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Soybean acreage fell 65%; oilseeds area halved. Reservoir storage at 26% of capacity. Next weekly sowing reports due July 4 and 11 will show if monsoon catch-up is real.
Godrej Properties bought a 47-acre South Chennai land parcel outright for a plotted project worth ₹500 crore. The deal follows a ₹500 crore Greater Noida acquisition and adds to 18 land parcels bought this fiscal with ₹42,100 crore revenue potential.
Binance exits EU as MiCA begins Tuesday, leaving 244 licensed rivals like OKX and Coinbase to fight for its users. CZ says Greek application was close.
Visa turns SMB phones into card terminals with no extra hardware, targeting 650M unbanked adults. Readthrough for V, MA, SQ and payment processors.
Sensex and Nifty traded flat after sharp swings, with IT stocks under pressure on US rate hike concerns. Broader markets outperformed. INFY and WIT see selling.
ECB Chief Economist Philip Lane says lower oil prices will take time to feed through to inflation, keeping the central bank flexible on rate moves. Oil futures for 2027-28 remain above pre-war levels.
TD Cowen says CLARITY Act faces Senate timing squeeze; July 24 is key deadline. Law enforcement pushback and Trump signing doubts are among unresolved hurdles.
CryptoQuant says 84% of Binance-listed altcoins trade below their 200-day MA, the second-longest streak since 2020. Bitcoin demand and retail interest must recover for a break higher.
French CPI fell to 1.8% in June from 2.3%, below the 2.1% consensus, driven by a sharp drop in energy costs. Services and food also eased. The data gives the ECB room to hold in July.
Euro and sterling consolidate near key levels as traders await US CPI and UK GDP. EUR/USD trapped between 1.1340 and 1.1430, GBP/USD tests 1.3270 resistance.
Ark Invest dropped $13M on Coinbase, Circle, and Bullish shares Monday. Circle also announced a BNY Mellon partnership for USDC custody. AlphaScala scores show mixed signals on the crypto names.
Binance Charity pledges $3 million in USDT to earthquake-affected users in Venezuela. The donation is an intended transfer with no eligibility criteria or payout timeline published yet.
India added 50GW non-fossil capacity in 2025-26. Grid modernization and storage scale-up are critical to the 2030 target; land acquisition remains a wildcard. The Spain blackout warns of grid architecture failures.
GOLS portfolio managers detail a decade of 10-15% annual franchise appreciation. Scarcity and media rights support the readthrough to public teams and the sports ecosystem.
MiCA's July deadline is driving crypto founders to Dubai, with inquiries surging to 120 per week. As Binance withdraws its EU application, the exodus may accelerate for smaller firms facing high compliance costs.
Miles Guo sentenced to 30 years for $1B crypto fraud via Himalaya Exchange and H Coin. The case signals stepped-up enforcement against crypto scams, with SEC and DOJ seizing $634M.
Bybit will phase out services on its global platform for EEA users as it shifts to a regulated European entity. The exchange said assets won't be frozen, and users will get time to close positions before MiCA's July 2026 deadline.
Buntingford First School earned Passivhaus certification with 39.44 kWh/m2 and negative carbon. For UK contractors, this procurement blueprint is the real story.
Vishay Intertechnology priced a 15M-share offering at $50, raising $750M. The 11% dilution hit the stock 6% as traders weighed the balance sheet impact.
The TCW Transform Supply Chain ETF (SUPP) beat the S&P 500 in Q1 2026, driven by stock selection in reshoring and automation themes amid market swings.
The monsoon will cover all of India within a week, removing the biggest risk for kharif sowing. Distribution varies: heavy rain for the east, drier conditions for the south.
Regency Centers' preferred shares yield above 6.7% after Q1 results. The fixed cumulative payout sits senior to common dividends. One analyst sees mispricing and plans to buy.
Endeavour Mining continues its share buyback programme as gold stays above $2,400, signalling management sees the stock undervalued against strong cash flow.
Equinor repurchased 476,100 shares at NOK 312.89 each in the second tranche of its 2026 buy-back. The stake now totals 2.64% of capital.
Solaris Energy Infrastructure provides the electrical gear and services that data centers need to connect to the grid. The AI power bottleneck is real, but execution and competition risks remain.
Ondas grew revenue 10x year-on-year to a $457M backlog through six acquisitions. Share dilution cut existing stakes by 40%. Cash burn of $4M/quarter suggests a capital raise before year-end unless revenue accelerates.
German import prices rose 0.7% m/m in May, beating expectations, with the annual rate hitting 6.8% – the highest since Dec 2022. Energy costs surged 37.2% y/y, giving the ECB hawks fresh reason to delay rate cuts.
The Nifty IT index slid 2.1% to a new 52-week low as Infosys, TCS, and Wipro fell up to 3%. A stronger rupee, cautious brokerage notes, and short-building in futures drove the selloff ahead of June-quarter earnings.
Underemployment in UK retail and hospitality has reached 8.5%, costing workers £3.6bn. Rising employment costs are squeezing margins in the sector.
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT says KuCoin sent legal warnings to a victim whose stolen $250k was routed through the exchange. KuCoin has a history of DOJ penalties and compliance issues.