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Jun 17, 2026

Ajmal Hussain

Press Releases

Ernexa Therapeutics Positioned to Become a Clinical-Stage Biotechnology Company as ERNA-101 On Track for Planned Q3 2026 IND Submission and First-in-Human Study

Ernexa Therapeutics has made significant progress in manufacturing and regulatory activities for its lead oncology candidate ERNA-101, an engineered allogeneic iMSC therapy targeting immunologically cold tumors. The company plans to submit an Investigational New Drug (IND) application in Q3 2026 with a first-in-human Phase 1 study expected in Q4 20…

ERNA

Jun 17, 2026

Leila Farooq

Press Releases

Duos Technologies Group Closes $55M Registered Direct Offering

Duos Technologies Group, Inc. completed a registered direct offering, raising approximately $55 million by issuing 2 million shares and 3.8 million pre-funded warrants to a single institutional investor. The proceeds will fund the expansion and commercialization of its Edge Data Center business and support general corporate purposes. The offering w…

DUOT

Jun 17, 2026

Leila Farooq

Press Releases

Ocular Therapeutix™ Investor Day to Highlight U.S. FDA Alignment on AXPAXLI™ NDA with Submission Planned for Fourth Quarter 2026

Ocular Therapeutix announced FDA alignment to submit a New Drug Application for AXPAXLI in wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) in the fourth quarter of 2026, based on strong efficacy and safety data from the SOL-1 trial and interim safety results from SOL-R. The company will streamline its diabetic retinopathy program, prioritizing the H…

OCUL

Jun 17, 2026

Marcus Reed

Stock Markets

Tadawul slips 0.27% as insurance, media and real estate sectors weigh

Saudi Arabia's benchmark ended lower on Wednesday with the Tadawul All Share down 0.27%. Losses in Media & Publishing, Insurance and Real Estate Development sectors contributed to the retreat. Gulf Insurance Group led winners, while Aljazira Takaful, Saudi Cement and Rabigh Refining & Petrochemical were among the biggest decliners. Market breadth f…

Jun 17, 2026

Caleb Monroe

Stock Markets

Pattern Group Stock Rebounds After Secondary Offering Priced at $19

Pattern Group shares rose 2.0% in pre-market trading after pre-IPO investor Knox Lane LP priced an 8 million-share secondary offering at $19.00 per share. The deal - which will not provide proceeds to the company - was underwritten by J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs and includes a 30-day option to sell up to an additional 1.2 million shares. The clea…

Jun 17, 2026

Marcus Reed

Stock Markets

Morgan Stanley Sees Better Upside in Charles River, Cautions on IQVIA Amid AI and Insourcing Concerns

Morgan Stanley moved to upgrade Charles River Laboratories to Overweight with a $220 price target while downgrading IQVIA Holdings to Equal-weight and trimming its price target to $200. The firm cited signs of recovery in preclinical research driven by improving biopharma funding and portfolio moves that sharpen Charles River's focus. For IQVIA, Mo…

Jun 17, 2026

Maya Rios

Economy

U.S. Retail Sales Outpace Forecasts in May as Gasoline and Refunds Support Spending

Retail receipts in the United States climbed 0.9% in May, exceeding economists' expectations, with higher gasoline spending and the tail end of tax refunds buoying outlays. Core retail sales, which strip out volatile categories and best map to consumer spending in GDP, rose 0.7%. Policymakers and markets may take little immediate action from the re…

Jun 17, 2026

Ajmal Hussain

Stock Markets

Revolut Granted UAE Licenses, Plans Regional Build-Out Before Customer Launch

Revolut Ltd. has received authorization from the United Arab Emirates central bank to operate stored value facilities and offer retail payment services. The London-headquartered digital bank will first develop local technology, operations and staffing before activating services in the UAE, without providing a launch date. Customers in the UAE are e…

