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A mix of bullish earnings outlooks and robust demand for AI-related semiconductors lifted the market valuations of several leading technology firms in May. Apple, Micron Technology, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix recorded the largest increases, together adding more than $2 trillion in market value. Microsoft and Nvidia also made substantial advan…
Options market pricing indicates SailPoint Inc. (SAIL) could experience a roughly 14% price change when it issues its quarterly results on June 9 before markets open. Historical reactions to prior earnings have varied widely relative to what options implied, underscoring uncertainty for traders positioning around the report.
Norway's benchmark Oslo OBX ended the session marginally higher, supported by advances in Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities. Several large-cap names delivered notable moves: Nel ASA, Norsk Hydro ASA and Nordic Semiconductor posted the biggest gains on the index, while Cmb.Tech NV, Kongsberg Gruppen ASA an…
Israel's main equity gauge ended the session higher, with the TA 35 rising 0.96%. Gains were concentrated in Communication, Real Estate and Insurance sectors, while a handful of large-cap stocks posted the session's biggest percentage moves in both directions. Market breadth favored decliners by count, even as the headline index advanced.
FirstService Corp. shares rose about 3.0% in morning trading to a session high of $138.32 as investors adjusted valuations after a period of underperformance versus the stock's 52-week peak. The move appears driven by a combination of a recent earnings beat, an enlarged share-buyback authorization, ongoing tuck-in acquisitions and a view that the s…
Mazda North American Operations reported May sales of 39,066 vehicles, a 35% increase versus May 2025, marking the company's strongest total sales month since July 2025. Despite the May upswing, year-to-date volumes through May were 164,667 vehicles, a 6.9% decline from the prior-year period. Regional results were mixed, with Canada down and Mexico…
Shares of major U.S. exchanges declined on Tuesday after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved perpetual futures contracts and issued a policy statement addressing the listing of such products. Cboe fell the most, with CME Group and Intercontinental Exchange also posting notable declines amid investor concern that new perpetual products…
Greek shares finished modestly higher on Tuesday, with the Athens General Composite ending the session up 0.08% to a three-month high. Gains were concentrated in the Construction, Travel and Technology sectors, while notable moves in individual names — including record closes for Motor Oil Hellas and Kri-Kri Milk — punctuated the trading day. Commo…
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission has told licensed firms to bolster cybersecurity practices in response to increasingly sophisticated AI-enabled attacks. The regulator cited a 27% rise in cyber incidents year-on-year and urged particular focus on internet brokers and virtual asset-trading platforms, outlining priorities such as patch m…
ServiceNow shares dropped 8.4% in morning trading to $124.48 after surrendering much of a roughly 24% gain they recorded over the prior two sessions. The retreat followed a strong Q1 2026 report and a $50 billion buyback announcement, plus a sector-wide lift tied to comments from Nvidia's CEO. Observers say the move appears driven largely by profit…
Celcuity PLC stock plunged 23.8% in morning trading after the company disclosed full efficacy and safety outcomes from the PIK3CA-mutant cohort of its Phase 3 VIKTORIA-1 trial. Although gedatolisib-based regimens met the study's primary endpoint with statistically significant reductions in risk of progression or death versus alpelisib plus fulvestr…
Credo Technology shares fell 4.6% in morning trading after a post-earnings sell-off followed a quarter that beat revenue and EPS estimates but produced forward guidance that tracked street expectations rather than accelerating. While Q4 results showed substantial year-over-year growth and several analysts raised price targets, investors reacted to …
Airbus flew the first A350-1000ULR ordered by Qantas from its Toulouse facility, logging a 3 hour 43 minute test flight that reached just above 41,000 feet. The aircraft, MSN 707, is the lead example of 12 ULRs on order and will enter a two-month flight test program to validate structural, fuel and environmental systems before being outfitted to Qa…
Xometry stock plunged early today after the company priced a $225 million underwritten offering of Class A common stock at $85.00 per share. The deal, which includes an underwriter option for additional shares and is expected to close on June 3, 2026, and a same-day Form 144 filing signaling an insider sale, intensified investor concerns about dilu…
Mizuho Securities downgraded Okta to Neutral from Outperform, arguing that the stock’s recent rally has already incorporated most of the potential upside from the company’s nascent agentic AI offerings. While the firm increased its price target to $125 from $110, the stock closed above that level at $139.79. Analysts acknowledge Okta’s leadership i…
Virgin Galactic's stock plunged sharply after the company said it will redeem up to $30.5 million of its 9.80% First Lien Notes due December 31, 2028, by issuing common shares to noteholders instead of paying cash. The move, announced on a Form 8-K and scheduled for June 10, 2026, increases near-term dilution risk for shareholders and triggered a r…
Penguin Solutions rallied sharply in morning trading after raising its full-year fiscal 2026 guidance to the high end of previously issued ranges for net sales and diluted EPS. Management credited accelerating agentic AI demand across its Integrated Memory and AI Infrastructure businesses. The update spurred substantial analyst price target increas…
Super Micro Computer shares jumped sharply in morning trade, propelled by outsized AI demand signals across the industry and a string of company announcements at Computex and beyond. Investors reacted to Hewlett Packard Enterprise's robust AI-driven results, the unveiling of new rack-scale hardware built on AMD GPUs, a strategic collaboration with …
Trading on Tuesday produced wide swings across market-cap tiers, with Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Marvell Technology among the largest gainers. Several mega-cap technology and semiconductor names rose, even as a number of software and small-cap stocks posted substantial declines. The session highlighted leadership changes, product announcements …
Retail investors contributed a record $46 million to the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF in a single trading day, surpassing the previous one-day inflow of $32.8 million. The ETF rallied 5.9% to its strongest level in roughly five months as several large-cap software firms posted gains between 7.5% and 9.6%. Market flows appear to be broa…
Retail investors executed the largest single-day net purchases on record for the largest U.S. software ETF, buying $46 million of shares in one session, data from Vanda Research show. That inflow topped the prior single-day retail record of $32.8 million by roughly 40%. The buying coincided with strong one-day gains across several major software st…
USA Rare Earth announced a $1.2 billion investment to construct a magnet manufacturing and rare earth metals facility in Cherokee County, South Carolina. The plant is planned to produce 6,400 tonnes per year of NdFeB magnets and 5,000 tonnes of rare earth metals and alloys, with commissioning targeted for 2028. The move complements existing Oklahom…
Fulcrum Therapeutics shares plunged in morning trading after the company said it would permanently stop development of pociredir, its only clinical-stage program for sickle cell disease, and launched a strategic review that could include a sale or merger. The move followed FDA meeting minutes indicating regulators view PRC2 inhibition as carrying a…
Wolfe Research is skeptical that Nvidia's newly announced PC chip and the related surge in Arm Holdings' value represent a meaningful commercial break for either company. The firm characterized the combined $360 billion market-cap increase as an overreaction given the small addressable unit base at the expected price points and compared the opportu…
Elon Musk and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission each filed defenses of their settlement over Musk's late disclosure of Twitter share purchases after a federal judge raised questions. Musk called the agreement fair and reciprocal, while the SEC noted the settlement permits Musk to deny the agency's allegations publicly under a recent polic…
