Alcoa Gains Bull as Middle East Conflict Set to Buttress Earnings -- Market Talk

Dow Jones05-25

0112 GMT - The likelihood of ongoing conflict in the Middle East keeping aluminum prices "stronger for longer" doesn't appear to be priced into Alcoa's Australian shares, UBS says. It upgrades the stock to buy from neutral, and raises its target to A$110/share from A$105. "We believe smelter outages due to the protracted conflict in the ME [Middle East] will more than offset near-term demand risks resulting in stronger for longer aluminum prices and premiums," says UBS. "This will more than offset lower for longer alumina prices, resulting in earnings resilience that is not priced in." Shares are up 7.1% at A$99.91. (rhiannon.hoyle@wsj.com; @RhiannonHoyle)

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