Big Pharma's Bitter Pill, European Banks, BP Chairman Exits

On this episode of Stock Movers:
- European pharmaceutical stocks are in focus on Friday as US President Donald Trump suggested tariffs on the sector may be introduced soon. “The pharma is going to start coming in, I think, at a level that we haven’t really seen before. We are looking at pharma right now,” Trump said, while aboard Air Force One “We’ll be announcing that sometime in the near future. It’s under review right now,” Trump added
-Banks is the worst-performing sector in Europe for a second day as the global equity rout continued on fears economic growth will be hit by US tariffs. The Stoxx 600 Banks Index sinks 4% as of 9:27 a.m. CET, extending weekly declines to 10%, the steepest drop since March 2023 The sector is still up 12% YTD. Deutsche Bank, Banco De Sabadell are down more than 5%
- BP Chairman Helge Lund plans to step down as the struggling oil major pivots away from the net zero strategy he championed amid pressure from Elliott Investment Management. Lund was widely seen to be in a vulnerable position since Bloomberg reported that Elliott had built up a 5% stake in BP with the intention of pushing for change. The pressure only increased after Chief Executive Officer Murray Auchincloss’s strategy “reset” fell short of what the activist investor had wanted.

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