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Istanbul Stocks Close Higher as Tech and Telecoms Lead Gains

Istanbul Stocks Close Higher as Tech and Telecoms Lead Gains

Turkey's BIST 100 finished the session up 2.07%, driven by advances in Information Technology, Technology and Telecoms. Market breadth was positive with 498 advancers versus 113 decliners. Notable individual movers included double-digit and high-single-digit gains in several names, while commodities showed mixed signals: gold futures rose and crude…

Copenhagen's OMXC20 Edges Higher as Pharma Names Lead Gains

Copenhagen's OMXC20 Edges Higher as Pharma Names Lead Gains

Denmark's OMX Copenhagen 20 closed higher on Tuesday, led by advances in consumer goods, software & computer services and healthcare firms. Pharma-related names Zealand Pharma, Novo Nordisk Class B and Genmab were among the session leaders, while shipping and brewing shares weighed on the index. Oil benchmarks fell substantially and gold futures ti…

SpaceX Earnings Put Technical Reversal Against a Persistent Downtrend

SpaceX Earnings Put Technical Reversal Against a Persistent Downtrend

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. enters its earnings report with a clear technical confrontation: a recent daily hammer candlestick at $105.00 signals a possible bullish turn, but broader momentum and trend indicators remain unfavorable. The stock has recovered above the volume-weighted average price (VWAP, $111.47) and is trading around $119.0…

Tel Aviv Stocks Close Higher as TA-35 Advances 0.81%

Tel Aviv Stocks Close Higher as TA-35 Advances 0.81%

Israeli equities ended the session higher with the TA-35 rising 0.81%, led by gains in Enlight Renewable Energy, Camtek and Nova. Market breadth was negative, with more decliners than advancers. Energy commodities fell and the shekel appreciated against the dollar and euro, while the US Dollar Index futures were essentially flat at 99.79.

Oslo market slips as Media, Transport and Financials lead declines

Oslo market slips as Media, Transport and Financials lead declines

Norwegian equities ended Tuesday lower, with the Oslo OBX sliding 0.28% as losses in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors weighed on the market. Nordic Semiconductor, Norsk Hydro and Kongsberg Gruppen were among the session's gainers, while Yara, Equinor and Hoegh Autoliners posted the largest declines. Commodity prices, notably …

Airbnb vs Expedia: Growth Leads, Valuation Decides the Winner

Airbnb vs Expedia: Growth Leads, Valuation Decides the Winner

Airbnb is expanding room nights at 11.2% versus Expedia’s 7.2% heading into Q2 2026 and posts a five-year revenue CAGR of 29.4% compared with Expedia’s 23.2%. While Airbnb converts revenue into profit more effectively and operates with a far stronger balance sheet, its higher valuation (P/E of 35.1x versus 24.2x for Expedia) indicates the market ha…

Athens Stocks Close Higher; Benchmark Index Hits Five-Year Peak

Athens Stocks Close Higher; Benchmark Index Hits Five-Year Peak

Greek equities ended Tuesday's session in positive territory, with the Athens General Composite rising 0.65% to reach a five-year high. Strength in banking, construction and travel names helped drive the advance while individual large-cap movers included Performance Technologies IT Solutions and Intracom Holdings.

Options Point to 9.5% Move for Lumentum Ahead of Aug. 11 Earnings

Options Point to 9.5% Move for Lumentum Ahead of Aug. 11 Earnings

Options market pricing suggests Lumentum Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:LITE) could experience a 9.5% price swing when it reports quarterly results on Aug. 11 after the market close. Historical comparisons across the last eight earnings releases show the stock has exceeded the options-implied move in half of those events and fallen short in the other half.

BofA Flags Three MLCC Makers as Buy Candidates After Sector Slide

BofA Flags Three MLCC Makers as Buy Candidates After Sector Slide

Bank of America analysts identified three multilayer ceramic capacitor (MLCC) manufacturers as attractive entry points following a steep sector correction, arguing that these components are a growing bottleneck for power-hungry AI servers. The firm outlined a structured trade combining the three firms to capture regional exposure across Japan, Kore…

Volta Infra Raises Funds at $2.4 Billion Valuation, Secures $10 Billion Cloud Deal and Launches $5 Billion AI Program

Volta Infra Raises Funds at $2.4 Billion Valuation, Secures $10 Billion Cloud Deal and Launches $5 Billion AI Program

Volta Infra, founded seven months ago, said it completed fundraising that values the company at $2.4 billion and announced a $10 billion cloud-computing agreement to supply services in Europe alongside Bitdeer Technologies. The company also unveiled a $5 billion AI infrastructure initiative with asset manager Azora to finance AI 'factories' and des…