Daily coverage of equity markets, sectors, and major indices.
In-depth reporting on U.S. and global stock markets, including index performance, sector rotation, earnings reactions, volatility trends, and notable single-stock moves. Designed to help traders and investors understand what is driving price action across equities.
13,982 total articles
Supply-chain analysis from TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo indicates ASML could substantially outpace market revenue estimates in 2026 and 2027, driven by Carl Zeiss SMT's planned capacity increases for critical optical systems and rising orders from major chipmakers such as TSMC. Projections include higher shipments of both EUV an…
After more than a decade of rapid adoption, streaming penetration in developed markets has largely saturated, shifting the music industry's revenue engine from subscriber expansion to pricing and monetization. Analysts at MoffettNathanson view this transition as undervalued by investors and see record labels as primary beneficiaries. The brokerage …
Gold.com (NYSE:GOLD) climbed sharply after DA Davidson analyst Michael Baker raised his price target to $53 from $45 and kept a Buy rating. Baker cites rising spot prices for gold and silver, increased market volatility linked to wider retail-to-spot spreads, and signs of strengthening unit demand supported by Google Trends data. The analyst upgrad…
Poland's equity market closed higher on Tuesday, with the WIG30 index finishing at a new all-time high. Strength in banking, oil and gas and construction names pushed the benchmark higher. Notable individual moves included strong advances for Bank Millennium and PKO Bank, while KGHM, Enea and CCC were among the heaviest decliners. Commodity and cur…
Denmark's main index closed lower on Tuesday, driven by declines in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Chemicals sectors. The OMX Copenhagen 20 finished the session down 0.33%, with a roughly even split between advancing and declining issues but a slight edge to falling names. A handful of large-cap stocks posted notable gains while others recorded shar…
TikTok has settled a lawsuit brought by a 19-year-old California plaintiff, identified in filings as K.G.M., who alleges addiction to social media led to depression and suicidal thoughts. The settlement was disclosed by the plaintiff's lawyer, Joseph VanZandt, as jury selection opened in what had been slated as one of three bellwether trials drawn …
Proposals in Australia and the U.K. to bar under-16s from major social platforms have raised concerns about in-app purchase revenue for Apple and Google app stores. Sensor Tower's 2026 State of Mobile report shows non-game apps overtook games in mobile spending in 2025 and that global in-app spending rose sharply. Jonathan Brinksman of Sensor Tower…
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has instructed its investment banking team to increase efforts to win more mergers and acquisitions mandates after falling behind competitors in 2025. The directive, delivered by co-heads of global banking John Simmons and Filippo Gori during a January internal meeting, was echoed by Anu Aiyengar, the bank's global head of advi…
BNY has reassigned Adam Vos to lead its wealth solutions effort, consolidating BNY Pershing's clearing and custody services - including the Wove platform - with BNY Archer's managed accounts business. The move is part of a broader reshuffle that elevates Jim Crowley to executive vice chair and installs Laide Majiyagbe as global head of markets. The…
Bank of America analysts have identified four biotechnology companies they view as top investment ideas for 2026, each supported by specific commercial drivers or upcoming clinical milestones. Their selections - Argenx, KalVista Pharmaceuticals, Ocular Therapeutix and Vertex Pharmaceuticals - carry Buy ratings and price objectives that reflect proj…
Norway's benchmark Oslo OBX finished higher on Tuesday, climbing 0.36% as gains in Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities supported the market. Cmb.Tech NV led the index's winners and reached a 52-week high, while Nel ASA and other names declined. Commodity and currency markets moved alongside equities, with c…
Israel’s main equity gauge, the TA-35, closed slightly higher Tuesday, reaching a new all-time peak. Gains in biomedical, technology and banking names supported the advance, while a larger number of issues declined than rose. Selected commodities and currency benchmarks moved modestly, with crude and Brent oil up and the US Dollar Index futures low…
Aumovio SE announced plans to eliminate as many as 4,000 research and development positions worldwide as part of a cost-control plan in a challenging market environment. The company said the reductions will be mostly complete by the end of 2026 and will include a voluntary redundancy program in Germany beginning in March. The move accompanies a tar…
MicroVision Inc said it won a bankruptcy-auction bid to acquire certain Luminar Technologies assets for $33 million in cash, a move that lifted its stock by about 4% on Tuesday. The purchase includes intellectual property and inventory tied to the Iris and Halo lidar sensors, select engineering and operations personnel, and specific commercial cont…
Greek equities closed higher on Tuesday, with the Athens General Composite advancing 1.49% to reach a new five-year high. Gains were concentrated in the Banking, Construction and Travel sectors, while retail and telecom names underperformed. Market breadth remained narrow, with slightly more decliners than advancers and a meaningful move in commodi…
SentinelOne (NYSE: S) saw its stock rise roughly 1% after Citron Research published a bullish note arguing the cybersecurity company is well-positioned to protect against risks posed by autonomous AI agents. Citron pointed to SentinelOne’s acquisition of Prompt Security and described the technology as a governance layer for agentic systems that can…
TD Cowen has begun coverage of Intuitive Surgical with a Buy rating and a $660 price target, arguing the da Vinci 5 launch will create a prolonged product cycle. The firm expects both growth in installed fleets and replacement-led redeployment of prior-generation systems into price-sensitive markets, which it believes will broaden access and lift o…
Citi has initiated comprehensive coverage of major European pharmaceutical companies, assigning Buy ratings to AstraZeneca and Novartis and Neutral ratings to GSK, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi. Analyst Graham Parry highlighted valuation, pipeline robustness and looming loss-of-exclusivity events as the principal factors shaping the bank's relative prefe…
Omeros Corporation's stock edged up after the company said it has completed first commercial shipments of YARTEMLEA (narsoplimab-wuug) to distributors and that transplant centers are beginning to place orders. The therapy, approved by the FDA for adults and children aged two and above, is now being administered to both adult and pediatric patients …
Retail investors in the United States have driven unusually large flows into silver exchange-traded funds, with one-day net purchases of the iShares Silver Trust far exceeding past peaks. Vanda Research reported that individual investors bought about $171 million of the fund on Monday, a level nearly double the prior one-day high seen during the 20…
Kepler Cheuvreux has published a sector review of European capital goods, screening 75 companies with market capitalizations above EUR2 billion to identify preferred and least preferred names for 2026. The research highlights concentrated growth in the US and India, strength in data centers and infrastructure-related markets, and mixed prospects ac…
Trading on Tuesday produced sharp moves across market-cap bands, with large healthcare insurers among the weakest names after policy news and a mix of gains in semiconductors, cloud and data center-related stocks. Mega-cap losses included UnitedHealth, while Humana and CVS were large-cap decliners. A range of mid- and small-cap companies also recor…
Citigroup has enacted a broad reshuffle of its corporate banking leadership under Vis Raghavan, the executive recruited from JPMorgan Chase. The changes install co-heads for corporate banking, name global chairs for investment and corporate banking, and reassign senior North American roles as the bank pursues improved returns under CEO Jane Fraser.
Lyft is building a Teen rides feature that will allow teenagers to use the platform by pairing them with highly rated drivers and providing parents with real-time tracking, pickup and drop-off notifications, and options to contact drivers. The capability, spotted in the latest Lyft app code, marks a policy reversal for Lyft, which previously barred…
Turkey's main stock index closed lower on Tuesday, dragged down by losses in the Technology, Wood, Paper & Printing and Insurance sectors. The BIST 100 fell 0.53% as decliners outnumbered advancers by a wide margin, though several individual stocks posted strong gains and a pair reached all-time highs.
