Watches of Switzerland shares surged as much as 15 percent to 315 pence per each due to its London Stock Exchange debut this Thursday from the company's initial price set at 270 pence.
On Thursday, Israel's Delek Group announced its Ithaca Energy division reached an agreement to acquire Chevron's UK North Sea gas and oil fields in a deal valued at $2.0B.
On Thursday, shares of Axel Springer soared by 20% after controlling shareholders of the German publisher launched talks with KKR, the private equity house, over a possible strategic investment into the business.
Transneft has agreed with the Russian oil firm on a potential compensation formula over the tainted oil, which was contaminated being in transit shipping through the Druzhba pipeline, according to Kommersant daily.
Jeremy Corbyn, the UK Labour Party leader, stated that he expected any new referendum on Brexit to be about the deal terms agreed with the EU bloc, not repeating of the 2016 "Leave" or "Remain" choice.
SoftBank-owned Vision Fund is planning to borrow $4.0B against the stakes in three companies, such as Uber Technologies, Guardant Health and Slack Technologies, according the Financial Times.
Saudi Arabia, the top oil exporter, is expected to increase prices for all grades of crude the country sells to Asia for a third month in succession in July, after a jump in Middle East crude benchmarks.
PVH cut the annual profit forecast by $0.10 a share as the Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein owner grapples with tariffs and slowing retail growth, causing 12% decline in shares after hours.
New Zealand revealed plans to spend up to $2.47B a year under the ‘well-being' approach, which the country's government touted as a new option of budgeting, which moves beyond measuring only economic growth.
The Central Bank of Mexico cut the growth forecast for 2019, opening the door to the possibility that the second-largest economy of Latin America is likely to grow less than 1% due to weak industrial production.
Workspace operator WeWork was in talks with banking institutions to raise $2.75B billion in debt before its initial public offering, Bloomberg reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.
The central government of Brazil reported a primary $1.64B budget surplus in April, the Treasury stated, less than the forecast in a Reuters poll.
Oil and gas major Royal Dutch Shell is set to disclose how much of taxes paid in each country, where it operates, the company's executive told a Dutch parliamentary panel, in the report to be published later in 2019.
AVEVA announced its expectations to meet the medium-term target after a 20% increase in annual earnings, supported by demand for the firm's technology. Shares rose to a record high of 3,530 pence on Wednesday, then fell 1.7% by mid-morning.
Chipmaker NXP Semiconductors stated it is set to buy Marvell Technology Group's business of wireless connectivity for $1.76B in cash. Shares of Marvell grew 3.84% at $22.17, while shares of NXP declined marginally.
On Wednesday, the US banking service reported $60.7B in profits in this year's Q1, marking a 8.7% or $4.9B jump from the previous year, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Samsung Electronics is planning to double its online sales of smartphones in India to $1.0B in 2019, boosted by its new budget device range, the company's CEO Asim Warsi stated on Wednesday.
German prosecution is probing Oliver Blume, the Chief Executive Officer of the Volkswagen-owned Porsche business, over potential fiduciary trust breach related to the payments made Porsche's labour council member.
Italy's biggest commercial broadcaster Mediaset announced on Wednesday it had established a 9.4% stake in Germany's peer ProSiebenSat.1, in a move towards potential creation of the pan-EU TV player, lifting Prosiebensat shares up 6.9%.
On Wednesday, the Bank of Japan published its biggest annual profits in two decades. The bank made two trillion yen.
The French consumer price index fell more than estimated in May to the lowest level in about two years of 1.1%, according to the preliminary data provided by the INSEE statistic agency.
China announced on Wednesday it is ready to hit back at the United States with rare earth amid their almost a year-long trade war, escalating tensions between the two largest economies in the world.
Qualcomm has called on the US judge to postpone her verdict on the case, where the company illegally took out their competitors in the phone chips market, seeking for an appeal filing, which could last over a year.
Several potential buyers are planning to make their bids for Boost Mobile, the prepaid wireless brand owned by Sprint and T-Mobile, in a sale worth up to $3.0B.