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British equities started Friday's session higher amid ongoing geopolitical uncertainty in the Middle East, which remains the primary influence on energy prices and broader market sentiment. The FTSE 100 was up modestly alongside gains in major European indices, while corporate results and UK housing data provided additional domestic market cues.
A panel of property analysts expects average home prices in Germany to climb roughly 3% a year through 2028, outpacing general inflation and raising affordability concerns for first-time buyers. The outlook follows a recovery from a multi-year slump, with building permits rising in 2025 and rents forecast to increase slightly faster than prices.
European equity indices rose modestly on Friday morning but remained on track for steep weekly declines as the conflict in the Middle East deepens and investors brace for U.S. employment data. Energy markets have surged, amplifying concerns about supply disruptions, while a batch of corporate results showed uneven performance across airlines, indus…
Olaf Sleijpen, head of the Dutch central bank and an ECB policymaker, said the euro zone’s monetary policy environment remains largely stable despite the outbreak of war in the Middle East. He cautioned that it is premature to draw firm conclusions about the conflict’s long-term impact, emphasized the ECB’s data-dependent approach and highlighted t…
Marwyn Acquisition Company III Limited said talks with Palmer Street Limited about a potential combination have been terminated by mutual consent. The discussions, first disclosed on October 9, 2025, were ended because both sides judged a public listing to be premature. Palmer Street reports ongoing client mandate wins and revenue growth across Jer…
Getlink reported lower shuttle traffic through the Channel Tunnel in February 2026, with LeShuttle Freight moving 94,332 trucks - down 1% from February 2025 - and LeShuttle transporting 114,467 passenger vehicles, a 6% decline versus the same month a year earlier. The company linked the drop primarily to a calendar effect related to British winter …
Seisaku Kameda, the Bank of Japan's former chief economist, said the central bank is likely to postpone further tightening until around June or July because sustained conflict in the Middle East is keeping markets volatile. While April had been a plausible timing for a lift from 0.75% to 1.0% if hostilities eased, persistent instability increases t…
Senior U.S. officials have decided not to deploy the Treasury Department to execute oil futures trades at this time, according to a report citing an informed source. While the Treasury’s involvement was considered amid surging crude prices after the outbreak of conflict in the Middle East, officials judged the department’s ability to move markets t…
European Central Bank policymaker and Dutch central bank head reflects on market moves after the recent conflict in the Middle East, saying the earlier description of a central banker’s 'nirvana' no longer fits but that his assessment of the economy has not fundamentally changed. He emphasises data-dependence, the role of sensitivity analysis in pr…
Maersk announced a temporary suspension of two shipping services - the FM 1 route between the Far East and the Middle East, and the ME11 service linking the Middle East to Europe. The company said the decision is a precaution to safeguard personnel and vessels and to reduce potential operational impacts across its wider network.
Techtronic Industries underperformed in FY2025, but the company's portfolio - anchored by professional power tools, cordless consumer brands and floorcare - still benefits from secular cordless conversion and replacement cycles. This trade idea lays out a long entry, clear stop and a multi-month target that pays for a patient recovery while limitin…
Dutch central bank governor Olaf Sleijpen said a sharp rise in energy prices this week does not yet require a shift in European Central Bank policy. He stressed the bank can accept a small, temporary overshoot of its 2% inflation target and cautioned against drawing direct parallels to the 2021-22 inflation episode, while urging contingency analysi…
Tokyo's equity market closed higher on Friday with the Nikkei 225 up 0.63%, buoyed by advances in the Real Estate, Banking and Textile sectors. Tech-related Rohm Ltd led the index with a sizable gain and reached a 52-week high. Market breadth favoured advancers while implied volatility on Nikkei options fell sharply. Oil prices eased and gold futur…
Japanese authorities said they are prepared to act with international partners to counter market volatility and economic damage stemming from the conflict in Iran. Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama flagged the possibility of measures including an extra budget, while Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino warned that yen moves can feed through t…
Avio SpA has won a $65 million agreement with Defense Systems and Solutions to develop and begin producing solid propellant engines in the United States. The three-year contract covers engineering and initial production runs, with potential serial manufacturing at Avio’s U.S. facility in 2029. The work will supply defense systems destined for U.S. …
Israeli forces launched sustained airstrikes on Hezbollah-controlled neighborhoods in southern Beirut after directing residents to evacuate. Hezbollah in turn warned Israelis living near the Lebanon border to withdraw, and Lebanese authorities reported dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries from the recent strikes.
The U.S. Justice Department on March 5 posted FBI records that summarize interviews with an unidentified woman who made allegations about both Jeffrey Epstein and President Donald Trump. The records show the woman was interviewed four times in 2019 as part of the Epstein probe and include claims that Trump attempted to force her to perform oral sex…
Australia’s sharemarket lost roughly A$130 billion ($91.4 billion) in market value over the week as a widening Middle East conflict and a turbulent corporate reporting period unsettled investors. The S&P/ASX 200 fell 3.8% since the weekend when strikes involving the United States and Israel against Iran began, and slid 1% on Friday. Record levels o…
Bitcoin fell in Asian trading, easing to $70,182.6 as investors digested an escalation of conflict in the Middle East that has pushed oil sharply higher. The drop, a 3.1% decline measured at 00:56 ET (05:56 GMT), comes after the token briefly traded above $74,000 earlier in the week and leaves it positioned for a roughly 7% gain on the week. Broade…
Moscow, Russia's wealthiest federal unit, will trim its 2026 investment programme and cut municipal staff after revenue growth slowed sharply in early 2026. The move highlights mounting regional fiscal pressure, with consolidated deficits rising, regions shifting toward costlier commercial borrowing, and social and military-related payments adding …
Lufthansa reported an adjusted operating profit of 2.0 billion euros for 2025, beating a Lufthansa-compiled analyst consensus of 1.9 billion euros and improving on 2024's 1.6 billion euros. The carrier also raised its operating margin to 4.9% from 4.4% a year earlier but said the 2026 outlook is opaque amid geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.…
Taiwan's main index ended the trading day lower on Friday, with the Taiwan Weighted down 4.35% at the close. Gains in a handful of small-cap natural gas and innovation names contrasted with steep losses in several other stocks, while energy and metals commodity prices and currency moves were mixed in overseas markets.
Fuel oil supplies bound for Asia have been severely disrupted after shipments through the Strait of Hormuz declined sharply due to the Iran war. Traders are scrambling for replacement cargoes from the West and regional refiners, but high tanker rates, sanctions, and constrained volumes are limiting options. The shortfall is driving up bunker fuel p…
UK ministers have decided to postpone planned modifications to copyright rules that would have made it easier for artificial intelligence companies to access and process protected media content. Officials told people briefed on the matter that responses to a two-month consultation failed to endorse any of the proposed frameworks, prompting a decisi…
Chinese regulators have approved Pfizer’s GLP-1 therapy Xianweiying, also known as ecnoglutide, for chronic weight management in overweight and obese adults. The approval adds a new competitor to a rapidly expanding class of GLP-1 receptor agonists sold in China and follows a licensing deal between Pfizer and Sciwind Biosciences for mainland commer…