Jun 17, 2026

Avery Klein

Stock Markets

Premarket Movers: UniQure Rockets on FDA Agreement; Snap, Leidos Under Pressure

U.S. stock futures were mostly flat in early trading as market participants prepared for a pivotal Federal Reserve interest rate announcement and tracked reports about a preliminary Middle East peace agreement. Several individual stocks posted sharp premarket moves, with UniQure surging after favorable FDA feedback on clinical data for a Huntington…

Jun 17, 2026

Sofia Navarro

Stock Markets

Barclays May Gaming Tracker Shows Mixed State-Level Outcomes and Digital Weakness

Barclays' May 2026 state gaming revenue tracker indicates flat retail gross gaming revenue in New Jersey and a 1% year-over-year decline in Indiana. Across the states reported so far, retail GGR rose 2% year-over-year, or 1% on a same-store basis. Digital sports betting struggled, with handle roughly unchanged and online gross gaming revenue down 4…

Jun 17, 2026

Marcus Reed

Stock Markets

Micron Rises After Banks Raise Targets, Citing Prolonged DRAM Tightness

Micron Technology shares moved higher in premarket trade after Deutsche Bank and Citi increased their price targets. Both firms attribute the revisions to an increasingly tight DRAM supply-demand balance that they expect to extend beyond 2026, lifting near-term earnings forecasts and projecting material price gains in 2026.

Jun 17, 2026

Derek Hwang

Press Releases

Mountain Crest Acquisition 6 Corp. Announces the Separate Trading of its Ordinary Shares and Rights, Commencing on June 22, 2026

Mountain Crest Acquisition 6 Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), announced that starting June 22, 2026, holders of the 6,000,000 units from its IPO will have the option to trade the underlying ordinary shares and rights separately on NASDAQ under tickers MCAH and MCAHR, respectively. Units not separated will continue trading under …

MCAHU

Jun 17, 2026

Derek Hwang

Stock Markets

Hims & Hers Shares Edge Higher Ahead of Key FDA Advisory Meeting

Hims & Hers Health Inc. traded slightly higher in pre-market action, keeping near $31.54 after attention around a Leerink Partners note that outlined how a July regulatory review could enable the telehealth company to enter peptide compounding. The company is being valued largely on regulatory optionality ahead of a July 23-24 Pharmacy Compounding …

Jun 17, 2026

Priya Menon

Currencies

Pound Steady Above $1.34 as Dollar Strengthens Ahead of Fed Decision

Sterling traded just above $1.34 and the euro held near $1.16 as the U.S. dollar firmed broadly in advance of the Federal Open Market Committee announcement under new Chair Kevin Warsh. Brent crude remained below $80 a barrel after news of a U.S.-Iran peace deal, a development that has introduced a dovish tilt to energy markets even as markets awai…

Jun 17, 2026

Jordan Park

Stock Markets

London Metal Exchange to List Steel Contract Tied to Shanghai Hot-Rolled Coil

The London Metal Exchange and the Shanghai Futures Exchange have formalized an agreement to introduce an LME-listed contract that references the Chinese exchange's hot-rolled coil futures. Trading is scheduled to commence in October. The move reflects mutual aims: China to broaden its influence on global commodity pricing and the LME to expand trad…

Jun 17, 2026

Maya Rios

Press Releases

Businesses overestimate real progress on AI

EXL's 2026 U.S. Enterprise AI Study highlights a large disparity between companies' perceptions of AI progress and actual performance, with only 10% qualifying as AI Leaders. These leaders have integrated AI deeply into key workflows, driving significant revenue growth (27%), cost reduction (26%), and margin improvement (22%). The study emphasizes …

EXLS

Jun 17, 2026

Maya Rios

Stock Markets

Hexagon B Shares Jump After Insider Buys 55,000 Shares

Hexagon AB ser. B rose 4.8% to 84.08 SEK following a series of insider purchases totaling 55,000 shares valued at about 4.4 million SEK. The move came amid a cautiously positive session for European equities and a modest uptick in Sweden's OMXS30 index. Technical pressure on the stock since the Octave Intelligence spin-off in May 2026 has left the …

