France's finance minister said reducing a one-off "special" tax on large companies will be difficult. The levy, introduced for 2025 and extended into this year as Paris struggled to contain its budget deficit, is unlikely to be eased as a divided National Assembly prepares negotiations on a new finance bill, he said, citing the Iran war, repeated heatwaves and rising borrowing costs. He added, "If we could lower it, we would, but it's not easy," and said the government does not intend to introdu

Guojin Securities deputy head and utilities/coal & environmental chief analyst Jiang Tao says a clear 2030 capacity target and steady approval cadence should keep the nuclear sector on a stable-to-improving trajectory through the 15th Five-Year period. Construction has moved into batch, continuous execution, which should expand orderbooks and raise capacity utilization across the supply chain. Orders for nuclear-island and conventional-island core equipment are likely to show the improvement first, with supplier earnings to release as production, delivery and acceptance progress. On the operating side, fleet scale-up and gradual tariff-mechanism improvement should boost operators’ cash flow and earnings stability; asset depreciation roll-off, lower finance costs and higher dividends should further reinforce nuclear operators’ utility-like profile.

Turkey's major bank index rose 3.8% in early trading.