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Portugal's benchmark PSI index closed lower by 2.06% after losses concentrated in Consumer Services, Industrials and Financials. Energy heavyweight Galp Energia advanced to a session high while postal operator CTT plunged to a 52-week low. Commodity and FX moves included stronger Brent and a weaker US dollar index futures.
Dutch stocks closed lower on Thursday, with the AEX index dropping 2.24% to a one-month low. Declines were broad-based, driven by losses in Basic Materials, Healthcare and Industrials. Akzo Nobel recorded a steep decline to five-year lows, while crude and Brent oil rose and gold futures fell sharply. Currency moves included a stronger euro against …
The Milan market closed lower on Thursday with the Investing.com Italy 40 index dropping 2.35% to a fresh three-month low. Losses were concentrated in the Telecoms, Technology and Industrials sectors. Energy heavyweight Eni was among the few gainers, while Inwit plunged sharply. Commodity markets saw oil rise and gold tumble, and currency moves inc…
Paris stocks closed lower Thursday, with the CAC 40 down 2.03% to a fresh three-month low and the SBF 120 falling 2.04%. Losses were widespread across Industrials, Technology and Consumer Goods, though energy and certain transport-related names recorded gains. Market breadth favored decliners by a wide margin, while volatility on the CAC 40 options…
Belgium's benchmark BEL 20 fell 2.42% to a three-month low on Thursday as losses were widespread across Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Industrials. Market breadth was heavily negative, with 84 stocks declining, 11 advancing and 13 unchanged. Major movers included steep declines in Umicore, Solvay and Syensqo, while UCB, Argen-X and Ageas were …
German equity markets ended the session lower on Thursday, with the DAX sliding 2.76% to a fresh six-month low. Losses were concentrated in the Technology, Retail and Chemicals sectors. The MDAX and TecDAX also retreated, while market breadth showed a pronounced skew toward decliners. Several large-cap and mid-cap names hit multi-month or multi-yea…
Wells Fargo began coverage of SoFi Technologies with an Equal Weight rating and a $19 price target, citing robust member expansion and cross-product adoption as drivers of long-term growth. The brokerage highlighted SoFi’s integrated lending, financial services and technology platform and its banking license as competitive advantages, but warned th…
Swedish equities closed lower on Thursday, with the OMX Stockholm 30 tumbling 3.53% to register a fresh one-month low. Losses were concentrated in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Financials sectors. Market breadth was tilted heavily to the downside, while crude and Brent oil rose and gold futures fell sharply. Major currency pairs involving th…
Finland's stock market ended Thursday's session lower, with the OMX Helsinki 25 sliding 2.50% as losses in Industrials, Basic Materials and Telecoms dominated trading. Neste Oyj was the only major gainer in the index, reaching a 52-week high, while several large-cap industrial and materials names posted double-digit percentage declines intraday. Co…
Two Harbors Investment Corp shares climbed 13% after the company revealed an unsolicited cash acquisition proposal valuing the stock at $10.70 per share and offering to cover the $25.4 million termination fee tied to its existing merger agreement with UWM Holdings Corporation. An ad hoc board committee said the proposal could reasonably be expected…
Barclays says an escalation in Middle East conflict and Brent crude trading above $110 per barrel triggered risk-off positioning on Wednesday, lifting energy stocks and prompting rotation within the S&P Health Care sector toward Medicaid-exposed insurers. Hospital operators, elective-procedure and commercially exposed imaging companies underperform…
Natural gas futures rose after reports that Iranian attacks damaged key Qatari energy infrastructure, potentially removing a material portion of Qatar's LNG capacity for years. The move came alongside EIA data showing the first weekly U.S. storage injection of the year and inventories remaining above the five-year average.
Morgan Stanley projects that Xiaomi’s updated SU7 electric sedan will be well received, citing substantial viewer engagement during the launch and a suite of hardware and software upgrades. Xiaomi has introduced an XLA Cognitive Large Model integrated with its MiMo-Embodied foundation model, demonstrated early API traction with Hunter Alpha, and an…
Poland's equity market closed lower on Thursday with the WIG30 index down 1.93% as losses in Basic Materials, Energy and Construction sectors pushed the market lower. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa rose to a 52-week high, while Dino Polska, KGHM and Pepco Group were among the biggest decliners. Oil and Brent futures advanced, while the April Gold Futur…
Denmark's main index, the OMX Copenhagen 20, closed down 2.23% on Thursday, marking a new five-year low as losses in the Chemicals, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors weighed on the market. A large majority of listed shares fell, with Rockwool among the biggest decliners and hitting a 52-week low. Commodities moved sharply, with both U.S. and Brent c…
Janus Living Inc. (NYSE: JLS) priced its initial public offering at $20 per share—the top of the marketed range—raising $840 million. The Denver-based real estate investment trust expanded the base size of the offering by $100 million from an initial target of $740 million. The company, a carve-out from Healthpeak Properties Inc. (NYSE: DOC), plans…
The U.S. State Department approved potential arms sales exceeding $16.5 billion to the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Jordan. The packages include missiles, drones, radar systems, F-16 munitions and other aircraft support. The decisions come amid intensified conflict involving Iran and follow attacks on energy infrastructure that have pushed gas …
Meta Platforms is shifting content moderation away from third-party vendors toward advanced AI systems. The company is launching a global Meta AI support assistant on Facebook and Instagram and plans to expand AI-driven content enforcement across its apps once performance exceeds current methods, while retaining human oversight for complex cases.
Intuit shares rose at Thursday's open after Morgan Stanley elevated the stock to its Top Pick list. Analyst Keith Weiss pointed to a compelling valuation - roughly 20X GAAP PE - and two major product cycles, Assisted Tax and Mid-Market Accounting & Services, as drivers that could reaccelerate revenue growth. The firm highlighted robust F2Q results …
A judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission has preliminarily concluded that Apple’s current Apple Watch models do not violate patents held by Masimo for blood-oxygen reading technology. The decision rebuffs Masimo’s attempt to extend an import ban on Apple’s smartwatches and sends the matter to the ITC’s full commission for a final determin…
Stifel is highlighting smaller government services companies as potential beneficiaries of changing U.S. defense procurement priorities. Despite recent heavy selling attributed in part to DOGE concerns and broader industry uncertainty, the firm sees select contractors and emerging defense-technology integrators as positioned to capture growth throu…
Morocco's stock market closed lower on Thursday, with the Moroccan All Shares index down 1.53% as Utilities, Banking and Mining stocks led declines. Declining issues outpaced advancers by a wide margin, while oil futures rose and gold futures fell. Local currency pairs moved marginally lower against the euro and the dollar, and the US Dollar Index …
Norway's stock market closed higher, with the Oslo OBX rising 0.93% to a fresh all-time high. Gains were concentrated in Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities sectors. Energy-related names posted the largest advances, while select technology and industrial names recorded notable declines. Commodities and curr…
Israel's main index finished modestly higher on Thursday with the TA-35 rising 0.23% at the close in Tel Aviv. Sector-level advances in Oil & Gas, Technology and Banking contributed to the uptick. Several individual stocks led the session, including Tower Semiconductor, Shapir Engineering and Navitas Petroleum, while Azrieli Group and parts of the …
The Athens market closed sharply lower on Thursday, with the Athens General Composite falling 2.47% as declines in the Banking, Telecoms and Household sectors weighed on the exchange. A handful of small-cap utilities posted gains while several industrial and infrastructure names were among the session's steepest decliners. Market breadth was negati…
