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Qualcomm announced plans to apply chip technology it developed for data centers to smartphones and other devices, aiming to improve on-device artificial intelligence performance. The company unveiled a vertically stacked High Bandwidth Compute architecture and said the first generation will launch in data centers next year, with commercial availabi…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed a rule to require foreign manufacturers of tobacco products to register their facilities and list products they sell in the United States. The agency said the measure would help combat illegal imports - notably e-cigarettes popular with young people - and bring foreign producers into the same reporting…
Swiss industry leaders warn the United States could open a trade investigation into Switzerland's pharmaceutical sector under Section 301, following a similar probe launched against Germany. The potential action follows domestic proposals in Switzerland to reduce mandatory healthcare prices and a letter from Republican U.S. lawmakers urging investi…
Chevron has begun exploring further data center power projects across the United States, targeting areas that include West Texas, the Midwest, the Gulf Coast and near the Rocky Mountains. The effort follows the company's announcement of Project Kilby, a 2.67 gigawatt natural gas-fired facility contracted to deliver dedicated electricity to Microsof…
Sinda Ltd. (NYSE:SIND) opened trading at $10.80 per share, under its $12.00 initial public offering price. The company sold 17,750,000 shares and granted underwriters a 30-day option to buy 2,662,500 additional shares at the IPO price, subject to underwriting discounts and commissions. The offering is slated to close on June 29, 2026, and proceeds …
TKO Group shares climbed sharply after the company disclosed that UFC Freedom 250, staged June 14 at the White House, drew about 34 million viewers worldwide and posted record domestic streaming figures on Paramount+. The audience milestone bolsters the case for TKO’s media-rights-driven revenue outlook and arrived alongside existing shareholder-fr…
French utility EDF has reached an agreement to divest its EDF Power Solutions operations in the United States and Canada to private equity firm KKR. The unit holds 5.6 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity across the two countries. The sale is part of EDF's effort to raise capital to service and upgrade its existing nuclear fleet of 57 reactors an…
TKO Group Holdings shares rose 6.2% following company-released viewership figures for UFC Freedom 250. The June 14 event at the White House drew an estimated 34 million viewers worldwide after additional data from multiple countries doubled an initial Paramount+ audience estimate. The event also set platform records and generated exceptionally high…
CSA Group, a century-old Canadian testing and certification provider, is assessing a potential sale that market contacts say could put the company’s value at about C$2 billion. Jefferies Financial Group is advising and has begun collecting initial bids from private equity firms and other testing companies. The process is ongoing and there is no cer…
Spanish equities ended the session in negative territory on Friday, with the IBEX 35 retreating 0.45% as losses in Building & Construction, Consumer Services and Telecoms & IT exerted downward pressure. A handful of names outperformed while steel, airlines and construction contractors recorded the largest declines. Commodity and currency moves acco…
U.K. equity markets finished Friday's session in the red, with the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 closing down 0.26%. Heavy losses in Automobiles & Parts, Chemicals and Fixed Line Telecommunications contributed to the decline, while a handful of large-cap stocks posted notable gains. Commodity markets were mixed, with gold higher and crude oil pr…
Portugal's PSI index closed down 0.23% on Friday, dragged by losses in the Basic Materials, Utilities and Financials sectors. Market breadth was mixed, with 15 advancing stocks, 11 decliners and 6 unchanged. Sonae reached an all-time high while commodity markets saw notable moves, with Brent and U.S. crude both falling and gold futures rising.
Amsterdam's benchmark AEX closed 0.65% lower on Friday as losses in Basic Materials, Technology and Oil & Gas weighed on the market. Decliners narrowly outnumbered advancers, while oil prices retreated and gold futures posted gains. Volatility on AEX options was unchanged at 21.09 and the U.S. Dollar Index futures moved lower.
Italian equities closed lower on Friday, with the Investing.com Italy 40 index down 0.89% at the Milan close. Losses were concentrated in Technology, Industrials and Chemicals, while select heavyweight names posted gains. Energy commodities fell sharply, while gold futures advanced. This report summarizes market movers, sector trends, commodity pr…
German equities finished the session lower on Friday, with the DAX slipping 1.25% as Technology, Construction and Industrials weighed on sentiment. The MDAX fell 1.16% and the TecDAX lost 0.89%. Notable winners included SAP SE, Beiersdorf and Adidas, while Porsche Automobil Holding, Zalando and Siemens Energy were among the largest decliners. Marke…
French equity markets finished lower on Friday, with the CAC 40 falling 0.55% and the SBF 120 down 0.50%. Gains in household and healthcare-related large caps were offset by declines in chipmakers, aerospace and heavy industry names. Commodity and currency moves included a rise in gold and falls in crude and Brent futures.
Belgian stocks closed higher on Friday, with the BEL 20 index rising 0.13% to a new all-time high. Gains were concentrated in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Utilities sectors. Aedifica, Montea C.V.A. and Anheuser Busch Inbev were among the session's top performers, while Melexis, Aperam and Umicore weighed the downside. Commodity markets sho…
Sweden's main equity gauge closed lower on Friday, slipping 0.86% as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Telecoms sectors outweighed gains. Market breadth favored declines, with 425 stocks falling versus 287 advancing and 73 unchanged. Notable movers included AstraZeneca, Tele2 and Swedbank on the upside, while Sandvik, Atlas Copco and A…
Finnish equities closed lower on Friday, with the OMX Helsinki 25 retreating 1.18% to a one-month low. Broad weakness in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors pushed decliners well ahead of advancers. Commodity markets saw crude benchmarks slide while gold rallied, and the US Dollar Index futures eased.
FuelCell Energy shares jumped 25.4% mid-day following Jefferies' upgrade to Buy and a raised $24 price target, driven by a newly announced 380 MW power supply agreement with Fit Energy USA that includes a 30 MW firm deployment supported by an immediate non-refundable deposit. The deal, warrants tied to deposit milestones, and a reassessment of rela…
Morgan Stanley told investors that Apple’s recent 15% to 25% price increases on Mac, iPad and accessories signal an extraordinary effort to protect gross margins in the face of record memory cost inflation. Analyst Erik Woodring said the magnitude of the hikes appears oriented toward margin defense rather than merely passing through higher componen…
U.S. health agencies are dispatching doses of MBP134, an experimental monoclonal antibody treatment, to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda for compassionate use and for a randomized trial. The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority has also readied 2,500 rapid diagnostic tests and is soliciting vaccine candidates based …
Volkswagen is reportedly weighing the closure of four German factories and a potential workforce reduction of up to 100,000 employees, a move that could eclipse previous large-scale restructurings in the auto industry. The carmaker cited competitive pressure from Chinese rivals, stiff U.S. import tariffs and falling demand in Europe as factors that…
Hemab Therapeutics shares climbed roughly 13.0% in mid-day trading after the company disclosed nine presentations spanning three programs ahead of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis 2026 Congress in Paris. The update included first-in-human proof-of-mechanism data for HMB-002 in Von Willebrand disease, long-term extension findi…
Nextpower Inc. shares dropped about 4.2% in mid-day trading to $108.38 after Jefferies reduced its price target and investors expressed concern over the company's fast-moving acquisition strategy. The analyst cut comes as Nextpower announced a $378 million purchase of Germany's Zimmermann PV-Steel Group following a $365 million acquisition of Preva…
