Kast's victory over Jeannette Jara, a Communist, adds to a wave of electoral wins by right-wing politicians across Latin America, giving President Trump new allies who are on board with his anti-migrant policies.
U.S. and Ukraine Try to Break Impasse Over Peace Deal With Russia
BERLIN-President Trump's top envoys held five hours of talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Berlin on Sunday, with Washington hailing progress as the administration steps up pressure on Kyiv to seal a peace deal with Russia by year-end.
The talks between Ukraine and its Western partners have become a tug of war, even without Russia at the table. Washington is pushing for quick decisions, while Zelensky and his European backers contend that significant differences remain that must be resolved.
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TODAY IN CANADA
Earnings:
Enghouse Systems Limited 4Q
Economic Indicators (ET):
0815 Nov Housing Starts, Annual Rate, M/M%
0830 Oct Monthly Survey of Manufacturing M/M%
0830 Nov CPI Y/Y%, M/M%
Stocks to Watch:
Clairvest Announces Successful Recapitalization of F12.net
Fortescue to Take Full Control of US$101M Copper Miner Alta
Wall Financial 3Q Rev C$49.1M,3Q EPS C$0.37
Expected Major Events for Monday
00:01/UK: Dec Rightmove House Price Index
04:30/JPN: Oct Tertiary Industry Index
04:30/JPN: Oct Revised Retail Sales
07:00/GER: Nov WPI
09:30/UK: S&P Global UK Consumer Sentiment Index
11:00/FRA: 3Q OECD Quarterly National Accounts G20 GDP growth
13:15/CAN: Nov Housing Starts
13:30/US: U.S. Weekly Export Sales
13:30/CAN: Oct Monthly Survey of Manufacturing
13:30/US: Dec Empire State Manufacturing Survey
13:30/CAN: Nov CPI
15:00/US: 3Q Quarterly Financial Report - Industry
15:00/US: 3Q Quarterly Financial Report - Retail Trade
15:00/US: Dec NAHB Housing Market Index
20:00/US: Oct Agricultural Prices
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Expected Earnings for Monday
ALT5 Sigma Corp (ALTS) is expected to report $-0.36 for 3Q.
ARK Restaurants Corp (ARKR) is expected to report for 4Q.
B Riley Financial Inc (RILY) is expected to report for 2Q.
Barnes & Noble Education Inc (BNED) is expected to report for 2Q.
Broadway Financial Corp (BYFC) is expected to report for 3Q.
Champions Oncology Inc (CSBR) is expected to report $-0.06 for 2Q.
Enghouse Systems Ltd (ENGH.T) is expected to report $0.37 for 4Q.
Navan Inc (NAVN) is expected to report for 3Q.
Ocean Power Technologies Inc (OPTT) is expected to report $-0.02 for 2Q.
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ANALYST RATINGS ACTIONS
Air Products & Chemicals Cut to Neutral From Buy by UBS
Ameren Cut to Sector Weight From Overweight by Keybanc
American Airlines Group Raised to Buy From Neutral by UBS
Baldwin Insurance Group Raised to Equal-Weight From Underweight by Wells Fargo
BOK Financial Cut to Market Perform From Outperform by Hovde Group
BrightSpring Health Svcs Raised to Overweight From Sector Weight by Keybanc
Bristol-Myers Squibb Raised to Buy From Neutral by Guggenheim
Cboe Global Markets Raised to Overweight From Equal-Weight by Barclays
CenterPoint Energy Raised to Overweight From Sector Weight by Keybanc
Choice Hotels Intl Raised to Neutral From Underweight by JP Morgan
Citigroup Raised to Overweight From Neutral by JP Morgan
Clear Secure Raised to Overweight From Neutral by JP Morgan
Cousins Properties Raised to Outperform From Neutral by Mizuho
Devon Energy Raised to Buy From Neutral by UBS
EastGroup Raised to Overweight From Neutral by Piper Sandler
Forge Global Holdings Cut to Market Perform From Market Outperform by Citizens
Gaming & Leisure Props Raised to Overweight From Neutral by JP Morgan
Lantheus Holdings Raised to Buy From Hold by Truist Securities
M&T Bank Cut to Hold From Buy by Truist Securities
PayPal Holdings Cut to Neutral From Outperform by Baird
PBF Energy Raised to Neutral From Underperform by Mizuho
Pinnacle West Capital Cut to Sector Weight From Overweight by Keybanc
Relay Therapeutics Raised to Overweight From Equal-Weight by Wells Fargo
RH Cut to Hold From Buy by Stifel
Roblox Cut to Neutral From Overweight by JP Morgan
SoundHound AI Raised to Overweight From Neutral by Cantor Fitzgerald
Tradeweb Markets Cut to Equal-Weight From Overweight by Barclays
Valero Energy Cut to Neutral From Outperform by Mizuho
Veeva Systems Cut to Sector Weight From Overweight by Keybanc
Zymeworks Raised to Overweight From Equal-Weight by Wells Fargo
This article is a text version of a Wall Street Journal newsletter published earlier today.
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12-15-25 0620ET
