Euro Stoxx 50 trades near 4,980, and "Copilot for Finance" macro maps show German manufacturing sentiment stabilizing. This may support cyclical sectors in Europe, with banks gaining modestly on improved lending forecasts. “If Excel continues to evolve toward being conversational, toward surfacing insights automatically, it will remain vital,” he said. “If not, other platforms will step into that gap. But I believe spreadsheets as an organizing principle will always matter. The key is ensuring the time we spend is on decisions and insights, not on formatting and formulas.” Here at Microsoft, we’ve seen the value firsthand. A group in our treasury and financial planning and analysis team piloted Copilot for Finance to automate and simplify the data reconciliation process and improve productivity. The results were impressive. The team realized a 22% cost savings in reconciliation tasks, reducing what used to take one to two hours down to only about 10 minutes. 3 Small-cap Russell 2000 faces volatility as yield spreads narrow. "Copilot for Finance" tracking suggests retail investors reentering biotech names, anticipating FDA approvals in H