Feb 27 ,2026
Synopsis
European indices are set to open a tad higher today as Asian equities largely pared early losses to trade higher Friday. Nikkei gaining ground but being led by Topix. Mainland China mixed but the Hang Seng rallying. Australia and Singapore higher; some losses for the Kospi but it is well off its trough. India lower again. US futures lower for now
US equities finished somewhat mixed in Thursday trading, ending off worst levels. Breadth was narrowly positive and equal-weight S&P (RSP) outpaced cap-weighted index by more than 100 bp. Big tech underperformance a big story
Friday sees, in central banks, Norges Bank releases its Annual Report at 10:00CET, the same time as the ECB publishes the results of it's latest consumer expectation survey. Estonia central bank introduces at 10:00CET the bank's newly completed economic financing survey, (what are the financing options for Estonian households and companies).
Economic data today: Germany Feb unemployment change, preliminary CPI, France Q4 final GDP, Feb preliminary CPI, Jan household consumption, PPI, Spain Feb preliminary CPI, Switzerland Q4 GDP, Feb leading indicator - KOF, Jan retail sales, UK Feb consumer confidence - GfK, house price index - Nationwide, Sweden Q4 final GDP, Jan trade balance, Norway Jan retail sales, Denmark Jan unemployment rate, Finland Q4 final GDP, Austria Jan PPI, Belgium Q4 final GDP, Jan PPI, Greece Jan PPI, Dec retail sales, Ireland Jan retail sales, Portugal Q4 final GDP, Feb preliminary CPI, Netherlands Jan PPI
Earnings reported so far today: (VK.FP) Vallourec reports Q4 adjusted EBITDA €214M vs FactSet €212.6M. (BAS.GR) BASF SE reports Q4 EPS from cont. ops. (€0.41) ex-items vs year-ago €0.51. (AMAG.AV) AMAG Austria Metall reports FY net income €34.0M vs FactSet €24.1M. TRIFOR.DC Trifork Holding reports Q4 EBIT €9.4M vs FactSet €9.3M. KTCG.AV Kapsch TrafficCom AG confirms prelim Q3/9M results and FY26 outlook as per 16-Feb update. SREN.SW Swiss Re reports Q4 net income $717M vs consensus $687M; confirms financial targets. PROX.BB Proximus reports Q4 underlying EBITDA €437M vs consensus €434.0M. BIM.FP bioMerieux reports FY Adjusted net income €552M vs FactSet €460.8M
Politics/Macro/World News
Key rating changes
Upgrades
CAST.SS (Castellum AB) -- to buy from hold at ABG Sundal Collier
CINT.SS (Cint Group) -- to buy from hold at SEB
MONC.IM (Moncler) -- to buy from hold at Kepler Cheuvreux
OEM.B.SS (OEM International) -- to buy from hold at Handelsbanken
OERL.SW (OC Oerlikon Corp.) -- to hold from reduce at Kepler Cheuvreux
SGE.LN (Sage Group) -- to buy from hold at Shore Capital Stockbrokers
STJ.LN (St. James's Place) -- to buy from neutral at UBS
TELIA.SS (Telia Co.) -- Telia Co. reinstated hold at Nordea; prior rating was sell
TEMN.SW (Temenos) -- to neutral from underperform at Oddo
Downgrades
ORA.FP (Orange) -- to neutral from buy at CIC Market Solutions
TIT.IM (Telecom Italia) -- to hold from buy at Deutsche Bank
ELE.SM (Endesa) -- to underperform from outperform at Santander
ZEG.LN (Zegona Communications) -- to buy from strong buy at Alantra Equities
AXFO.SS (Axfood) -- to hold from buy at Kepler Cheuvreux
Initiations
AZN.SS (AstraZeneca) -- buy at Sparebank 1 Markets
TW.LN (Taylor Wimpey) -- re- hold at Panmure Liberum
BOOZT.SS (Boozt Fashion) -- buy at Nordea
Other Actions
CBK.GR (Commerzbank) -- transferred equal weight at Barclays; prior rating was equal weight
Data
Nikkei +0.16% to 58850.27
Hang Seng +1.00% to 26645.02
Shanghai Composite +0.34% to 4160.54
S&P futures (18.0) vs prior close of 6920.0
€-$ +0.0008 or +0.07% to 1.1805
$-¥ (0.23) or (0.15%) to 155.90
€-¥ (0.17) or (0.09%) to 184.02
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