation blends a discounted cash flow model and multiples-based approach, and its forecasts sit slightly below consensus for 2026-27. Analysts se…
Futures for Canada's S&P/TSX index dropped sharply as a stronger-than-expected domestic inflation reading and rising expectations for additional U.S. rate hikes dented investor confidence. The inflation print of 3.2% at a 29-month high and renewed Fed tightening bets coincided with a near 2% fall in gold amid a one-year high for the U.S. dollar. Se…
Naftali Bennett told an audience in Jerusalem that he had started a program to acquire and smuggle tens of thousands of Starlink internet receivers into Iran to preserve internet access for protesters. He said the devices were meant to help coordination and to facilitate efforts to topple Iran’s government, but that the current Israeli administrati…
President Donald Trump resumed campaigning on June 23 with a visit to a Mack Trucks assembly plant in Macungie, Pennsylvania, aiming to pitch a jobs- and reindustrialization-focused message to manufacturing workers. The trip comes as a nearly four-month U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has complicated economic messaging by lifting consumer costs, while n…
Western Digital shares fell sharply in premarket trading after a broad selloff in South Korean memory-chip stocks spilled into U.S. markets. A combination of a Korea-driven sector derating and a recent analyst downgrade compounded pressure on the stock, which had risen rapidly in the prior month. The move underscores how closely U.S. memory names …
Marvell Technology shares tumbled in pre-market action amid a broad sell-off across optical communications and AI-related semiconductor stocks. Market reaction follows a critical industry research note questioning the timing of co-packaged optics commercialization, combined with index rebalancing dynamics and an announced insider share sale.
Intel Corporation shares dropped 6.6% in pre-market trading, pulling back from the prior session's recent high of $141.45. The decline follows an exceptional year of gains - more than 500% - and comes amid profit-taking, a broader technology selloff and lingering valuation doubts from at least one bearish research note. Key commercial wins for Inte…
Micron Technology shares fell 7.9% in pre-market trading to $1,116.33 after peaking at a 52-week high of $1,213.56 in the previous session. The pullback followed pre-earnings profit-taking, a broad AI-related revaluation across global tech markets, and prominent investor Dan Niles publicly trimming semiconductor holdings and warning of a near-term …
Global equity markets moved sharply lower as investors reacted to signs that heavily concentrated positioning in AI-related names is beginning to unwind. Asian indexes led losses, with South Korea's KOSPI plunging and major memory and semiconductor stocks sharply lower. European and U.S. futures extended declines as strategists warned that crowded …
China’s LineShine supercomputer, built with domestically designed chips and hosted at the National Supercomputing Centre in Shenzhen, has claimed the number one position on the TOP500 list, returning China to the top of the ranking after a three-year absence. Experts caution that the TOP500 metric reflects traditional high-performance computing wor…
NatPower and Tesla have signed a multiyear agreement to construct 25 gigawatt hours of battery storage across Italy and Britain, marking the opening phase of a programme with an estimated construction cost of $4 billion to $5 billion and a total programme value of up to $5 billion. The companies say the broader initiative ultimately aims to exceed …
Heineken has named Rafael Oliveira as its new chair and chief executive officer, the first time the Dutch brewer has recruited an external candidate for the top role. Oliveira, who has led JDE Peet’s since 2024 and held senior roles at Kraft Heinz, will start on October 1 for a four-year term and is expected to push forward Heineken’s 2030 strategi…
Volkswagen shares fell after Citi reduced earnings forecasts and cut its price target to €94 from €110, citing faster-than-expected sales declines in China and growing structural and geopolitical challenges that are pressuring margins, volumes and cash flow projections for the automaker and its businesses.
Global semiconductor equities plunged on Tuesday as a sweeping technology selloff moved from Asian markets into Europe and threatened U.S. openings. Concerns about richly priced AI-related stocks and the likelihood of higher U.S. borrowing costs weighed on demand for chip makers, hitting memory leaders in South Korea hardest and sending major Europ…
Morgan Stanley moved GEA Group from Underweight to Equal-weight and raised its price target to 60 euros from 58 euros, saying a steep de-rating has largely reflected medium-term growth concerns. The broker points to a stronger-than-expected first quarter, management confidence in the order pipeline and a net cash position as reasons the risk-reward…
Infleqtion's stock climbed in pre-market trading after the White House issued executive orders accelerating federal efforts in quantum technologies and the company announced a founding-members coalition for space-based quantum applications. The move comes on top of a letter of intent from the Commerce Department's CHIPS research office for up to $1…
Brenntag SE reported preliminary second-quarter operating EBITDA of roughly €450 million, comfortably above analyst consensus, and raised its full-year 2026 operating EBITDA guidance. Despite the stronger-than-expected result and an upgraded outlook, the company's shares fell as management stressed lingering uncertainty and the risk of weaker deman…
International Business Machines Co. shares climbed in pre-market trading after President Trump signed two executive orders on quantum computing and publicly praised IBM's chief executive. The orders set aggressive federal targets for quantum deployments and cryptography migration, while an existing Commerce Department funding plan and a new AI-driv…
Telenor shares fell about 1.0% to trade at NOK 143.4 after Barclays downgraded the stock from Equalweight to Underweight and reduced its price target to NOK 140 from NOK 160. The bank noted Telenor was the only EU telecom operator to issue a profit warning in Q1 2026, and analysts expect further deterioration in Finland and Norway in Q2. Recent dow…
IG4, a private equity firm that recently took co-control of Braskem, is pursuing a path to acquire Brazilian sugar and ethanol producer Raizen. The firm aims to win creditor support and reach a binding commitment to buy Raizen by the end of March 2027, contingent on a successful pitch to creditors and other stakeholders. IG4 has presented a non-bin…
