(Reuters) – Short sellers made $378.9 million in paper profits betting against regional banks First Horizon Corp, PacWest Bancorp and Western Alliance Bancorp in Thursday’s session, analytics firm Ortex said. Since the start of 2023, bearish investors have made $816 million from the three stocks alone, according to Ortex. Shares of regional banks resumed their slide…
By Naomi Rovnick and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – The ECB may not be done with rate hikes just yet, but its own admission that aggressive tightening is now making itself felt in the euro zone economy is enough for markets to bet that peak rates could arrive sooner rather than later. Interest rate-sensitive two-year…
By Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) -European shares ended Thursday lower after the European Central Bank eased the pace of its interest rate hikes but signalled more tightening to come, while Swedish builder Skanska tumbled as its earnings were hit by soaring inflation and high rates. The pan-European STOXX 600 index closed 0.5% lower, hovering near one-month…
(Reuters) -Western Alliance Bancorp on Thursday denied a report that said it was exploring a potential sale that sent the lender’s shares down more than 60%. “Western Alliance is not exploring a sale, nor has it hired an advisor to explore strategic options,” the lender said. The bank’s shares were down 42% at $17.22, with…
MILAN (Reuters) -Ferrari on Thursday produced a bigger than expected 27% rise in first-quarter core profit and forecast a strong second quarter, when deliveries start for its new Purosangue model, for which waiting lists extend to 2026. The Italian luxury sportscar maker said it was reopening orders for the Purosangue four-door, four-seater, which had been…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday said it was continuing to monitor market developments amid sharp drops in the shares of regional lenders PacWest Bancorp <PACW.O and Western Alliance Bancorp, but deposit flows were stable. “We continue to closely monitor market developments,” a Treasury official said. “The banking system has substantial liquidity and…
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits increased last week as the labor market gradually softens amid higher interest rates, which are cooling demand in the economy. But borrowing costs could remain elevated for a while, with other data on Thursday showing labor costs surged in…
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – Albemarle Corp plans to deploy new lithium filtration technologies in Chile as the government moves to broader control over its vast lithium sector and expand production of the metal used to make electric vehicle (EV) batteries, Chief Executive Kent Masters said on Thursday. While lithium for years has typically been…
(Reuters) -U.S. retailers replaced technology firms in cutting the most number of jobs in April, as companies show little signs of easing their belt-tightening drive in an uncertain economy. Higher interest rates to counter the impact of inflation have muddied the outlook for the U.S. economy, forcing Corporate America to undertake stringent measures to protect…
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark’s central bank raised its key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 2.85% on Thursday, following a rate hike earlier in the day by the European Central Bank. “The interest rate increase is a consequence of the increase by the European Central Bank of its main monetary policy rate, the deposit…
