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Traders face a shortened U.S. session and a packed calendar of data and corporate earnings as fresh negotiations between the U.S. and Iran add a geopolitical overlay. Inflation readings and growth figures this week will be watched closely by the Federal Reserve, while corporate reports from major names and developments in the media sector provide a…
The UK government is considering moving more quickly to increase defence expenditure to 3% of gross domestic product, with advisers to the prime minister examining ways to achieve the target ahead of the previously stated timetable. No decision has been taken, but officials acknowledge that current plans do not fully cover escalating defence costs.…
European equities moved modestly higher on Monday with financial stocks providing the main lift. The STOXX 600 index rose 0.3% to 619.74 by 0810 GMT, led in part by gains in Spain’s bank-heavy benchmark. Investors are preparing for several corporate earnings reports later in the week and a euro zone industrial production read that is expected to sh…
New Delhi is hosting the India AI Impact Summit, bringing together senior executives from major AI firms and several world leaders. India is emphasizing large-scale deployment and application-driven AI rather than the development of frontier foundational models, and is using the summit to amplify perspectives from developing nations. The event has …
SkinBioTherapeutics has opened an internal investigation into former CEO Stuart Ashman following allegations that a material royalty payment was included in reported 2025 revenue due to potential misrepresentation. The company will reverse £770,000 in royalty income - a 17% haircut to reported 2025 revenue - triggering a deeper adjusted EBITDA loss…
European stocks advanced modestly on Monday amid a broadly constructive earnings season, even as trading volumes were muted because of holidays in Asia and the United States. Key indexes in Germany, France and the U.K. rose, while miners and scheduled corporate reports dominated the week’s market focus. Economic and geopolitical developments, inclu…
SoFi pulled back hard despite accelerating revenue, improving profitability and a stronger customer base. Price near $19.62 looks oversold by technicals (RSI ~30) while fundamentals show 38% revenue growth in 2025 and positive adjusted earnings. This trade idea outlines a clear entry at $19.60, a stop at $16.50 and a primary target at $28.00 over a…
Jefferies upgraded ACS from hold to buy and lifted its price target to €116, saying the market is not fully valuing the company's greenfield infrastructure pipeline. The brokerage's revised sum-of-the-parts model explicitly incorporates secured data-center capacity and the U.S. SR-400 express-lane project, producing an implied equity stub roughly €…
Teradata is a cloud-first analytics vendor showing durable cloud ARR growth, improving cash generation and bullish technical momentum. At $33.56, the risk/reward favors a long position sized with clear stops while investors monitor ARR conversion, legacy revenue declines and an ongoing shareholder investigation.
RBC Capital Markets lowered its recommendation on Schroders Plc to "sector perform" from "outperform," saying the stock now trades close to the value implied by Nuveen's 612p-per-share proposal. The brokerage raised its price target to 610p and noted the deal's structure - including irrevocable commitments representing roughly 42% of Schroders' sha…
Markets enter a thin-turned-busy week as much of Asia celebrates the Lunar New Year and investors await a slate of corporate earnings and macroeconomic data. Walmart’s quarterly report will be scrutinized for clues on U.S. consumer spending after mixed retail and employment figures. European mining giants face results against a backdrop of volatile…
Japan's equity market closed modestly lower on Monday, with the Nikkei 225 ending down 0.22% as declines in the Paper & Pulp, Transport and Communication sectors outweighed gains in several individual stocks. Market breadth was positive but notable individual moves pushed some large-cap names sharply higher and others sharply lower. Volatility edge…
Jefferies has upgraded ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA from Hold to Buy and more than doubled its price target to EUR116.00 from EUR53.10, pointing to clearer upside from the company's data center pipeline and US Express Lane development projects. The move follows strong share performance and favourable financial health metrics, whil…
JPMorgan downgraded Eagle Materials (EXP) from Neutral to Underweight and lowered its price target to $215 from $230 following the company’s fiscal third-quarter 2026 results. While revenue marginally exceeded JPMorgan’s estimate, EBITDA and EPS came in below expectations. JPMorgan flagged persistent weakness in wallboard demand and limited near-te…
Snowflake’s pullback has been lumped into a broader software sell-off, but its Data Cloud economics - 125% net revenue retention, $7.88B RPO and $776.7M in free cash flow - argue it will weather the transition to agent-driven workflows better than many peers. Valuation is rich, but recent technicals and clear enterprise traction around Snowflake In…
Average asking prices for newly listed UK homes were effectively unchanged in February, easing by just £12 to £368,019 after a sharp 2.8% increase in January. Rightmove's monthly index, covering 106,287 new listings between Jan. 11 and Feb. 7, shows buyers enjoying improved conditions as wage growth outpaces recent property inflation and mortgage c…
Bitcoin declined to $68,409.70 early Monday, extending a run of losses that has now lasted four consecutive weeks. The pullback followed a brief weekend move toward $70,000 and came amid broader weakness across major cryptocurrencies as investor appetite for speculative assets wanes in the face of interest-rate uncertainty. Corporate holder Strateg…
Uruguay intends to accelerate a move away from dollar-denominated sovereign debt and broaden its trade relationships, driven by strong investor demand for local-currency instruments and the desire to reduce exposure to external currency shocks. Finance Minister Gabriel Oddone said the government plans to issue about half its debt in pesos, expects …
Olympus Corp. saw its stock tumble after revising down its fiscal net profit forecast and reporting a decline in adjusted quarterly profit. The company cited higher expenses, weaker U.S. sales of gastrointestinal endoscopes and voluntary shipment suspensions following U.S. FDA re-inspections as factors driving the cut.
Asian markets opened a quiet week amid regional holidays, but fresh Japanese GDP figures undercut recent equity gains. December-quarter GDP expanded just 0.2% annualised, well below expectations, while year-on-year growth slowed sharply. At the same time, chipmakers in Taiwan and South Korea surged on heavy AI-related spending by hyperscalers. With…
The S&P/ASX 200 closed up 0.22% in Sydney, pushed higher by gains in the information technology, consumer discretionary and industrials sectors. Small-cap winners included Austal, Wisetech Global and Genesis Minerals, while Summerset, Treasury Wine Estates and Fortescue were among the biggest decliners. Market breadth favoured advancers and implied…
Federal energy and defense officials on Feb. 15 flew a small, unfueled nuclear microreactor from California to Utah aboard a C-17 transport to demonstrate the potential for rapidly deploying compact nuclear power for military and civilian applications. The demonstration, involving a Valar Atomics Ward microreactor, included senior officials on the …
European companies are reporting stronger fourth-quarter earnings than analysts anticipated, with a majority of market capitalisation now disclosed and average growth ahead of expectations. Yet lofty valuations, a stronger euro, mixed sector performance and lingering tariff effects are restraining share-price responses and leaving investors demandi…
LPL Financial (LPLA) has been pulled lower with the market's recent risk-off from the tech/AI trade. The pullback leaves shares beneath key moving averages but above meaningful support and on a company with healthy ROE, strong advisor onboarding momentum and a $26.8B market cap. This trade idea lays out a mid-term buy-the-dip plan with entry at $33…
Most Asian currencies traded in narrow bands amid low holiday volumes as the dollar remained relatively unchanged following mixed U.S. consumer inflation data. The Japanese yen weakened after fourth-quarter GDP unexpectedly disappointed, led by weak business investment and soft exports and consumption. Market attention now shifts to a busy U.S. dat…
