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US energy companies gain as Middle East conflict sends crude prices sharply higher
Shares of U.S. energy companies gain premarket, tracking higher crude prices as conflict in the Middle East kept shipping and energy exports through the vital Strait of Hormuz halted O/RBrent Crude futures LCOc1 up 4.4% at $89.12 per barrel; while U.S. West Texas Intermediate CLc1 gains 6.2% to $86....Reuters
Fri, Mar 6
Oppenheimer raises Caterpillar PT on strong digital push
Oppenheimer lifts PT on heavy machinery maker Caterpillar CAT.N to $817 from $729, maintains rating at "outperform"New PT implies an upside of 15.7% from stock's last closeBrokerage says co's accelerated digital push, including advances in physical AI and the revamped Helios data bac...Reuters
Fri, Mar 6
GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks slide as Gulf oil supply fears rattle markets
European stocks and U.S. futures slide as Iran war ragesOil prices hit highest levels in almost two yearsQatar energy minister warns oil could surge to $150By Harry Robertson LONDON, March 6 (Reuters) - European stocks and U.S. futures tumbled on Friday as the U.S.-Iran war drove fresh concerns a...Reuters
Fri, Mar 6
U.S. STOCKS ON THE MOVE-Marvell Technology, Dow, Ingram Micro Holding
The Day Ahead newsletter: https://refini.tv/3LI4BU7The Morning News Call newsletter: https://refini.tv/3dKUyB8U.S. stock index futures slipped on Friday as the conflict raging in the Middle East threatened to fuel inflation through higher energy costs, and investors awaited a pivotal jobs report. .N...Reuters
Fri, Mar 6
Guidewire Software rises on upbeat FY26 revenue forecast
Insurance software firm Guidewire Software's GWRE.N shares rise 4.3% to 167.80 premarket GWRE forecasts FY26 revenue of $1.44 bln vs analysts' average estimate of $1.41 bln - LSEG dataGWRE's Q2 results beat estimates on increased subscription and services revenueSubscription and support ...Reuters
Fri, Mar 6
BREAKINGVIEWS-Markets’ Iran base case looks like a best case
By George Hay LONDON, March 6 (Reuters Breakingviews) - What endgame for Iran are investors pricing in? Judging by moves in financial markets since U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched the bombing campaign that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah...Reuters
Fri, Mar 6
RPT-BREAKINGVIEWS-Lloyd Blankfein memoir dispels Goldman's mystique
By Peter Thal Larsen LONDON, March 5 (Reuters Breakingviews) - “Its mystery is its life. We must not let in daylight upon magic.” Walter Bagehot’s famous prescription for the British monarchy could have been written for Goldman Sachs GS.N. For many years the Wall Street investment bank hid its in...Reuters
Fri, Mar 6
CORRECTED-LIVE MARKETS-STOXX slips, on track for biggest weekly fall since April 2025
Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters reporters. You can share your thoughts with us at markets.research@thomsonreuters.com STOXX SLIPS, ON TRACK FOR BIGGEST WEEKLY FALL SINCE APRIL 2025Europe's STOXX 600 .STOXX is trading down 0.3%, having quic...Reuters
Fri, Mar 6
FTSE indexes set for worst week in nearly a year as Middle East tensions weigh
FTSE 100 down 0.1%, FSTE 250 flat British house prices rise 1.3% in FebruaryIMI forecasts mid-single-digit organic revenue growth for 2026 March 6 (Reuters) - The UK's main indexes were on track for their biggest weekly decline in almost a year on Friday, as the escalating war in the Middle E...Reuters
Fri, Mar 6
Ingram Micro drops on sponsor Platinum Equity's $275 mln share sale
Shares of Ingram Micro Holding INGM.N down 12.8% premarket at $22.98 after secondary offering pricedDistributor of IT products, cloud solutions and supply chain services announced sale of ~9 mln shares by sponsor Platinum Equity at $22.25 for $200 mln gross proceedsOffering price is 15.6% discount t...Reuters
Fri, Mar 6
Italy's Avio surges on US-linked air defence contract
Shares in Italy's Avio AVI.MI rise as much as 9.8% after the group signs a $65 million (56.16 million euros) solid rocket motor contract for air-defence applicationsThe 3-year contract, signed with a U.S. joint venture acting as prime contractor for the Pentagon, may also leverage the rocket mak...Reuters
Fri, Mar 6
LIVE MARKETS-Bond market moves gone too far says Natixis
Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters reporters. You can share your thoughts with us at markets.research@thomsonreuters.com BOND MARKET MOVES GONE TOO FAR SAYS NATIXIS Investors this week have rushed to sell government bonds as concerns mount that war in...Reuters
Fri, Mar 6
MORNING BID AMERICAS-No quiet on the eastern front
By Anna Szymanski March 6 - Everything Mike Dolan and the ROI team are excited to read, watch and listen to over the weekend. From the Editor Hello Morning Bid readers! The war in Iran could prove to be one of the most momentous geopolitical events in decades, with long-term ramificatio...Reuters
Fri, Mar 6
Lanxess shares plunge after Advent calls off Envalior share purchase
March 6 (Reuters) - Shares in Lanxess LXSG.DE tumbled on Friday to a 17-year low after the German speciality chemicals maker said that an investment vehicle backed by European buyout group Advent no longer intends to take full ownership of a jointly held plastics business this year.Lanxess late on T...Reuters
Fri, Mar 6
CANADA STOCKS-TSX futures slip as Middle East conflict stokes inflation worries
March 6 (Reuters) - Futures tracking Canada's resource-heavy benchmark index edged lower on Friday, as a surge in oil prices following the Middle East conflict fanned fears of a spike in inflation. March futures on the S&P/TSX composite index SXFcv1 were down 0.24%, as of 5:44 a.m. ET.O...Reuters
Fri, Mar 6
Street View: Costco's growth runway to stretch further
Costco Wholesale COST.O beat estimates for holiday-quarter sales and profit on Thursday and said it would cut prices if it received any refunds from the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to strike down President Donald Trump's emergency tariffsShares marginally down premarket SCALE, VALUE PR...Reuters
Fri, Mar 6
US equity funds see biggest outflows in eight weeks on geopolitical worries
March 6 (Reuters) - U.S. equity funds witnessed the sharpest weekly net sales in eight weeks in the seven days to March 4 as investors cut risk exposure amid concerns over the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran and its potential impact on inflation and the interest-rate outlook.Investors divested a net...Reuters
Fri, Mar 6
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Nuclear Energy Could Make This Engineering and Construction Stock a Big Winner
Key PointsA significant increase in investments in data centers and nuclear power is fueling demand for engineering and construction services from firms like Fluor. The company has provided construction management services for data centers in India and Europe, and is looking to score a major deal in...The Motley Fool
Fri, Mar 6
LIVE MARKETS-Retail keeps buying big tech
Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters reporters. You can share your thoughts with us at markets.research@thomsonreuters.com RETAIL KEEPS BUYING BIG TECH Retail investors' love of U.S. big tech and chipmakers must be getting close to death and taxes i...Reuters
Fri, Mar 6
1 Number That Shows Why Bitcoin Will Go Higher in the Long Term
Key PointsMost living people don't currently own any Bitcoin.But financial institutions are buying vast sums of it.And a lot of those living people will probably want some eventually, too. 10 stocks we like better than Bitcoin › Four percent. That's the share of the world's population that currently...The Motley Fool
Fri, Mar 6
