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U.S. stock futures edged lower on Friday as traders parsed a fresh round of corporate results and guidance ahead of important inflation figures. Early premarket action showed notable winners — including Netflix, Block and Dell Technologies — and several pullbacks among media, cloud and retail names.
UBS elevated Palantir from Neutral to Buy after the stock fell roughly 35% from its high. Analysts led by Karl Keirstead argue the price drop creates an attractive entry point given strong demand signals, substantial near-term revenue growth assumptions and margin stability. UBS kept a $180 price target while forecasting elevated revenue CAGR and h…
KORE Group Holdings stock climbed 76% in Friday trading after the company agreed to be bought for $726 million in cash by Searchlight Capital Partners and Abry Partners at $9.25 per share. The offer values the company at a 691% premium to its December 18, 2024 closing price and follows approval from KORE's board and a special committee of independe…
Deutsche Bank moved Sandoz from "buy" to "hold" while lifting its price target to CHF70, citing limited scope for earnings upgrades after the stock nearly doubled since the bank’s upgrade last year. The firm highlighted stretched valuation metrics, modest free cash flow yield and the prospect of a FY27 deceleration following a step-up in biosimilar…
British equities climbed to a new record on Friday, propelled largely by gains in mining stocks, even as the pound retreated after the Green Party won a by-election in Gorton and Denton. The FTSE 100 rose 0.4% to 10,887.88, touching 10,900 earlier in the session, while the pound fell 0.1% against the dollar to 1.3473 as of 1156 GMT. European peers …
UBS strategists say the global equity rally has become uneven, with cyclical regions and sectors outperforming U.S. technology. While the bank remains constructive on a cyclical recovery and the asset class overall, it downgraded U.S. tech to Neutral and prefers tech exposure in China and Europe as well as opportunities in the AI application layer.
Bernstein analysts say that a nuclear agreement between Washington and Tehran would probably lead to downward pressure on U.S. defense equities. While heightened tensions have helped lift the S&P Aerospace & Defense Select Industry index this year, the firm cautions that only sustained political and budgetary backing would support a durable rally f…
Senior PLC's stock jumped 19% on Friday after the company disclosed it has received several takeover approaches. The board said it had already rejected earlier offers it considered too low, appointed advisers to engage other parties, and has postponed a planned £40 million share buyback while discussions proceed. The company cautioned there is no g…
Bernstein upgraded Heidelberg Materials to outperform from market-perform and set a €230 price target after a roughly 20% one-month drop in the stock tied to worries about the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. The broker’s DCF-based valuation implies about 21% upside from recent trading levels and rests on assumptions including a 10.3% WACC and a 2.75% …
BASF said it is investigating whether its U.S. subsidiary has a legal claim to recover import duties after the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated many tariffs instituted under the Trump administration. CEO Markus Kamieth said that if the internal review determines the subsidiary has a legal entitlement, the company will pursue reimbursement. Finance Ch…
UBS strategists say Eurozone equities can register modest additional upside, driven by an improving cyclical backdrop, attractive structural exposures, and valuations they view as reasonable. With more than half of companies having reported, a majority have beaten EPS forecasts despite weak revenues, aided by tight cost control. Analysts at UBS see…
Despite an overall slowdown in U.S. payroll growth last year, the restaurant sector expanded employment as consumers reallocated discretionary spending toward meals, coffee and desserts. Snack and beverage outlets led gains, while fast-food and buffet-style operations lagged. Chains that leaned on bundled promotions, digital ordering and high-margi…
A confrontation between the Pentagon and AI developer Anthropic is approaching a 5:01 p.m. (2201 GMT) Friday deadline, centering on whether the company will remove usage restrictions that limit military uses of its Claude models. The disagreement pits the Pentagon's demand for an all-lawful use clause against Anthropic's red lines on autonomous wea…
Analysts at BCA Research, including strategist Peter Berezin, argue that the rise of artificial intelligence threatens the traditional sources of monopoly power enjoyed by large technology companies. They say AI could raise variable infrastructure costs for hyperscalers while compressing software pricing, weaken platform network effects through age…
Indian stock indices finished lower on Friday, with the Nifty 50 falling 1.25% and the BSE Sensex declining 1.17%. Losses were concentrated in Real Estate, Auto and Metals sectors. Market breadth was negative on both exchanges and volatility, as measured by the India VIX, rose 4.75% to 13.68. Commodity and currency moves included a small dip in gol…
CPP Investments and Equinix have agreed to jointly purchase Nordic data-center operator atNorth for $4 billion including debt. CPP will invest $1.6 billion for a 60% stake while Equinix will acquire 40%. Partners Group, the current owner, has committed to reinvest and may repurchase up to 10% post-sale. atNorth operates facilities across five Nordi…
Morgan Stanley says its weighted China A-share sentiment gauge improved in the two weeks after the Lunar New Year, driven by stronger turnover and positioning ahead of the National People’s Congress. The firm recorded a 14 percentage-point rise in its MSASI to 59% from the February 11 cutoff, with equity trading and futures volumes climbing sharply…
Bank of America strategists, led by Michael Hartnett, forecast that international stocks will outpace U.S. equities through the second half of the 2020s. The team cites a combination of fiscal excess, rising populism, the end of deflation, and potentially uneven effects from AI disruption as factors likely to narrow the U.S. share of the global equ…
Netflix withdrew from the extended auction for Warner Bros Discovery assets, sending its stock higher in premarket trading while Paramount's consortium clinched the top bid. The conclusion of the bidding war shifts investor attention to potential antitrust reviews in the United States and Europe, even as Warner Bros Discovery shares finished margin…
UBS has reaffirmed a neutral stance on UK equities even after the market’s strong start to 2026, arguing that fundamental improvements remain modest and that a substantial portion of the expected earnings rebound is priced in. The bank set a central FTSE 100 target of 10,500 for December 2026 and highlighted both upside and downside scenarios tied …
Goldman Sachs economists warned in February that faster adoption of artificial intelligence could lift U.S. unemployment this year. They estimated AI was linked to 5,000-10,000 net job losses per month last year in the most exposed U.S. industries and said AI accounted for 7% of planned layoffs in January. Since October, a range of global firms hav…
Wartsila expects U.S. policy and industry moves encouraging datacentres to generate their own power to strengthen demand for its energy- and water-efficient engines. CEO Hakan Agnevall said the company has contracted about 1.2 gigawatts for datacentre projects, plans to expand delivery capacity by 80% by 2028, and anticipates double-digit percentag…
The Indonesia Stock Exchange will roll out a new rule raising the minimum free float for listed companies to 15% in stages, the bourse's interim chief executive said. Firms may be grouped into batches with a one-year compliance window for each group, and the timetable and mechanics remain subject to approval by the Financial Services Authority. The…
European shares held steady on Friday, with the STOXX 600 up 0.1% and approaching record highs as better-than-expected corporate updates helped sustain investor risk appetite. Mining stocks led sector gains while lingering concerns over AI-driven business disruption and a newly imposed global tariff from the United States continued to weigh on sent…
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP) and Equinix have reached an agreement to buy Nordic data center operator atNorth from Partners Group in a transaction valued at about $4 billion. CPP will contribute approximately $1.6 billion for a 60% controlling stake, with Equinix taking the remaining roughly 40%. The deal is expected to be immediately…
