Intel Corp shares declined 2.5% after executives announced expectations for the modest profit growth in the next three years, signalling it would lag large rivals, as the chipmaker caught up in technology.
Britain's property market revealed some signs of recovery last month, as houses put up for sale decline at the fastest rate since 2016, the RICS' survey showed, adding to downbeat signals from the market ahead of Brexit.
Eurostat stated that carbon dioxide emissions from combustion of fossil fuel decreased significantly 2.5% in the European Union in 2018, compared with the prior year.
Bob Swan, the Chief Executive Officer of Intel, stated that the chipmaker would produce and launch 7 nanometre chip products in the year of 2021.
General Motors is set to invest nearly $126M in the company's plant in Oshawa, Canada, to transition the factory from manufacturing vehicles to sub-assembly, stamping and autonomous vehicle testing.
The European Commission raised GDP growth forecast for Hungary to 3.7% for 2019 and 2.8% for 2020, supported by construction investments, official sources revealed on Wednesday.
German industrial production increased 0.5% in March, compared with the prior month, Destatis showed in the preliminary report.
Thomson Reuters reported stronger-than-anticipated quarterly profit, supported by demand for information sold to legal professionals, and reaffirmed the forecast for the rest of 2019 and 2020, with the shares up 1.9% to all-time high.
The US communications infrastructure firm Zayo Group stated that it agreed to be sold to investment companies EQT and Digital Colony Partners for about $8.2B in cash. Zayo shares were up 9% in pre-market trading.
Wendy's Co reported better-than-anticipated quarterly profit and revenue, as increased royalty fees from its franchisees and new premium burgers supported the burger chain, sending shares up 2%.
SSE stated that it would cut 444 positions or 5% of all employees in its customer service, metering teams as the company faces a stiff competition and a weak interest for its devices that could help diminish energy emissions.
The UK annual home price growth accelerated more than anticipated 5% year-on-year last month to reach its highest level in more than two years, Halifax stated.
The UK tobacco company Imperial Brands revealed weaker-than-anticipated sales of e-cigarettes, citing a lingering slowdown in the US, helping to send the company's shares to the lowest level this year.
Honda Motor announced its expectations for a 6% rise in operating profit for the 2019 fiscal year amid cost reduction efforts and production network's restructuring in Europe.
On Wednesday, Thomson Reuters reported a better-than-expected profit for a quarter, driven by strong demand for its information aimed at legal professionals, reaffirming its 2019 year's forecast.
Capitol Hill's US lawmakers and Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's Chief Operating Officer, were set for a meeting on May 7 to discuss legislation on settling the standards for social media users privacy.
Match Group reported its quarterly revenue and profit results beat forecasts on a surge in the number of subscribers to the company's popular dating application Tinder, surging shares as much as 8% in extended trading.
Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's Chief Financial Officer, is set to attend a Canada court this Wednesday to launch a legal battle against the US request to extradite her to face the fraud charges.
On Wednesday, Tesla announced it had closed the $2.7B mixed offering of convertible notes and stock, giving the electric vehicle maker necessary amount of cash, as it sought to boost production.
China's AI start-up Megvii, also known as Face++, announced on Wednesday it had raised $750M in the latest round of funding ahead of its planned initial public offering in Hong Kong.
On Wednesday, Marathon Petroleum, the US oil refiner, stated that MPLX would acquire Andeavor Logistics in a $9.0B, merging the company's two midstream divisions that store, transport and market refined products and crude oil via terminals, pipelines and trucking operations.
On Thursday, Uber drivers went on strike in the United Kingdom to protest the sums that the investors will make on the company's IPO. It seems to Dukascopy analysts that the drivers do not grasp the basic concepts of economics, as the pay of drivers has little to do with the IPO.
The shopping centre operator Arabian Centres announced on Wednesday that it is valuing its initial public offering at the low end of the indicative price range. The company wants to raise only $659 million.
On Wednesday, Japan's SoftBank is set to spend $4.0B to increase its Yahoo Japan Corp's stake and turn the unit into a subsidiary, seeking to bolster its profit by 24% this year.