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A coalition of 15 global technology companies led by Microsoft and Ericsson announced the Trusted Tech Alliance, a set of five principles intended to ensure safe use of technology regardless of geographic origin. The move arrives as governments in Europe and Asia intensify attention on digital sovereignty amid growing U.S. isolationist tendencies u…
The European Central Bank has levied a €7,551,050 periodic penalty payment against French lender Crédit Agricole after finding the bank did not satisfy a materiality assessment requirement for 75 full days in 2024. The decision, part of broader ECB efforts to tighten supervision of climate-related financial risks, can be contested at the Court of J…
London equities finished the session higher, with strength concentrated in Software & Computer Services, Aerospace & Defense and Mining. The Investing.com United Kingdom 100 climbed 0.31% at the close. Relx, WPP and 3i Group were among the top performers, while Flutter Entertainment, Entain and NatWest weighed on the downside. Commodities and curre…
U.K. equities finished higher on Friday, with the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 up 0.31% as the Software & Computer Services, Aerospace & Defense and Mining sectors provided the largest upward pressure. Relx PLC posted the session's strongest advance, while Flutter Entertainment tumbled to a three-year low. Commodity and currency markets showed …
Spain's benchmark IBEX 35 ended Friday's session down 1.25% as losses across Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Goods sectors pushed the market lower. Market breadth was narrowly negative with 91 decliners versus 90 advancers. Key movers included gains in Cellnex, Acciona and Repsol, while Acerinox, Caixabank and…
Spain's benchmark IBEX 35 fell 1.25% at the close in Madrid, weighed down by sector losses in Financial Services & Real Estate, Building & Construction and Consumer Goods. Market breadth was nearly balanced with slightly more decliners than advancers. Select large-cap stocks outperformed while several major financials registered notable declines. C…
The Portuguese PSI index closed lower on Friday, retreating 0.30% as losses in the Financials, Technology and Utilities sectors offset gains among select telecom and construction names. Market breadth was modestly positive in count but net index movement was negative. Energy-related stocks registered declines even as global oil benchmarks were mixe…
Amsterdam's AEX index ended the session up 0.59%, driven by strength in Technology, Consumer Services and Industrials. Relx PLC, Wolters Kluwer and BE Semiconductor Industries NV were the top gainers, while NN Group, ABN AMRO and ING Groep posted the largest declines. Market breadth favored advancers and volatility measures were steady as energy, g…
Italian equities ended Friday in negative territory, with the Investing.com Italy 40 declining 1.81% at the close in Milan. Losses were concentrated in Financials, Utilities and Industrials. Banking stocks led the market’s decliners while select telecom and industrial names posted gains. Commodity and currency markets were mixed.
German equity markets finished the session higher on Friday, with the DAX rising 0.20% and the MDAX and TecDAX advancing 0.48% and 1.27% respectively. Strength in Financial Services, Technology and Food & Beverages names underpinned gains, while select banks and utilities weighed on the downside. Market breadth was positive and volatility, as measu…
Paris equities closed lower Friday, driven by declines in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Utilities sectors. The CAC 40 fell 0.35% and the SBF 120 slipped 0.30%. Safran led gains on both indices, while Societe Generale and L'Oreal were among the heaviest decliners. Market breadth favored losers and volatility measures reached a 52-week high.
Belgian equities finished Friday in negative territory, with the BEL 20 down 0.21% at the close in Brussels. Gains in select healthcare and real estate names contrasted with weakness among lenders, consumer-facing firms and materials-related stocks. Market breadth was modestly positive, with slightly more advancing than declining issues. Commodity …
Canada’s S&P/TSX Composite advanced sharply on Friday after U.S. consumer inflation readings for January showed a slowdown. Gains were broad but uneven, with technology shares under pressure amid AI-related worries and materials stocks weighed down by lower precious metals prices as markets pared back early expectations for near-term Federal Reserv…
Stocks in Sweden finished lower on Friday, with the OMX Stockholm 30 falling 0.12%. Losses concentrated in the Financials, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors. Hexagon AB ser. B, NIBE Industrier AB ser. B and SAAB AB ser. B were the session's top performers, while Evolution AB and major banks Swedbank and Svenska Handelsbanken posted notable…
The OMX Helsinki 25 ended Friday's session up 0.25%, with Technology, Consumer Services and Industrials among the better-performing sectors. Mandatum Oyj, TietoEVRY and KONE were the session's top advancers, while SSAB AB B, Hiab and Fortum weighed on the index. Market breadth was positive and commodity and FX moves were mixed.
A wave of U.S. initial public offerings in 2026 has been trimmed or deferred as volatile markets, heightened valuation scrutiny and weak performance among peers weigh on issuers. Several companies, including a Wall Street broker, a Brazilian fintech and a Blackstone-backed app marketer, have scaled back fundraising targets or postponed planned list…
Citizens Financial Group cut its rating on Upstart Holdings to Market Underperform from Market Perform and set a $20 price target. The brokerage said Upstart's current valuation is hard to justify relative to comparable consumer lenders despite a recent share pullback, and flagged concerns about its medium-term origination targets, the usefulness o…
Poland's WIG30 index closed lower on Friday, dragged down by declines in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors. Market breadth favored decliners, while a handful of retailers and brokers outperformed. Energy and precious metals contracts moved higher, and major PLN crosses were essentially unchanged.
U.S. antitrust regulators have intensified scrutiny of Microsoft, sending civil investigative requests to several competitors in enterprise software and cloud markets to gather information on licensing terms and product bundling, including AI, security and identity offerings. The move follows an earlier 2024 probe into Microsoft’s productivity soft…
Denmark's main equity gauge, the OMX Copenhagen 20, finished higher on Friday, supported by advances in Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Real Estate sectors. While a handful of large-cap industrial and biotech names posted notable gains, several banking stocks moved lower and decliners outnumbered advancers on the exchange. Commodity and FX benchmark…
Jefferies raised its rating on Medpace to Buy, pointing to a 56% rebound in biotech funding in H2 2025, a conservative balance sheet at the company, and a lower near-term risk from artificial intelligence. The broker expects new contract bookings to pick up in the back half of 2026 into 2027 given Medpace’s typical four- to six-quarter lag from fun…
A federal judge in Manhattan ruled that JPMorgan Chase must defend against portions of a proposed class action alleging the bank paid brokerage and retirement account holders artificially low interest on idle cash swept into deposit accounts. Plaintiffs say Cash Sweep programs paid between 0.01% and 0.03% even as short-term market rates exceeded 5%…
BTIG identified AeroVironment (AVAV) and Leonardo DRS (DRS) as its leading industrial sector picks for the first half of 2026, citing expanded defense budgets and accelerating demand for unmanned systems, counter-unmanned technology, loitering munitions and electronic warfare solutions. The firm outlines recent contracts, margin profiles and supply…
L'Oreal's chief executive, Nicolas Hieronimus, said the company would welcome obtaining the Gucci beauty licence before its scheduled transfer in 2028. The licence, currently held by Coty, remains a topic of negotiation between Coty and Gucci's owner Kering. Key industry moves around the licence have followed Kering's sale of its Creed-centred beau…
Norway's benchmark Oslo OBX closed lower, down 0.89%, with losses concentrated in Media, Transport and Diversified Financials stocks. Market breadth was negative with 171 decliners versus 90 advancers. Frontline rose to a 52-week high, while Tomra, Norsk Hydro and Nordic Semiconductor posted the biggest drops. Oil, gold and currency benchmarks show…
