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Indian equity indices finished modestly higher on Thursday, led by gains in Metals, Power and Oil & Gas names. The Nifty 50 rose 0.30% at the close, with the BSE Sensex up 0.27%. Tata Steel and Axis Bank registered fresh all-time highs on both exchanges, while several large-cap discretionary and financial names ended lower. Market breadth favored d…
Shares of British online grocery and technology firm Ocado fell about 10% in London after Sobeys, its Canadian partner, announced it will shut a robotic customer fulfilment centre in Calgary, attributing the decision to weaker-than-expected expansion of Alberta’s online grocery market. Ocado said its Greater Toronto and Montreal sites will stay ope…
Analysts at Capital Economics, including James Reilly, argue that the recent outperformance of foreign markets relative to U.S. equities is unlikely to persist. Despite near-term relative weakness tied to currency moves, U.S. company valuations and projected earnings growth remain elevated versus most other countries in the MSCI All-Country World I…
PicPay, the Brazilian digital bank controlled by the Batista family, launched its IPO on Nasdaq after raising $434 million by selling 22.86 million shares at $19 each. The listing - the first by a Brazilian company in more than four years - valued PicPay at about $2.6 billion and may expand to roughly $500 million if underwriters exercise a 30-day …
Shares of Turkey's largest banks jumped after Fitch Ratings shifted the outlooks for Akbank, Garanti Bankasi, Is Bankasi and Yapi Kredi from stable to positive. The banking index outpaced the broader BIST 100 as traders responded to the change in sentiment, though the long-term issuer ratings were left at 'BB-'.
Canal+ shares rose to a record high on Thursday, gaining about 14% after the company said it expects to deliver more than 400 million euros ($479 million) in annual cost savings by 2030. Management tied the efficiencies to the $3 billion purchase of MultiChoice completed last year and framed the move as part of a shift toward a global entertainment…
Federal safety regulators have launched a preliminary review after a Waymo autonomous vehicle struck a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica on Jan. 23. The child sustained minor injuries. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it will investigate the vehicle's behavior in school zones and its response after impact, with …
Indutrade delivered a resilient fourth quarter with a modest rise in order intake and an improved underlying EBITA margin after adjusting for one-off items. While reported EBITA and quarterly profit declined versus the prior year, operating cash generation remained strong and the board has proposed a higher dividend. The company completed multiple …
Mersen reported a smaller-than-expected like-for-like sales decline in the fourth quarter and delivered a full-year 2025 sales fall that sat at the upper end of its revised guidance. Performance was buoyed by strength in Electrical Power while SiC and Solar weighed on Advanced Materials. Management trimmed capital expenditures and affirmed medium-t…
Nokia Chief Executive Justin Hotard said Europe and the United States are mutually dependent markets for large technology companies and warned that firms cannot rely on a single continent for scale. He highlighted the need for broad market access during a period of policy shifts that are reshaping supplier dynamics in telecoms, as Western vendors s…
The IDX Composite closed down 1.97% on Thursday, hitting a new three-month low as losses in Infrastructure, Financials and Agriculture weighed on the market. A limited number of small-cap stocks recorded sharp gains, while a larger group of listings declined. Key commodity and currency moves accompanied the equity sell-off.
Deutsche Bank reported a net profit attributable to shareholders of €6.12 billion for 2025, its largest annual profit since 2007 and ahead of analyst expectations. The results come a day after prosecutors conducted searches linked to an alleged money-laundering investigation. The bank beat fourth-quarter profit forecasts, authorised €1 billion in b…
European equities rebounded on Jan 29, driven by rising oil and precious metal prices that propelled mining and energy sectors. The STOXX 600 moved up 0.2% by 0803 GMT after a 0.8% decline the previous session. Strong demand for gold and record highs in silver lifted miners, while concerns over a potential U.S. military action against Iran pushed o…
ITM Power reported first-half 2025 results that broadly matched its December trading update and reiterated guidance for fiscal 2026. The hydrogen equipment maker posted £18 million of revenue, an adjusted EBITDA loss of £11.9 million and a cash balance of £197.8 million. Firm order backlog rose to £152 million and the firm said development of its C…
European equities traded unevenly Thursday following the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates unchanged. Market participants focused on a heavy slate of corporate earnings from major European banks, industrials and technology suppliers, while crude oil climbed amid heightened tensions with Iran and storm-related U.S. production di…
Henry Boot PLC reported solid results for 2025, driven by record residential plot sales and progress across its development businesses. The group expects profit before tax for 2025 to be broadly in line with consensus, but cautioned that profit before tax in 2026 will likely be significantly below current market expectations because of subdued tran…
St. James's Place reported a sharp year-on-year drop in fourth-quarter net flows to £0.6 billion, a 63% decline driven by pricing changes in August and pension taxation worries tied to the November budget. Despite the quarterly setback, full-year 2025 net flows rose 42% to £6.2 billion and funds under management grew to £220 billion, helped by inve…
Greencore Plc reported a 5.4% increase in first-quarter revenue to 500 million, a moderation from the prior year increase, driven in part by pricing and inflation and accompanied by modest volume gains. The company reiterated a synergy target of at least 80 million as it prepares to integrate Bakkavor after a parallel operating phase.
Specialty chemicals firm Synthomer expects fiscal 2025 EBITDA of £135-138 million, modestly under analyst forecasts, and forecasts full-year sales of roughly £1.74 billion versus consensus of £1.82 billion. The company cited margin improvements driven by a strategic tilt toward higher-margin specialty products and cost reductions, while divisional …
Bank of America identifies five European infrastructure companies positioned to capture growth and investor interest in 2026, highlighting strengths across toll road franchises, data-center construction, airport operations and regulated networks. Each company carries specific catalysts and measurable financial targets cited by BofA, from projected …
Eurofins Scientific reported fiscal 2025 results close to market expectations, with full-year revenue of €7,296 million and reported organic growth of 4.1% (3.7% excluding a 0.4% working-day adjustment). The fourth quarter delivered a sequential uptick in organic growth to 4.7%, and free cash flow improved materially, while the company kept its FY2…
Fever-Tree Drinks reported full-year 2025 revenue of £375.3 million, marginally above analyst expectations, and delivered 3% organic growth. Management pointed to improving second-half trends, led by the US distributor transition and stabilization in the UK. The company completed a £100 million buyback in 2025 and will begin an additional £30 milli…
Swedish fashion retailer H&M reported a sharper-than-expected increase in operating profit for its fiscal fourth quarter, driven by lower costs and improved inventory productivity, yet signalled a decline in December-January sales measured in local currencies. Management cited strong Black Friday demand and the timing of Chinese New Year as factors…
Grainger has commenced construction on a second build-to-rent development at Guildford Station that will deliver 179 homes as part of a £75 million project. The scheme increases Grainger’s local portfolio to 277 homes and forms part of a broader £150 million regeneration of the station quarter, including £25 million earmarked for station upgrades. …
Remy Cointreau reported an organic sales rise in the third quarter of fiscal 2025/26 that exceeded market expectations, driven by an improvement in the United States and offsetting softer sales in China. The company reiterated full-year organic sales guidance but warned of an expected decline in annual current operating profit on an organic basis.
