The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has fallen out of the top 20 IPO markets worldwide, trailing behind exchanges in Singapore, Mexico, and Oman, among others. In Bloomberg's third-quarter rankings, the LSE dropped three positions to 23rd. IPO volume at the UK exchange dropped 69% this year to $248 million, marking a low not seen in over 35 years. This year's largest IPO in London was the share...

Oil and gas firms in Texas, northern Louisiana, and southern New Mexico are experiencing decreased business activity, increasing expenses, and, on average, anticipate higher oil prices. A study by the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, which surveyed 93 exploration and production firms and 46 oilfield service contractors in mid-September, indicates that some anticipate the onset of the shale industry’s...

Citi Research analysts predict that Brent crude oil prices will decline to around $60 per barrel by the conclusion of 2025 due to an oversupply in the market. The baseline projection anticipates that Brent crude prices will average $62 per barrel from the second to the fourth quarter of the upcoming year. Analysts expect that the oil market will face a surplus of around 1.1 million barrels per...

The Prime Minister's Office announced on Thursday that American firms will make a historic investment of £150 billion ($204 billion) in the UK during US President Donald Trump's state visit to London. The primary investments will originate from Blackstone ($122.6 billion in the next ten years), Prologis ($5.34 billion), Palantir (approximately $2 billion in defense innovation), STAX ($52 million...

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has prohibited major tech firms from acquiring Nvidia Corp. chips intended for artificial intelligence, according to the Financial Times, which referenced three sources aware of the situation. Sources indicate that the regulator this week instructed companies, such as ByteDance and Alibaba, to cease testing and reject orders for the RTX Pro 6000D...

The European Central Bank announced following its September meeting that consumer prices in the eurozone will rise by 2.1% in 2025 and by 1.7% in 2026. Three months prior, the regulator estimated the first number at 2%, the second at 1.6%. In 2027, inflation is anticipated to be 1.9%, whereas it was earlier estimated at 2%. The ECB increased its projection for eurozone GDP growth this year to...

Analysts at Deutsche Bank and Barclays have raised their predictions for the U.S. stock index S&P 500. Deutsche Bank currently anticipates it will hit 7,000 points by year-end, up from its earlier expectation of 6,550 points. The S&P 500 ended Tuesday's trading session at 6,512.61 points. Consequently, the updated projection indicates an increase of 7.5%. Deutsche Bank analysts increased...

Fitch Ratings has updated its short- and medium-term price forecasts for iron ore, coal, base metals, and precious metals, which are utilized to project the operational and financial results of firms in the sector. Copper price expectations have been increased for 2028 and for the medium term, indicating strong consumption growth and extremely low metal inventories. The agency’s analysts...

The Nasdaq exchange operator has implemented new listing regulations for firms on the platform, strengthening the criteria for the minimum free float metric and establishing a faster process for delisting inactive shares. The operator's press release states that the adjustments stemmed from an assessment of trading behavior, which included instances of intentional manipulation aimed at increasing...