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European markets turned lower in choppy trade as a renewed wave of U.S. tariff uncertainty weighed on sentiment. The pan-European STOXX index retreated after a recent record high, with Germany's DAX falling the most. Technology sectors led losses while domestic-facing banks outperformed; company-specific news drove outsized moves in utilities and s…
European equities opened lower on Monday as new uncertainty around U.S. trade levies dented investor confidence. Benchmarks in Germany, France and the U.K. all eased in early trading, while oil retreated after a strong prior week. Economic data suggested a nascent recovery in the Eurozone, and a packed corporate calendar includes major earnings bot…
Rolls-Royce is pressing the UK government for taxpayer-backed support to help fund the development and testing of an UltraFan 30 demonstrator, part of a programme estimated at about £3 billion. The London-listed group has requested an initial contribution in the range of £100 million to £200 million and is pursuing discussions with UK ministers whi…
Taiwan equities closed higher on Monday, with the Taiwan Weighted index rising 1.61% to a new record. Strength in Glass, Plastic and Cement & Glass sectors powered the advance. Several individual stocks recorded sharp moves in both directions, while energy and precious metals futures moved lower and higher respectively. Currency and dollar-index mo…
Shares of Chinese companies with significant U.S. export exposure advanced in Hong Kong trade after the U.S. Supreme Court limited the executive branch's authority to impose trade tariffs. The decision, and subsequent policy moves, boosted exporters and lifted the Hang Seng nearly 3% as investors priced in a lower probability of sustained, broad U.…
Lendlease Group reported a loss after tax attributable of A$318 million for the half-year ended December 31, driven by A$118 million of non-cash negative revaluations and impairments across several international markets and a significant loss from its Capital Release unit. The result sent the stock to its lowest intraday level since mid-December 19…
Australian equities closed lower on Monday with the S&P/ASX 200 falling 0.61% in Sydney. Strength in a handful of mid-cap names contrasted with broad sector weakness across information technology, healthcare and A-REITs. Volatility, measured by the S&P/ASX 200 VIX, rose, while commodity and currency markets showed mixed moves.
Asian equity markets showed a mixed performance as investors weighed the fallout from recent U.S. tariff actions. Hong Kong surged on bargain hunting and strength in tech and auto names, while South Korea’s KOSPI reached a record high driven by chipmakers. Broader regional activity remained subdued due to holidays in China and Japan and mounting un…
Regis Healthcare saw its shares climb sharply after reporting first-half results that included an 18% revenue gain, a modest rise in underlying EBITDA and stable underlying net profit after tax. The company cited improved occupancy and recent acquisitions as drivers of revenue growth, while higher wage costs and expansion spending held underlying p…
Samsung Electronics shares reached an all-time high on Monday, extending gains from the prior week after a report suggested the company may become the exclusive supplier of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for Nvidia's next-generation processors. The move coincided with Samsung's announcement that it has started mass production and shipments of HBM4, an…
Microsoft announced a major change atop its gaming business as Phil Spencer steps down after a 38-year tenure and Asha Sharma, an internal executive with AI product development experience, is appointed executive vice president and CEO of the gaming division. The move comes as the unit faces tariff-driven cost pressures, tougher competition from Son…
U.S. stock index futures fell Sunday evening following President Donald Trump's move to raise a temporary global tariff under a different statute after the Supreme Court curtailed his prior authority. Traders were also closely watching upcoming earnings from NVIDIA Corporation, with the chipmaker's fiscal fourth-quarter results due on February 25.
Asian equity markets traded cautiously and the dollar eased on Monday as investors grappled with uncertainty over new U.S. tariffs following a Supreme Court ruling and awaited earnings from Nvidia that could reshape sentiment in the AI sector. Oil edged lower ahead of U.S.-Iran talks in Geneva, while safe-haven metals gained.
Rolls-Royce Holdings plans to announce a new share buyback program of up to 1.5 billion pounds ($2 billion) when it issues its annual results this week, according to unspecified sources. The move follows an upgrade to the company's annual guidance last year and comes as the firm expects stronger profit and free cash flow driven by recovering demand…
Russia's equity market closed with a flat MOEX Russia Index as a handful of large-cap names posted modest gains and losses. Market breadth favored advancing issues, the RVI volatility gauge was unchanged, and commodity and currency moves were small but varied across gold, oil and the ruble pairs. The session's sector leadership was not specified in…
Sky News reported that Rolls-Royce Holdings is expected to unveil a new share buyback program worth as much as 1.5 billion pounds when it publishes annual results this week. The report was not immediately verifiable and Rolls-Royce did not respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours. The company had earlier raised its full-year …
DAE Capital, a Dubai-based aircraft lessor, is reportedly close to securing control of the Macquarie AirFinance leasing platform, according to two industry sources. The potential acquisition follows a competitive bidding process amid elevated airline demand and constrained output from major plane manufacturers. The two companies named as bidders al…
BTIG technical strategist Jonathan Krinsky says the S&P 500 is exhibiting a compressed volatility pattern consistent with a forthcoming sizable move. Weekly Bollinger Bands are at their tightest level since 2019, a classic technical sign of compression that signals an expanded move may be imminent. While the indicator does not reveal direction, BTI…
The U.S. Supreme Court will address how far Congress intended the Helms-Burton Act’s private right of action, known as Title III, to reach in litigation over property nationalized by Cuba following the 1959 revolution. The cases before the justices include a more than $1 billion claim by ExxonMobil against CIMEX, a Cuban state-owned company, and a …
Analysts observe that Switzerland is beginning to register measurable productivity benefits from artificial intelligence, led by its information and communication sector. While gains have been concentrated in the United States and remain limited across the euro zone, Switzerland's investment profile, model development per capita and labour market f…
Wall Street is bracing for Nvidia’s fiscal-quarter report and several major software earnings as market participants weigh AI-related investment dynamics against uncertainty generated by a Supreme Court decision on former President Trump’s tariffs. Nvidia’s guidance and CEO remarks will be watched for signs on demand from large cloud customers, whi…
Shares of EssilorLuxottica have come under pressure as Bernstein warns that smart-glasses initiatives from major technology firms pose a structural threat to the company's business model. The brokerage kept a Market-Perform rating and a €250 price target, citing valuation compression, margin dilution tied to a shift toward wholesale, and the risk o…
This week several large brokerages updated their recommendations and outlooks for companies exposed to artificial intelligence demand. Citi reiterated a Buy on Nvidia and highlighted expectations for stronger second-half 2026 sales driven by product ramps. Morgan Stanley named Amazon its Top Pick, citing durable AWS growth and the potential for age…
European markets in early 2026 are marked by a sharp bifurcation: defense contractors, materials names and many banks have posted triple-digit 12-month gains, while a set of consumer staples and healthcare-related stocks have fallen sharply, some losing nearly half their market value. The divergence shows up across sectors and countries and has dri…
The recent Stifel note argues that the current weakness in enterprise software equities could mark the start of a lengthy sector reordering rather than a short correction. Using the eCommerce-driven reshaping of retail in the late 1990s as an analogue, the analysts classify software firms into retail-style archetypes, outline valuation compression …
