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RBC Capital Markets has adjusted its outlook on major UK supermarkets as consumers appear set to shift spending from discretionary items toward food. The bank raised price targets for Tesco and Sainsbury's citing lower WACC assumptions and the chains' defensive qualities, while keeping a negative stance on Ocado due to its ongoing losses and premiu…
Saudi Arabia's Tadawul All Share closed higher, up 0.55%, driven by strength in Media & Publishing, Energy & Utilities and Real Estate Development names. Real estate and industrial stocks posted the largest gains while a major insurer slid to a five-year low. Oil prices rose and gold fell, providing mixed signals for market participants.
Producer prices in February rose more than economists had predicted, sending U.S. equity futures lower and reducing market expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates within the year. Core measures excluding food and energy also exceeded forecasts on both annual and monthly bases, reinforcing concerns about persistent inflation pr…
U.S. producer prices rose 0.7% in February, driven by services, outpacing economists' expectations. A 12-month increase of 3.4% and a more than 40% jump in oil prices after the outbreak of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran are intensifying inflation pressures that policymakers will weigh at the Federal Reserve meeting.
UBS strategist Andrew Garthwaite expects global equities to remain in a consolidation phase near term and sets a 2026 MSCI All-Country World index target of 1,100. The bank outlines a broad range of scenarios: a rapid resolution to the Middle East conflict plus stronger AI-driven productivity could lift fair value to 1,280, while a prolonged confli…
U.S. equity futures advanced Wednesday morning as market participants awaited the Federal Reserve's upcoming interest-rate announcement and monitored developments in the Iran war. At 07:50 ET (11:50 GMT), futures for the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 were all higher. Several individual stocks moved in premarket trading after company guidance, analyst…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Johnson & Johnson's oral psoriasis pill, Icotyde, for adults and pediatric patients 12 years and older who weigh at least 40 kg with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. The approval positions J&J to expand into the psoriasis market with a once-daily oral alternative that has shown superior skin cl…
BMW said prices in China are stabilising after heavy discounting in the electric vehicle segment, as the automaker unveiled its new i3 all-electric sedan built on the 'Neue Klasse' platform. The move forms part of BMW's strategy to overhaul its lineup, counter intense local competition and arrest a sales decline in China, the world's largest car ma…
European Central Bank supervisory chief Claudia Buch warned that financial markets are not fully pricing in geopolitical threats, increasing the chance of sudden sell-offs. She cautioned against loosening bank regulations despite pressure from recent U.S. regulatory easing and said fragmentation or weakening of standards could undercut banks' resil…
Wolfe Research presented three scenarios for how the conflict in Iran could unfold, ranging from a swift dominance by U.S. forces to a prolonged ground campaign. Analyst Tobin Marcus characterizes the situation as highly uncertain but places the highest probability on a base case that resembles the more optimistic path - a conflict stretching into …
Celestica is increasingly exposed to the AI data-center build cycle via a new AMD partnership and has the balance sheet and cash flow to scale production. The shares trade at premium multiples, but the combination of high ROE, accelerating enterprise wins and clean leverage makes a calculated long trade attractive for traders willing to hold throug…
Jefferies shifted its recommendations on Europe’s two largest hearing-aid manufacturers, upgrading Demant to buy from hold and downgrading Sonova to underperform from hold. The broker pointed to a stretched valuation gap in favor of Sonova, updated price targets that imply material upside for Demant and downside for Sonova, and differing near-term …
The Federal Reserve has largely achieved its objectives in restoring money-market liquidity and is poised to slow the pace of its Treasury bill purchases after a mid-April tax date, while continuing efforts to shorten the average maturity of its bond holdings and reduce the relative share of mortgage-backed securities on its balance sheet.
An International Monetary Fund mission opened discussions with Ukrainian officials on March 18 as the government seeks to secure additional funding contingent on implementing fiscal measures. Central items on the table include higher taxes for individual entrepreneurs and small businesses, steps to shrink the shadow economy, and tax changes for dig…
AMD is beginning to realize the benefits of scale across its data-center CPU and GPU franchises. This trade targets a material move higher as EPYC and data-center GPU adoption combine with improving cost leverage. Entry, stop and target reflect a 6- to 9-month view while keeping room for near-term macro volatility.
Shares of major memory suppliers climbed as Bernstein raised price targets on Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron, citing stronger-than-anticipated pricing momentum heading into the second quarter of 2026. The research house's checks point to resilient hyperscaler demand, ongoing supply constraints and consumer purchasing pulled forward ahead of further p…
U.S. stock futures moved higher Wednesday morning as investors awaited the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision and monitored continuing conflict involving Iran that has kept oil prices elevated. Gains in futures followed advances on Wall Street in the prior session, while developments in the Middle East - including reported deaths of two senio…
DocuSign appears to be turning a corner: subscription stability, nearly $1B in free cash flow, and a sub-$10B enterprise value give investors a priced-in bear case. This trade idea lays out a concrete long entry, stop, and target with a 180-trading-day horizon, balancing upside from product-led AI adoption against execution and sector risks.
CF Industries Holdings fell about 3% Wednesday morning after Mizuho lowered its rating to Underperform from Neutral. The firm set a $100 price target, noting that much of the recent rally in fertilizer stocks may have been driven by temporary factors tied to the Middle East conflict and could reverse when that dynamic fades.
A State Department official said the Trump administration will require citizens of 50 countries to post $15,000 bonds when applying for B1 and B2 visas, adding 12 nations to an existing list of 38. The bond program, intended to deter visa overstays, becomes effective April 2. Bonds are to be returned to applicants who comply with visa conditions or…
GSK is executing a clear playbook: grow vaccines and specialty franchises, accelerate oncology and HIV investments via pipeline and selective buys, and defend margins with commercial scale. The stock trades at a reasonable multiple for a major pharma and yields ~3.3%. We like a long exposure with disciplined risk management, targeting a move back t…
The UK government said it will examine whether AI-generated material should carry labels to help guard against deepfakes and disinformation, while pursuing further copyright reforms to protect creators and smaller cultural organisations. Technology minister Liz Kendall said policymakers must balance protection for creative industries with space for…
Harvard Bioscience director William Snider purchased a total of $103,603 of common stock in two transactions on March 16-17, 2026. After the purchases he now directly holds 32,000 shares. The insider buying comes as the stock trades below analyst targets and the company posted Q4 2025 revenue of $23.7 million while issuing modest growth guidance fo…
Chinese equities tied to the open-source OpenClaw agent framework jumped after NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang called the development a "ChatGPT moment for AI agents." Morgan Stanley named MiniMax Group, Zhipu (Knowledge Atlas Tech) and Baidu as leading plays in the AI agent platform and foundation model layer that underpin agent reasoning and task executi…
President Trump criticized the United States' sole responsibility for safeguarding the Strait of Hormuz and suggested allied nations should assume the role, posting his remarks on Truth Social. S&P 500 futures were up 0.3% while crude oil prices were slightly lower; both markets responded to the post. The European Union said it would not rush to pr…
