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Sri Lanka's Central Bank raised its policy rate by 100 basis points to 8.75% from 7.75%, the first hike in more than three years, as authorities act to defend foreign exchange reserves and meet conditions under a $2.9 billion IMF programme. The move, paired with fuel-price increases, higher import duties on vehicles and energy-conservation steps, a…
Israel's equity market closed lower on Wednesday, with the TA-35 index down 0.16%. Losses in the Oil & Gas, Biomed and Banking sectors contributed to the decline, even as individual names such as OPC Energy Ltd recorded notable advances. Commodity and currency moves included lower crude and Brent oil prices, a retreat in gold futures, and a softer …
A director at AllianceBernstein, R. Jay Gerken, recently acquired 2,500 shares of the firm's municipal income fund common stock. This transaction was valued at $27,387, with each share purchased at a price of $10.955. The purchase took place while the fund, AFB, is trading near its 52-week high and has demonstrated significant recent returns and di…
The U.N. human rights office says roughly one-third of verified Palestinian deaths since the October truce occurred in areas close to the military armistice boundary Israel has marked on the ground. The office warned that available information raises serious concerns that civilians may be being shot for merely approaching the boundary, actions that…
Greece's stock market closed higher on Wednesday, with the Athens General Composite up 0.96% to a new three-month high. Gains were driven by strength in the Banking, Construction and Travel sectors, while select blue-chips and a majority of advancing issues pushed the index upward. Commodity prices and currency benchmarks finished mixed, with notab…
U.S. space equities continued to rise as investors reacted to SpaceX's recent initial public offering filing. Traders favored smaller publicly traded launch and satellite companies on expectations that a high-profile listing could alter valuation frameworks across the industry, while some exchange-traded products trimmed gains amid profit-taking.
Options market pricing suggests PVH Corp. (NYSE: PVH) could swing about 9.2% when it publishes quarterly results after trading on June 3. Historical post-earnings reactions have varied widely, with several quarters producing moves that exceeded the options-implied ranges while others fell within them.
Options market pricing indicates Veeva Systems Inc. (NYSE:VEEV) could experience a 7.6% share-price move when it reports quarterly results on June 3 after the market close, according to options data compiled by Bloomberg. The stock has often delivered actual post-earnings moves that exceeded the market's expectations in recent reports.
U.S. airline stocks rose Wednesday as a decline in crude oil prices eased some of the cost pressure that has weighed on carriers since the U.S.-Iran conflict. Major carriers including Delta, United, American and Southwest posted gains as markets reacted to reports that Washington and Tehran may be moving toward an agreement affecting shipments thro…
Options market pricing indicates Macy's Inc. (M) could swing about 8.9% when it reports quarterly results on June 3 before the market opens. Historical reactions to prior earnings have varied widely, with two occasions in the last eight reports producing moves that exceeded the options-implied range.
Options data compiled by Bloomberg indicate Medtronic Plc (NYSE:MDT) could experience a 4.1% stock-price move when it releases earnings on June 3 before the market opens. Historical comparisons show the company’s actual post-earnings reactions have often exceeded options-implied expectations in recent announcements.
U.S. Treasury yields fell on Wednesday morning as optimism over talks between Washington and Tehran in Doha weighed on risk perceptions tied to oil supply. The 10-year yield eased to 4.463% and the 30-year to 5.004% as markets prepared for a scheduled 5-year note auction and awaited key U.S. economic data due Thursday.
Shares of publicly traded space-sector companies rose as investors reacted to SpaceX's recent IPO filing. The disclosure, which highlights SpaceX's plan to pivot toward artificial intelligence, prompted a broader reassessment of the space industry among generalist and retail investors. Select equities and some ETFs moved higher after renewed attent…
Options market data indicates CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. could experience a 7.4% share price swing when it releases quarterly results on June 3 after the market close. Historical comparisons across the past eight earnings reports show the stock exceeded the options-implied move once and fell short of the implied move on the other occasions cited.
Research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows a significant uptick in food-related hardship between October 2025 and February 2026, concentrated among lower-income, lower-educated households and families with young children. The bank links the worsening food insecurity to weakening consumer sentiment and reduced expectations of finding w…
Bath & Body Works shares climbed sharply in morning trade after the company reported first-quarter results that exceeded both Wall Street estimates and its own guidance. The retailer posted Q1 net sales of $1.4 billion, a 3% decline year-over-year, and adjusted EPS of $0.32, while maintaining its full-year 2026 outlook. Reported earnings, a one-tim…
Options market pricing indicates Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO) could experience a 7.5% price swing when it reports quarterly results on June 3 after the close. Historical earnings reactions have at times exceeded and at times fallen short of what options implied, with four of the past eight reports producing larger-than-expected moves.
On May 27, Lazard appointed Daniel Burton-Morgan as head of equity capital markets advisory in North America, according to a source familiar with the matter. Burton-Morgan joins from Bank of America, where he led ECM Americas financial sponsor origination, and will report to Tim Donahue. The hire is part of Lazard's 'Lazard 2030' strategy to grow i…
American Battery Technology (ABAT) appears to have achieved its first positive gross margin, an operational inflection that changes the narrative from pure dilutive funding to early commercial progress. The stock still trades as a small-cap industrial with stretched valuation metrics and ongoing cash burn, so this idea is a tactical long with a cle…
Conexeu Sciences has initiated a preclinical development program in collaboration with the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine to advance its B.R.E.A.S.T.™ bioregenerative matrix platform. Utilizing Conexeu's proprietary CXU™ 3D-printed extracellular matrix technology, the program aims to evaluate the device's durability, tissue integra…
Global advertisers are deploying artificial intelligence at their Indian capability centers to accelerate creative production, reduce reliance on outside agencies and lower marketing costs. Executives from Kimberly-Clark, Catalyst Brands and Target India describe large reductions in content creation time and pilots of computer-generated product vis…
Japan Airport Terminal Co Ltd shares fell about 3.1% in trading, hitting an intraday low of ¥4,818, as the stock extended a multi-week decline without any fresh company-specific news. Recent corporate disclosures published on May 8, 2026 - including FY2025 results, a dividend lift, and a new Medium-Term Business Plan - remain the latest formal cata…
Survivors of a three-day paramilitary offensive that culminated in the Rapid Support Forces taking al-Fashir have arrived in Tine on the Chad-Sudan border with accounts of killings, captivity, beatings and theft. The formerly populous, famine-stricken city had been under siege for 18 months before the RSF’s final push. Witnesses and survivors provi…
Stocks across market-cap ranges moved sharply on Wednesday, with a number of large technology and semiconductor names pulling back while select software and industrial names advanced. Mega-caps such as Qualcomm and Arm fell in double-digit basis points, and large-cap Zscaler plunged sharply. At the same time, company-specific catalysts pushed some …
Demand for the Czech Republic's newly issued retail government bonds has exceeded 50 billion crowns ($2.40 billion), more than twice the volume the Finance Ministry initially planned to offer. The strong retail appetite prompted an increase in the issuance size and is expected to lower stress on borrowing in financial markets while diversifying gov…
