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Futures tied to Canada’s primary equity gauge fell on March 9 as intensifying conflict in the Middle East pushed oil to multi-year highs and heightened investor concern about inflation. March S&P/TSX composite futures were down roughly 0.92% early Monday, while Wall Street futures also moved lower. The escalation followed a high-profile political a…
A divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit declined to pause a district court order that prevents the Department of Homeland Security from terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 350,000 Haitian nationals. The panel rejected the administration's request to halt the February injunction while it a…
Morgan Stanley adjusted its European sector weightings, dropping software sharply to underweight and lifting energy to overweight as it rebalanced a 30-sector model that factors in accelerating AI capability and continued geopolitical risk premiums in energy markets. Semiconductors climbed to the top spot while several consumer and financial sector…
JPMorgan strategist Mislav Matejka told clients that equity markets could weaken further in the short term before stabilising, describing a period of derisking tied to geopolitical escalation that the bank expects to be brief. While position-squaring is underway and some oversold areas are emerging, near-term risks from oil and bond markets and ris…
Morgan Stanley has adjusted its Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (EEMEA) equity stance by downgrading the United Arab Emirates and Egypt to Equal-Weight and upgrading Saudi Arabia to Overweight. The changes reflect heightened geopolitical uncertainty in the Middle East and a tactical move to increase exposure to markets that stand to benefit …
Hims & Hers shares climbed sharply in premarket trading after media reports said Novo Nordisk is preparing to distribute its weight-loss medications via the telehealth company's platform, a move that could settle a pending patent-infringement suit and ease U.S. regulatory pressure. Analysts called the report a clear positive for Hims’ stock, but qu…
Indian equity benchmarks closed lower on Monday, with losses concentrated in the Auto, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors. The Nifty 50 dropped 1.73% to a fresh six-month low while the BSE Sensex fell 1.71%. Market breadth was negative, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles hit 52-week lows, and India VIX surged to a one-year high. Crude oil rose sharply amid …
Barclays lowered its price target on Xiaomi Corporation ADR shares to $30 while keeping an Overweight rating, citing higher memory prices and a weak IoT comparison in the fourth quarter of 2025. The bank reduced its smartphone volume and margin forecasts, expects IoT revenues to decline year-over-year through most of 2026, and noted potential margi…
Morgan Stanley analyst Michael Wilson wrote on Monday that the S&P 500 may be approaching the latter part of its recent rolling correction. He remains "constructive over the next 6-12 months" as earnings growth picks up and market breadth improves, while cautioning that the path of oil prices, the dollar, and Fed policy will influence how long vola…
A spike in oil prices that pushed crude toward $120 a barrel on Monday coincided with widespread declines across equities, bonds and commodities, yet retail investors in Asia moved to buy the dip using borrowed funds. Traders and brokers report elevated margin activity as small investors top up losing positions or extend leverage, while flows into …
Ipsen SA has withdrawn its cancer therapy Tazverik (tazemetostat) from all markets following an Independent Data Monitoring Committee report from the Phase Ib/III SYMPHONY-1 trial that signaled a risk of secondary hematologic malignancies. The decision affects both approved indications, stops active treatment in the confirmatory study across 229 si…
Governments worldwide are accelerating mandates that require online services to verify users' ages, driven by concerns about teen safety, the spread of AI-generated child sexual imagery and improvements in age-assurance technology. Vendors and researchers say advances in machine analysis and identity verification have reduced costs and improved pre…
Denso Corp. confirmed it is weighing several strategic options regarding Rohm Co., including the possibility of acquiring shares, but emphasized that no final decision has been taken. The clarification follows media reports of a possible takeover approach and comes as Denso prepares a March 31 briefing on a medium-term plan that elevates semiconduc…
Goldman Sachs finds the recent S&P 500 sell-off tied to the Iran conflict follows historical patterns from prior geopolitical shocks: a sharp initial dip followed by a recovery within a month in prior episodes. The firm says modest oil price moves should have limited effects on U.S. growth, inflation, and aggregate S&P 500 earnings, but a sustained…
Major European carrier shares fell on Monday as a climb in crude oil pushed up concerns over jet-fuel costs. At 05:46 ET (09:46 GMT) shares of Lufthansa, Air France-KLM, easyJet, IAG, Wizz Air, Norwegian Air Shuttle and Ryanair were down between 2.4% and 5.8%. Analysts warned that a widening gap between crude benchmarks and jet fuel - the crack spr…
Interglobe Aviation Ltd, operating as IndiGo, said a Delhi to Manchester service - flight 6E 033 - was compelled to return to its origin because of airspace restrictions tied to the ongoing West Asia situation. The carrier warned that some services may follow longer routings or face diversions while the situation in the Middle East continues to evo…
Roche Holding AG saw its stock fall more than 5% after its giredestrant pill failed to meet the primary progression-free survival endpoint in the pivotal persevERA study for first-line ER-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer. Analysts at Jefferies downgraded the commercial outlook for the drug, while attention turns to other ongoing and…
Short interest in U.S.-listed exchange traded funds rose 8.3% in the latest weekly reading, the largest weekly increase since Liberation Day and the second-largest move in five years, according to the Goldman Sachs Prime Trading Desk. The rise reflects heightened hedging, with corporate bond, energy, small-cap and large-cap equity ETFs among the mo…
Deutsche Bank strategists report that aggregate equity positioning moved below neutral last week. Both discretionary and systematic strategies reduced equity exposure, with volatility control funds and commodity trading advisors among the most active sellers. Fund flows show US equity outflows of $13.9 billion, while rest-of-world equity funds attr…
Shares of Hims surged in premarket trading after reports that Novo Nordisk will place its weight-loss drugs on the telehealth platform of Hims & Hers Health, a possible restoration of ties that broke down amid litigation. The move lifted Hims stock sharply and nudged Novo Nordisk shares higher in Copenhagen.
British government bond yields climbed sharply after oil prices surged by 25% amid intensified conflict in the Middle East, stoking fears of renewed inflationary pressure in the UK. The 2-year gilt yield moved up to 4.1380%, while five- and 10-year yields also recorded notable increases as investors re-priced risk and prospects for inflation.
British shares slipped at the start of the week as heightened Middle East tensions sent crude above $100 per barrel, putting pressure on markets across Europe and nudging the pound down to around $1.33 versus the dollar. Analysts at Jefferies emphasized the current pricing in eurozone and UK rate markets and described the recent front-end rate move…
Despite the S&P 500's resilience after recent oil and labor shocks, BTIG strategist Jonathan Krinsky says confidence in the index holding current levels has faded. A decisive break below 6,700 could lead to further downside toward the 200-day moving average, while extremes in energy prices and strains in credit markets add to the risk backdrop. Wit…
Indonesia's main benchmark, the IDX Composite Index, closed lower on Monday, falling 3.52% to reach a six-month low. Broad weakness across Infrastructure, Financials and Agriculture weighed on the market, while several individual stocks posted large intraday gains and losses. Commodities and currency markets also registered sharp moves, with crude …
European markets tumbled to their lowest levels in over two months, driven by a sharp rise in oil prices and ongoing geopolitical tensions linked to the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran. The pan-European benchmark extended losses for a third session, while banks, technology and major carriers led declines. Higher crude supported modest gains in the …