Jun 17, 2026

Sofia Navarro

Press Releases

Eos Energy Enterprises Establishes Strategic Entry into Germany Through Exclusive Long-Duration Storage Partnership

Eos Energy Enterprises announced a binding Master Supply Agreement with CAPAC Energy, establishing an exclusive partnership for deploying up to 2 GWh of zinc-based Indensity™ long-duration energy storage systems across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland through 2031. The agreement marks Eos' strategic entry into the critical DACH energy storage mark…

EOSE

Jun 17, 2026

Maya Rios

Press Releases

CRML Commences a 10,000 Meter Drilling Campaign at Tanbreez Rare Earth Project, Greenland

Critical Metals Corp. has commenced a significant 10,000-meter diamond drilling campaign at its wholly owned Tanbreez Rare Earth Project in Southern Greenland. This drilling program aims to support resource expansion, geological modeling, mine planning, and future development activities, marking a major milestone toward advancing the project to pro…

CRML

Jun 17, 2026

Nina Shah

Press Releases

Vivakor Secures One-Year Bakken Crude Oil Transaction Expected to Generate $115 Million in Annualized Revenue

Vivakor, Inc., through its subsidiary Vivakor Supply & Trading, LLC, has secured a one-year recurring crude oil transaction involving approximately 120,000 barrels monthly from July 2026 to June 2027, expected to generate about $115 million in annualized gross revenue. This deal expands Vivakor's commercial activity and infrastructure utilization i…

VIVK

Jun 17, 2026

Nina Shah

Press Releases

Gelteq Provides Corporate Update: Launching Veterinary and Human Clinical Trials, Pharmaceutical Pipeline Expanding Across Multiple Programs

Gelteq Limited announced significant progress in its pharmaceutical and animal health programs, including the imminent start of its first human clinical trial, commencement of a veterinary clinical trial for an antiparasitic drug, and expansion of its pharmaceutical pipeline into diabetes treatment. The company also secured up to $3.5 million in st…

GELS

Jun 17, 2026

Nina Shah

Press Releases

Foremost Clean Energy Receives Saskatchewan Exploration Incentive Funding to Advance Uranium Portfolio

Foremost Clean Energy Ltd. announced it received a $50,000 grant from the Saskatchewan government's Targeted Mineral Exploration Incentive program to support its uranium exploration projects in the Athabasca Basin. The company plans to use the funds to advance geological and drilling activities in this key uranium-rich region. Additionally, Foremos…

FMST

Jun 17, 2026

Maya Rios

Press Releases

Braiin Accelerates $20B+ Agentic AI Customer Experience as a Service (CXaaS) Market Expansion, Securing Landmark Australian Contract

Braiin Limited announces a landmark partnership with Australian enterprise BillCentral Pty Ltd to deploy its Agentic AI-powered customer experience platform, enhancing Braiin's position in the growing CXaaS market. The agreement is expected to accelerate the commercial rollout of Braiin’s AI-driven enterprise customer engagement solutions in Austra…

BRAI

Jun 17, 2026

Marcus Reed

Press Releases

Ruanyun Edai Technology Unveils Smart Campus Services Business With Approximately US$9.49 Million in Cumulative Operating Revenue Since September 2025 Launch

Ruanyun Edai Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: RYET) announced its Smart Campus Services business has generated approximately $9.49 million in cumulative operating revenue since its September 2025 launch, with accelerating revenue momentum in recent months. The business offers integrated campus infrastructure solutions beyond traditional education technolog…

RYET

Jun 17, 2026

Nina Shah

Press Releases

TOMI Advances Toward NSF Certification to Address Multi-Billion-Dollar Pharmaceutical, Biotech and Cleanroom Decontamination Markets

TOMI Environmental Solutions announced progress toward achieving NSF certification for its SteraMist ionized Hydrogen Peroxide technology. This certification is expected to validate the effectiveness and compatibility of the technology for use in contamination control within pharmaceutical manufacturing, biotechnology, and cleanroom environments. A…

TOMZ