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X-Energy Inc (NASDAQ: XE) shares fell after Jefferies reduced its price target and adjusted earnings forecasts. The analyst cut the target to $22 from $30 while keeping a Hold rating, citing mark-to-market accounting changes, a lower valuation premium versus peers and growing competition. The stock has retreated roughly 30% over the past month, a m…
Shares of Sunrun surged 26.6% in morning trading following a joint framework with Tesla and Renew Home to deliver more than 16 gigawatts of flexible energy capacity to hyperscalers and utilities. The agreement pools hundreds of thousands of residential battery systems operated by Sunrun and Tesla with over 8 million smart thermostats and connected …
Short sellers have rapidly increased bets against SpaceX following a roughly 30% decline from its early trading peak. Ortex Technologies data shows short interest rose to 13% from 8% in one session, while borrow costs have fallen from levels seen at the start of trading.The company's limited public float and $2 trillion valuation make it both an at…
Online spending by U.S. shoppers hit $8.3 billion on the opening day of Amazon's Prime Day, a 5.3% rise from the same day last year, according to Adobe Analytics. The four-day event began on Tuesday, earlier than in prior years, and is pacing ahead of Adobe's projections for 2026. Adobe reaffirmed its $26.3 billion forecast for total online sales a…
Italgas stock fell 2.6% to €10.18, dragged lower after Equita downgraded the shares from Buy to Hold and flagged limited upside given current valuation and tender-related investment challenges. The downgrade, a trimmed 2032 EBITDA estimate and a risk-off tone across European equities combined to weigh on the stock amid an absence of immediate earni…
MoonLake Immunotherapeutics shares fell about 8% on Wednesday after the company set terms for a public equity offering that is expected to raise roughly $200 million in gross proceeds. The move includes a large tranche of Class A ordinary shares, an allocation of pre-funded warrants for select investors and a 30-day option for underwriters to buy a…
Ecolab's stock rose following a Citi initiation of a positive catalyst watch, with the bank highlighting an improving cost backdrop and pricing momentum heading into the back half of 2026. Citi cited expected declines in energy costs, the company's history of converting temporary surcharges into lasting price gains, and the anticipated close of the…
J.P. Morgan raised its 2026 year-end S&P 500 target to 7,800, citing robust earnings momentum linked to AI-driven investment and broadly resilient economic conditions. The bank also boosted its S&P 500 earnings-per-share forecasts to $350 for 2026 and $390 for 2027. While the call aligns with other brokerages increasing targets this month, strategi…
Shares of Principal Financial Group Inc (NASDAQ:PFG) fell after BofA Securities downgraded the stock to Underperform, citing expectations of slowing operating income growth and a notable expansion in valuation relative to peers. Piper Sandler separately raised its price target while keeping an Overweight rating.
Eleven commodity day traders have proposed donating £1 million ($1.32 million) to a government crisis fund and adopting procedural changes in exchange for the Financial Conduct Authority ending a three-year inquiry into possible competition breaches. The FCA said it provisionally considers the commitments suitable, while it seeks public feedback ah…
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. declined about 3.5% in pre-market trading after a broader drop in gold prices pushed bullion toward seven-month lows. The slide in gold - driven by a more hawkish Fed outlook, a stronger dollar, easing Middle East tensions, and liquidations following tech stock losses - hit miners across the sector. Agnico Eagle’s policy of …
Kinross Gold plc shares fell 3.8% in pre-market trade to $24.05, a move driven by a broad decline in gold prices rather than company-specific news. Hawkish policy signals from the Federal Reserve, a stronger U.S. dollar, and an easing of geopolitical risk following a US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding reduced safe-haven demand for bullion and pres…
Barrick Mining shares fell 4.3% in pre-open trading to $36.54 after gold dropped toward two-week lows near $4,000 per ounce. A surging U.S. dollar and growing expectations of further Federal Reserve rate hikes, reinforced by hawkish comments from Fed officials, combined with a technology stock selloff to put pressure on gold and gold miners. No com…
SPDR Gold Shares fell 3.5% in pre-open trading to $364.06 as a convergence of a more hawkish Fed outlook, receding geopolitical risk, a stronger dollar and equity-market spillover selling pushed gold below $4,100 per ounce toward seven-month lows. Options activity and revised analyst targets signaled growing bearishness around GLD.
Helus Pharma saw its stock rise in premarket trading after the company reported that enrollment in its Phase 3 APPROACH trial for HLP003 has exceeded 86%. The trial is part of a broader Phase 3 PARADIGM program and the company also priced a $50 million underwritten offering to support clinical development and corporate needs. Topline Phase 3 data a…
Broadcom stock climbed in pre-market trading after OpenAI and Broadcom disclosed a jointly developed inference chip called Jalapeño. The announcement, which included confirmation that samples are operating at target power and performance and plans for deployment by year-end, sparked analyst support and eased prior uncertainty around the partnership…
JPMorgan raised its S&P 500 year-end price target to 7,800, attributing the move to an earnings upgrade cycle it called "unprecedented," fueled by near-doubled AI capital expenditure and improved U.S.-Iran relations. The bank boosted its 2026 S&P 500 EPS estimate to $350 and projected 2027 EPS at $390, while warning of crowding in speculative growt…
FuelCell Energy shares rose sharply in pre-market trading following a strategic agreement with Fit Energy USA LP to supply up to 380 megawatts of on-site, baseload power to data centers using the company's utility-scale fuel cell systems. The deal includes an immediate deposit for a 30 MW initial deployment slated to begin delivering later in 2026 …
Pulsenmore Ltd. (NASDAQ:PLSM) saw its stock soar more than 200% in premarket trading after announcing a strategic partnership with Ouma Health to integrate its FDA-authorized home ultrasound system into Ouma’s virtual maternity care services across the United States. The arrangement enables clinicians to extend prenatal ultrasound monitoring into p…
Wendy’s Co. shares climbed more than 20% in premarket trading as retail investors concentrated buying in the beaten-down restaurant stock. Social platforms showed the ticker trending strongly, trading volume spiked to roughly double its one-year average, and short interest remains elevated at 34% of the free float. Market participants and data prov…
Wendy’s shares leapt 30.0% in pre-market trading after the company named Steve Cirulis as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer effective June 23, 2026. The hire, tied to management with a track record of operational improvement, paired with heavy short interest and renewed take-private speculation, prompted a sharp retail investor res…
Broadcom shares rose about 3.4% after OpenAI unveiled Jalapeño, a purpose-built AI accelerator for large language model inference developed with Broadcom and Celestica. Engineering samples are operating in lab environments on production-target frequencies and power levels, with early tests showing notable performance-per-watt advantages. OpenAI int…
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan indicated that a bilateral meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump is likely when the U.S. leader attends a NATO summit in Ankara on July 7-8. Turkey will host 32 NATO heads of state along with foreign ministers from partner countries in the Gulf and the Indo-Pacific. Ankara says burden-sharing and defence spending…
OpenAI unveiled a custom AI processor developed with Broadcom called Jalapeño, aimed specifically at inference tasks for large language models. The company says samples are running in its labs at target power and performance, with production systems to be assembled by Celestica and deployment expected by year-end. Broadcom indicated the chip matche…
India's Reserve Bank has published draft guidance requiring banks to adopt a board-approved model risk framework that explicitly covers artificial intelligence and machine-learning systems. The rules call for continuous model-level and enterprise-wide risk assessments, independent validation of all models including third-party tools, inventories of…
