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Bank of America has reinstated coverage of North American automotive and auto-technology stocks, naming General Motors, Ford and Tesla as its top automaker picks for 2026. Analyst Alexander Perry cited a regulatory backdrop that favors higher-margin internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, a pivot away from some EV programs, and advancing autonom…
Crescent Energy unexpectedly increased the size of a private convertible bond offering to $600 million, prompting a premarket share decline. The five-year 2.75% issue includes a conversion price set at a notable premium and allocates roughly $49 million to capped call transactions. Proceeds are earmarked in part to redeem the company's outstanding …
Moderna's stock jumped in premarket trading after the company reached a settlement that ends U.S. and international lawsuits accusing it of using lipid nanoparticle technology owned by Genevant and Arbutus without authorization. The deal calls for up to $2.25 billion in payments, including $950 million upfront and up to $1.3 billion contingent on a…
Bank of America’s weekly client flow data shows institutional investors were the primary source of equity purchases last week, driving $2.7 billion of inflows into individual stocks - the first weekly inflow after a three-week run of selling. At the same time, equity ETFs experienced $0.8 billion of outflows. Year-to-date patterns show clients rema…
Moderna shares jumped in premarket trading after the company disclosed a global settlement that resolves litigation with Arbutus Biopharma and Genevant Sciences tied to its COVID-era vaccines. The deal requires Moderna to pay $950 million in the third quarter of 2026, records the charge in the first quarter, eliminates future royalty obligations ac…
J.P. Morgan warns that European chemical producers may have to raise selling prices by more than 5% over the next year to offset sharply higher oil and gas input costs. With Brent crude up about 35% and European TTF gas up roughly 84% since late December 2025, the brokerage says companies most exposed to energy and oil-based raw material inflation …
Shares of VCI Global Limited climbed 40% after V Gallant, a subsidiary, opened Malaysia’s first NVIDIA-powered AI GPU Computing Center and introduced the Intelli-X Enterprise large language model platform. The facility, which went live on Monday, is positioned to offer GPU leasing, enterprise LLM services, and localized AI solutions for regulated i…
CoreWeave shares climbed 4% on Wednesday following a multi-year strategic agreement with Perplexity that will move Perplexity’s next-generation inference workloads to CoreWeave’s AI cloud. The deal includes deployment of dedicated NVIDIA GB200 NVL72-powered clusters and internal use of Perplexity Enterprise Max by CoreWeave staff.
SCHMID Group (NASDAQ:SHMD) saw its stock climb 23% following the delivery of its inaugural null Line H+ system for Panel-Level Packaging to a leading U.S. technology company. The platform, built for next-generation substrate manufacturing, handles formats up to 700×700mm, uses a single-sided touchless process, and includes an inline flipping statio…
U.S. stock futures ticked higher in premarket trading after earlier losses this week amid reports that Iran may be seeking an end to the conflict in the Middle East. Individual equities moved on company forecasts, quarterly results, regulatory actions, and a legal settlement. Notable premarket movers included gains in technology and biotech names s…
Saudi Arabia's equity market ended the session higher, led by gains in Media & Publishing, Hotels & Tourism and Real Estate Development sectors. The Tadawul All Share climbed 1.20% at the close. Market breadth favored advancers by a wide margin, while energy and industrial heavyweights showed mixed moves. Oil, gold and currency indicators posted mo…
Morgan Stanley has named National Grid plc, ENGIE and RWE AG as its preferred European utility stocks to outperform through 2026, citing a policy focus on energy security and investor demand for defensive exposures amid market volatility. The broker points to a mix of regulated earnings, visible capital expenditure growth and structural exposure to…
Bernstein upgraded Target's rating to market-perform from underperform, arguing that expected U.S. tax refunds and prospective Federal Reserve rate reductions, together with management actions to update merchandising and stores, make the company's near-term recovery prospects more balanced despite ongoing execution risk. Target also issued optimist…
Mazda, which withdrew from the Russian market in 2022, has climbed to sixth place in Russian car sales for January-February as recent changes to Russia's scrappage fees favor smaller, lower-output imported vehicles. Autostat data show a dramatic rise in Mazda imports, led by the CX-5, amid broader shifts in import routes through third countries, pr…
Abercrombie & Fitch projected annual net income per share above analyst consensus and predicted muted top-line growth for fiscal 2026, while incorporating the expected effects of U.S. tariffs on apparel imports. The company also reported a fourth-quarter adjusted EPS that exceeded estimates and said its full-year outlook assumes a 70 basis-point ta…
Piper Sandler downgraded GitLab from Overweight to Neutral and reduced its price target from $55 to $28 following the company's cautious fiscal 2027 guidance. The brokerage flagged that management’s emphasis on stabilizing results while expanding sales spending and investing in AI could keep near-term fundamentals under pressure. GitLab shares fell…
Jefferies upgraded Kion Group AG from "underperform" to "hold" and lifted its price target to €56 from €51 after the stock fell about 24% year-to-date. The broker said the recent selloff, together with cautious 2026 guidance that already factors in a weak operating backdrop, trims near-term downside risk. Jefferies applied a 12x multiple to 2027 ea…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that a 15% tariff rate is likely to come into force this week, rising from the current 10% level. Speaking on CNBC, Bessent discussed energy supplies, U.S. control of Iranian airspace, plans to insure ships operating in the Gulf, and trade vulnerabilities involving China and Spain. Separately, Pres…
UK equities steadied on Wednesday following a two-day slide linked to an intensifying Middle East conflict. Major banks helped drive a bounce in the FTSE 100 and FTSE 250, while homebuilder names fell after management changes and profit margin warnings weighed on the sector. Economic data and central bank expectations continue to shape investor vie…
Futures tied to Canada’s principal stock index rose on Wednesday as gains in crude oil and gold helped underpin the commodities-heavy TSX. Markets remained sensitive to the fifth day of fighting involving Iran and U.S. and Israeli forces, while investors awaited a series of U.S. economic releases that could influence the Federal Reserve’s rate outl…
Indie Semiconductor shares plunged in premarket trading after the company priced a private offering of $150 million in 4% convertible bonds due 2031. The deal, which sets an initial conversion price above the recent stock close, is intended to fund a repurchase of outstanding convertible notes and to provide working capital and other corporate uses…
Cryptocurrency-linked equities and funds rose in premarket trading as bitcoin and ether both advanced. Exchange operators, miners, and firms holding tokens posted gains, while spot and strategy ETFs also moved higher ahead of the market open. Key short-term drivers cited in the session were the increases in bitcoin and ether prices and investor ex…
Morgan Stanley’s quantitative research team has singled out four European-listed companies - Next Plc, Prudential Plc, Assicurazioni Generali and Endeavour Mining - as the most likely to report earnings above expectations this month. The bank’s Earnings Surprise Composite, which combines measures of Earnings Forecast Landscape, Earnings Quality and…
On March 4, the U.S. government will open bidding on more than 1 million acres in Alaska's Cook Inlet, marking the first of six offshore lease sales required under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will read bids via livestream at 10 a.m. Alaska time (1900 GMT). Leases run for 10 years and include a 12.5% ro…
Kraken’s banking unit has secured permission to tap into the Federal Reserve’s core payment systems, enabling the firm to process transactions more quickly for large clients and professional traders. The approval highlights digital-assets firms' increasing integration with traditional finance, while public details about the arrangement remain limit…
