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U.S.-listed semiconductor stocks plunged Friday, erasing over $1 trillion in combined market value as investors pared back positions in high-valuation AI-related names following a weak earnings signal from Broadcom and renewed worries about higher interest rates. The PHLX chip index fell sharply and was on pace for its largest single-day drop since…
Senior White House officials and OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman have held ongoing discussions about a potential federal equity stake in OpenAI. The concept, first raised in 2025, would involve OpenAI donating shares to seed a sovereign investment vehicle intended to deliver long-term, diversified returns to the American public. Meetings this wee…
Options volume in Marvell Technology (MRVL) surged to 605,010 contracts on Friday, with calls outnumbering puts. Exchange data compiled by Bloomberg at 3:20 p.m. New York time shows a notable diagonal put spread and multiple large call trades concentrated in early June and late August expirations.
TerraVest Industries Inc saw its stock drop sharply after Quebec’s Autorité des Marchés Financiers alleged that executive chairman Charles Pellerin provided confidential information about the company’s $780 million purchase of Entrans to family members and acquaintances prior to the public announcement. The regulator's inquiry includes search warra…
Options volume for Mondelez International Inc. climbed to 3,842 contracts as of 2:20 p.m. New York time, with calls representing 2,218 contracts and puts 1,624 contracts. Three specific strikes - a March 19, 2027 $60 put, a $62 call expiring today, and a July 17, 2026 $65 call - dominated the session's trading, according to exchange data compiled b…
Options trading in Strategy Inc. intensified sharply during the trading day, reaching 952,761 contracts by 2:50 p.m. New York time. Put volume led the session with 603,285 contracts, while calls totaled 349,476. Several near-term expirations and a notable June 12, 2026 call spread accounted for much of the flow.
A coalition of US states led by California and New York is preparing to sue to block Paramount Skydance's $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros, with the action expected within weeks. The move signals state-level antitrust enforcement stepping forward as federal regulators pursue a more business-friendly approach. Market reaction included a drop …
Solidion Technology shares jumped roughly 58% in afternoon trading after the company announced a lithium metal anode protection platform backed by more than 30 patents. The disclosure follows an earlier reveal of a graphene-based extreme-temperature battery platform and has coincided with the stock reaching a fresh 52-week intraday high amid broad …
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. has entered a cloud services agreement with Google LLC that grants Google access to significant compute resources including approximately 110,000 NVIDIA GPUs, along with CPUs, memory, and other components. Under the contract, Google will pay SpaceX $920 million per month from October 2026 through June 2029, with…
Compass Pathways stock dropped sharply in afternoon trading as a broad selloff hit high-volatility biotech names and investors positioned for a binary COMP006 26-week Part B durability data readout expected in early Q3 2026. Despite prior gains that pushed the shares near a 52-week high, no new company-specific news was cited for the decline, which…
Investor orders for SpaceX's initial public offering have reportedly reached about $150 billion, or roughly two times the company's $75 billion planned raise, according to sources familiar with the process. The company is still in the early marketing phase and investor interest could change before the offering is priced next week.
Commerzbank reported that 7.85% of its capital was tendered under UniCredit’s €40 billion voluntary takeover proposal, a figure that has prompted disagreement between the two banks about what the tender rate signifies. UniCredit had earlier said acceptances reached 7.6%, a level that, combined with its current holdings, it said would allow it to ho…
Open Lending's stock fell sharply after the company disclosed results from its June 3, 2026 annual meeting, where shareholders approved a reverse stock split between 1-for-5 and 1-for-7 and voted to declassify the board. The board retains discretion over timing and exact ratio of the split, while the company continues to face operating losses and h…
Meta Platforms saw its stock decline sharply after reports indicated the company is exploring a significant equity issuance to help fund expansive artificial intelligence infrastructure. The company is said to be considering selling tens of billions of dollars in new shares, a move that would support CEO Mark Zuckerberg's push to deliver advanced A…
Equity markets closed the week under pressure as rate-sensitive technology and semiconductor stocks slipped amid rising U.S. Treasury yields following a stronger-than-expected May jobs report. Despite the broad weakness, several individual securities produced significant moves: Broadcom fell after an earnings call that underwhelmed AI revenue expec…
Cai Qi, a close ally of President Xi Jinping, has been named head of the Central Party School and appeared publicly in that capacity for the first time at a graduation ceremony on Friday. Analysts say the move centralizes major party organizational, doctrinal, and administrative responsibilities under a single Politburo Standing Committee member, r…
Equities across market-cap ranges fell sharply on Friday, with semiconductor and technology-related names among the hardest hit. Major mega-cap technology stocks such as Arm and Marvell Technology recorded double-digit percentage declines, while a host of large-, mid- and small-cap companies also saw steep intraday moves. The session included both …
Monday, June 8, 2026, brings a sparse U.S. economic schedule. The Conference Board's Employment Trends Index is the primary labor-market release, joined by the New York Fed's one-year consumer inflation expectations and routine three- and six-month Treasury bill auctions. The limited slate could leave market direction dependent on incoming details …
Bank of America cut its year-end S&P 500 target to 7100, representing roughly a 6% downside from current levels, and cautioned investors about growing red flags across equities. Despite an 11% year-to-date gain for the S&P 500, the bank highlighted compressed valuation multiples, widening return dispersion, weakening technology fundamentals, and an…
Zumiez shares tumbled as much as 25.9% in mid-day trading after the action-sports retailer reported a wider-than-expected first-quarter loss and guided to a second-quarter result that swung to a projected loss. Revenue rose year-over-year but fell short of consensus, and management flagged growing consumer pressures as a rationale for a conservativ…
Shares of Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount Skydance fell in midday trading after reports that a coalition of U.S. states plans to file a lawsuit seeking to block Paramount Skydance’s proposed purchase of Warner Bros. Warner Bros Discovery shares declined about 2.4%, while Paramount Skydance shares slid more than 4.4%. California Attorney General…
Whitehawk Minerals Corp. is anticipated to set the price for its initial public offering at the midpoint of the marketed $25 to $27 range next week, after postponing pricing to address comments from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Demand has outstripped supply by multiple times and the deal will be increased in size; exact timing for p…
Bank of America has compiled a list of 67 companies it considers central to data center expansion and supply chains. The bank’s recent analysis spotlights the mid-tier cohort — those ranked 18 through 37 — which includes utilities, power generators, battery makers and component manufacturers that provide the electrical and infrastructure building b…
Toro Co. shares fell about 3.1% in mid-day trading after Q2 FY2026 results that beat consensus on both adjusted EPS and revenue. Despite the upside, management cautioned that tariff and inflationary pressures will be more acute in Q3, with mitigation not fully implemented until Q4. Analysts and investors focused on margin compression, a trimmed pri…
FormFactor shares dropped about 6.0% intraday to $119.02 as a semiconductor market rout that began after Broadcom’s weak post-earnings reaction extended into a second session. The decline reflected sector-wide pressure following Broadcom’s unchanged 2026 AI chip sales forecast, a large May U.S. payrolls beat that fueled rate-hike fears, and a modes…
