Twist Bioscience reported record fiscal Q4 revenue of $126.6mn, up 28% YoY, while its net loss narrowed to $20.6mn from $27.1mn.
FY2027 revenue guidance is $550mn-$560mn, about 21% growth at the midpoint. Shares closed 6.9% lower despite the earnings beat.
Hancock Whitney agreed to acquire Trustmark in a $3.2bn all-stock deal, creating a Gulf South regional bank with about $58bn in assets.
Trustmark holders will receive 0.7463 Hancock Whitney shares each. The deal is expected to close in late 2027, subject to approvals.
Cerebras shares jumped more than 17% after hours after Q3 core revenue rose 70% YoY to $230.9mn, beating the $214.7mn LSEG consensus.
The AI-chip company raised 2026 core revenue guidance to $940mn-$960mn from $880mn-$890mn and disclosed Microsoft as a cloud customer.
Applied Materials posted record fiscal Q4 revenue of $10.41bn, up 53% YoY, while non-GAAP EPS rose 92% to $4.16, beating forecasts of $10.30bn and $4.06.
For fiscal Q1 2027, it guided to $11.1bn in revenue and $4.35 in non-GAAP EPS at the midpoint.
Cisco reported record fiscal Q1 revenue of $18.5bn, up 24% YoY, while adjusted EPS rose 40% to $1.40, beating LSEG estimates.
It raised FY2027 revenue guidance to $74.8bn-$75.8bn and its hyperscaler AI infrastructure revenue target to $9bn.
Türkiye’s central bank raised its year-end 2026 inflation forecast to 29.5% from 28%, citing higher food, energy and transport-cost assumptions.
It now projects 21% at end-2027, 13.5% in 2028 and 9% in 2029, while assuming tight monetary policy remains in place.
Serbia’s central bank raised its key policy rate by 25 bps to 6.0%, its first change of 2026.
The deposit and lending facility rates also rose to 4.75% and 7.25%, respectively, as policymakers moved to contain inflation risks and preserve medium-term price stability.
India’s retail inflation accelerated to 6.09% YoY in October from 5.54% in September, above the 5.93% consensus and the RBI’s 6% tolerance ceiling.
Food inflation reached 8.94%. It was the first ceiling breach under the new CPI series.
The U.S. Dollar Index reached 102.88 on Thursday, its highest since April 2025, as hotter inflation and hawkish Fed signals strengthened expectations for further rate hikes.
USD/JPY briefly touched 159.945, nearing the key 160 level.
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Japan’s producer prices rose 0.7% MoM and 7.1% YoY in October, above the 6.5% consensus, according to the BOJ.
Yen-based import prices climbed 24.8% YoY, underscoring persistent cost pressures ahead of the BOJ’s Dec. 17–18 policy meeting.
Siemens shares rose 4.7% in early Frankfurt trading after Q4 orders surged 58% to a record €34.77bn and industrial profit climbed 22% to €3.89bn, beating forecasts.
It raised its mid-term comparable annual revenue-growth target to 7%-11%, citing data-center and rail demand.
U.S. existing-home sales fell 5.5% MoM and 8.8% YoY in October to an annualized 3.75mn, the lowest since August 2010, NAR said.
Unsold inventory rose to 1.59mn homes, a 5.1-month supply, while the median price edged up 0.4% YoY to $416,700.
U.S. container imports reached an all-time high of 2.675mn TEUs in October, up 16% YoY and 5% from September, according to Descartes.
China-origin volumes rose 22.9% YoY to 987,805 TEUs, their highest since January 2025. YTD imports were up 2.3%.
Global EV sales returned to growth in October, rising 8% YoY to 2.09mn units, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence.
Europe gained 36%, while North America rose 24% from a low comparison base. China’s domestic sales fell 12% as exports reached a record near 600,000.
UK GDP grew 0.7% QoQ in Q3, up from 0.5% in Q2 and 1.9% higher YoY, according to the ONS.
Services rose 0.9%, led by business-facing activity, while construction fell 0.7%. September output increased 0.2%, beating forecasts for no growth.
Foxconn’s Q3 net profit rose 34% YoY to NT$77.5bn ($2.35bn), beating the NT$69.6bn LSEG consensus.
The company expects high-double-digit growth in AI rack shipments in 2027, while warning that chip, memory and key-component supply remains tight.
Germany’s recovery is running ahead of the Bundesbank’s summer expectations, President Joachim Nagel said, with GDP growth likely to accelerate in Q4.
Major forecasts point to 1.3% growth in 2026 and 1.1% in 2027, though the recovery is not yet broad-based.
Fed Governor Christopher Waller said a 50-bp rate hike should be considered in December if October core CPI rose 0.3% or more. The reading came in at 0.3%.
CME FedWatch now shows an 88.8% chance of a 25-bp hike and an 11.2% chance of a 50-bp move.
CGI reported fiscal Q4 revenue of C$4.15bn, up 3.3% YoY, while net earnings rose 20.8% to C$460.7mn.
Adjusted diluted EPS increased 8.5% to C$2.31. The company also raised its quarterly dividend 8.8% to C$0.185 per share.