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Brazil's Bovespa ended the session down 0.91%, touching a one-month low as losses in Real Estate, Basic Materials and Financials pressured the market. While a handful of mid-cap names posted gains, heavier declines in petrochemical, steel and healthcare stocks pulled indices lower. Commodity and currency moves accompanied equity weakness, with oil …
Metals Acquisition Corp. II completed a $230 million initial public offering, selling 23 million units at $10 each and exercising the underwriters' overallotment. The SPAC also closed a concurrent private placement of 5,066,666 warrants, raising an additional $7.6 million. The funds from the public deal were placed in trust ahead of the company’s s…
Moody's downgraded WPP Plc to Baa3 from Baa2 and cut related short-term and backed senior unsecured ratings, shifting the outlook to stable. The ratings action reflects prolonged pressure on operating results, expected elevated adjusted gross debt to EBITDA near 4.2x-4.5x over the coming 12 months, and significant restructuring costs. WPP reported …
Fitch Ratings upgraded StandardAero, Inc. (NYSE:SARO) and Dynasty Acquisition Co. Inc. to a Long-Term Issuer Default Rating of BB+ from BB, citing deleveraging after the IPO, EBITDA leverage falling below 3.5x and improved execution on the LEAP engine platform. Fitch also affirmed Dynasty’s secured revolver and term loan at BBB- with a Recovery Rat…
Fitch Ratings raised British American Tobacco plc's Long-Term Issuer Default Rating to A- from BBB+ and removed the company from Under Criteria Observation, assigning a Stable Outlook. The upgrade rests on BAT's diversified global footprint, strong and consistent cash flow generation, rising contribution from next-generation products and a conserva…
S&P Global Ratings upgraded Eldorado Gold to BB- from B+ with a positive outlook, pointing to stronger adjusted EBITDA in 2025, a healthier leverage profile and ongoing development milestones at Skouries and the near-complete McIlvenna Bay project acquired via a definitive deal for Foran. The ratings firm projects meaningful production growth and s…
S&P Global Ratings upgraded Wolverine World Wide Inc. (NYSE:WWW) to B+ from B and assigned a stable outlook, saying the company should maintain leverage comfortably below 5x over the coming year after stronger operating performance and improved profitability through year-end 2025. The upgrade reflects gains from Saucony and Merrell, significant del…
Severe storms on March 13 left over 396,000 homes and businesses without electricity across the U.S. Midwest and Mid-Atlantic, with Ohio recording the largest number of outages. State-level data from PowerOutage.us shows concentrated impacts in multiple states, and a unit of American Electric Power reported the highest single-utility outage total i…
Shares of InMode Ltd. climbed 6.4% on Friday after the company’s board approved a new buyback program permitting the repurchase of roughly 10% of outstanding shares, or about 6.38 million ordinary shares. Management said repurchases will be funded with available cash and may be executed in the open market or by other permitted means.
Firefly Neuroscience's stock surged after the company reported research advancements using its AI-powered EEG/ERP platform that could help differentiate the three primary ADHD subtypes. The firm's FDA-510(k)-cleared Evoke System collected resting and cognitive EEG scans that the company says may indicate whether a patient is hyperactive and impulsi…
PAR Technology Corporation priced a private placement of $250.0 million in 4.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2031, prompting a greater-than-10% decline in its shares. The company intends to use most proceeds to repurchase outstanding 1.50% convertible notes due 2027 and a portion to buy back common stock, while the remaining funds are earmarked fo…
The Pentagon has authorized the deployment of the USS Tripoli, an Amphibious Ready Group element, and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit to the Middle East. The movement, confirmed by U.S. defense officials, follows attacks on the Strait of Hormuz that have halted shipping, affected the global economy and contributed to higher gasoline costs.
Sable Offshore Corp. stock declined after a federal judge directed the Interior Department to disclose internal deliberations and communications with the company and other agencies related to permitting for the Santa Barbara pipeline system. The ruling cited evidence presented by environmental plaintiffs that agencies acted in bad faith while accel…
Friday’s trading session produced pronounced gains and losses across market-cap tiers, with technology and semiconductor names among the headline movers. Mega-cap names such as Meta Platforms and Broadcom moved lower, while Micron Technology climbed. A range of large-, mid- and small-cap stocks also registered double-digit moves tied to corporate a…
Market participants will face a concentrated set of U.S. economic releases on Monday, March 16, 2026, with the NY Empire State Manufacturing Index and a full suite of industrial production measures scheduled before the opening bell. These reports, alongside housing confidence, trimmed-mean inflation and short-term Treasury bill auctions, will be wa…
Hexcel Corporation said Friday that James Coogan will join the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on May 1, 2026. The stock reacted with a roughly 4% decline following the announcement. Mike Lenz, who has been serving as interim CFO, will remain with Hexcel for a transition period as a Senior Advisor.
U.S. equities slipped on Friday and were set for a weekly drop as investors contended with oil trading above $100 a barrel, higher Treasury yields and a weaker gold market. Goldman Sachs has raised inflation projections and reduced near-term growth forecasts for the U.S. and Europe, while also highlighting AI's outsized influence on S&P 500 earning…
Panama’s canal affairs minister said the government hopes COSCO Shipping will withdraw its decision to suspend calls at the Balboa port, which handles about 4% of the port’s cargo. The suspension follows a late-January Supreme Court ruling that annulled the concession held by a unit of CK Hutchison and the temporary takeover of operations by APM Te…
People familiar with SpaceX's IPO planning say the company intends to allocate underwriting and distribution responsibilities among a broad group of investment banks. The structure would assign institutional allocation to a pair of lead banks while routing retail distribution through others, and would involve additional international banking partne…
SpaceX has engaged Gibson Dunn to serve as its lead legal counsel for an anticipated initial public offering, while the banks underwriting the deal have selected Davis Polk & Wardwell, according to people familiar with the plans. A confidential filing may be submitted as soon as this month. The IPO is targeted at a valuation of $1.75 trillion and f…
U.K. equity markets closed lower Friday, with the United Kingdom 100 index falling 0.44%. Losses were concentrated in Automobiles & Parts, Mining and Industrial Engineering sectors, though individual winners included Tesco, Hikma Pharmaceuticals and Imperial Brands. Market breadth on the London exchange showed more falling stocks than advancing, wh…
U.K. stocks finished lower on Friday, with the United Kingdom 100 index falling 0.44% at the close. Losses were concentrated in the Automobiles & Parts, Mining and Industrial Engineering sectors. Among individual movers, Tesco, Hikma Pharmaceuticals and Imperial Brands posted the largest gains, while Fresnillo, Antofagasta and Rolls-Royce were the …
Spanish equities closed lower on Friday, with the IBEX 35 falling 0.47% as losses in the Consumer Goods, Building & Construction and Financial Services & Real Estate sectors outpaced advances. Repsol, Cellnex and Redeia were the session's top performers, while ArcelorMittal, Sacyr and International Consolidated Airlines Group registered the largest…
Spain's benchmark IBEX 35 finished lower on Friday, slipping 0.47% as declines in the Building & Construction, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors exerted downward pressure. While energy and infrastructure names outperformed, several industrial and transport stocks recorded the session's largest drops. Commodity and currency markets also r…
Portugal's main index, the PSI, closed lower on Friday, slipping 0.09% as declines in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Financials sectors outweighed gains among select names. EDP Renovaveis, Sonae SGPS and Nos were the session's top performers, while Semapa, Mota Engil and CTT Correios recorded the largest falls. Commodities and currency market…
