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Germany's stock market finished lower on Monday, with the DAX retreating 1.09% and the MDAX and TecDAX also down. Software, Construction and Retail sectors weighed on the market. Several blue-chip names including Airbus, SAP and BMW posted notable declines while Telekom, Infineon and Beiersdorf were among the session's top performers. Market breadt…
French equity benchmarks finished lower on Monday, with the CAC 40 retreating 0.22% and the SBF 120 falling 0.28%. Gains in a few names including Carrefour and ArcelorMittal were offset by declines in Thales, Pernod Ricard and Airbus. Market breadth favoured decliners and volatility as measured by the CAC 40 VIX reached a fresh 52-week high.
Belgian stocks closed lower on Monday with the BEL 20 index ending the session down 0.88%. Losses were concentrated in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors. Market breadth in Brussels favored decliners, with 60 stocks falling, 36 advancing and 9 unchanged. Notable movers included gains in Anheuser Busch Inbev, KBC Groep and Elia, …
Portugal's main stock index, the PSI, ended Monday's session higher, advancing 1.71% to reach a new five-year high. Strength in the Consumer Services, Telecoms and Financials sectors supported the advance, with notable gains from Nos SGPS, Jeronimo Martins and Mota Engil. Market breadth favored advancers, while select names recorded small declines …
The OMX Helsinki 25 ended the trading day lower, falling 0.13% as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors weighed on the market. Declining stocks outpaced risers by a wide margin, while select industrial names bucked the trend. Brent and US crude edged down modestly, and gold futures showed a sharp gain. Major currency pairs were…
The OMX Stockholm 30 closed down 0.43% on Monday, pressured by losses across the Financials, Healthcare and Industrials sectors. Market breadth favored decliners, with 518 stocks falling versus 233 advancing. Epiroc AB Class A, Boliden AB and Telia Company were among the session's gainers, while EQT AB, Evolution AB and SAAB AB ser. B posted the st…
Swedish equities finished lower on Monday, with the OMX Stockholm 30 declining 0.43% at the close in Stockholm. Losses in the Financials, Healthcare and Industrials sectors drove the market lower. While a handful of large-cap names gained, several heavyweight stocks posted notable retreats. Commodity and currency markets saw modest moves, with crud…
Shares of Affirm Holdings and Block pared earlier losses on Monday after reports that PayPal was attracting takeover interest. Both stocks had plunged earlier on worries about rapid artificial intelligence advancement, but Bloomberg's account of acquisition interest in PayPal helped the fintech group recover some ground.
Portions of a deposition released in a federal lawsuit indicate that about 19% of Instagram users aged 13 to 15 told Meta they encountered nudity or sexual images on the platform that they did not want to see. The filing also reports that roughly 8% of users in that age group said they had seen someone harm themselves or threaten self-harm on Insta…
Shares of AST SpaceMobile rose after the company secured a $30 million prime contract with the U.S. Space Development Agency for the Europa Track 2 Commercial Solutions program. The agreement - executed under the HALO acquisition framework - will use AST's BlueBird low Earth orbit satellite constellation to demonstrate resilient, low-latency tactic…
PayPal Holdings Inc. shares rose sharply Monday morning, climbing as much as 9% after reports that the company has drawn unsolicited interest from potential acquirers. Trading in the stock was temporarily paused amid the volatility. Sources say meetings with banks have taken place, with at least one large competitor reportedly considering a full ta…
William Blair has reaffirmed an Outperform rating on JFrog (NASDAQ:FROG), arguing that the company’s focus on securing artifacts and binaries limits direct competition with Anthropic’s newly introduced Claude Code Security, which scans source code. The reaffirmation comes as several other banks adjust price targets and ratings following the new pro…
Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: RARE) saw its shares rise modestly after the FDA accepted its Biologics License Application for DTX401, an AAV gene therapy candidate for Glycogen Storage Disease Type Ia (GSDIa). The agency assigned Priority Review and set a Prescription Drug User Fee Act action date of August 23, 2026. The BLA relies on cli…
A significant winter storm that prompted blizzard warnings across the U.S. Northeast forced widespread flight cancellations and contributed to notable declines in airline and travel-related stocks, while leaving hundreds of thousands without power in several states, according to flight-tracking data and weather service alerts.
Polish equities ended higher on Monday, with the WIG30 index closing up 1.41% as gains in Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Construction sectors underpinned the advance. Dino Polska, JSW and KGHM were among the top performers, while Asseco Poland, MODIVO and CD PROJEKT lagged. Commodity prices and local FX moves were modest, and market breadth was mix…
Timothy P. Horne, a director at Watts Water Technologies Inc., sold 7,500 Class A Common Stock shares on February 20, 2026, for $2,475,300. The transaction occurred at prices between $330.00 and $330.90, compared with a listed share price of $323.10. Horne continues to hold 7,500 shares through a revocable trust. The company recently declared a qua…
TD Cowen maintained a Hold rating on Xylem Inc. and preserved a $135 price target. The stock is trading beneath both the analyst target and a reported fair value estimate of $144.11. While 2026 estimates remain largely unchanged, the projected revenue path now shows a steeper ramp that management says it can see, a shift that increases execution ri…
UBS has reaffirmed a Buy rating on Victoria's Secret & Co. (NYSE: VSCO) and set a $73.00 price target, pointing to sustained fourth-quarter sales momentum that appears to have continued into the first quarter of fiscal 2026. The firm projects a modest fourth-quarter earnings beat and anticipates the company will provide fiscal 2026 guidance abo…
UBS reiterated a Buy rating on Target Corp. and kept a $130.00 price target ahead of the retailer's fourth-quarter earnings report. The firm said consensus expectations appear properly set for the quarter, noted Target has reaffirmed its 2025 guidance, and expects management to present realistic, achievable guidance and a credible plan for 2026 imp…
Stifel increased its price target on Quanta Services (PWR) to $647 from $517 and kept a Buy rating after the company's Q4 2025 results outperformed expectations. Strength in the Electric business and a series of acquisitions materially contributed to better-than-expected revenue, backlog and orders, while guidance for 2026 was raised well above con…
UBS maintained a Neutral rating on Boston Beer Company (SAM) with a $234.00 price target ahead of the company's fourth-quarter 2025 earnings release. The bank projects a fourth-quarter adjusted loss per share of $2.44, which is less negative than Visible Alpha and FactSet consensus figures. UBS highlighted mixed investor sentiment, the Midwest Prem…
Equities in Denmark closed lower Monday with the OMX Copenhagen 20 tumbling 7.22% to a six-month low. Weakness was concentrated in the Healthcare, Personal & Household Goods and Technology sectors. Market breadth was heavily negative, and notable moves in commodities and currencies accompanied the equity sell-off.
JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs both initiated coverage of York Space Systems, arriving at divergent views. JPMorgan is bullish, assigning an Overweight rating and a $39 price target, citing York’s low-cost production, strong footprint in the Space Development Agency (SDA) Transport Layer and potential demand tied to the Golden Dome missile defense prog…
Itron Inc. Senior Vice President and CFO Joan S. Hooper disposed of 15,293 shares on February 19, 2026, generating $1,522,242 to satisfy tax withholding tied to the vesting of a performance-based restricted stock unit award. The transaction leaves Hooper with 124,196 shares. Itron also announced a planned private offering of $600 million in convert…
Bridgewater Associates projects that four major U.S. technology firms will spend roughly $650 billion this year on AI-related infrastructure, up from $410 billion in 2025. The firm warns the surge in physical capital outlays and greater dependence on external funding raise systemic risks for markets and other sectors, while also providing a notable…
