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enGene Therapeutics has seen at least five Wall Street firms reduce their ratings after interim results from the pivotal LEGEND trial for detalimogene in BCG-unresponsive high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer revealed an unexplained fall in efficacy. The anytime complete response rate slipped to 54% from 63%, with the deterioration concentra…
Corpay shares jumped 10.51% to $337.87 in morning trading after the company posted Q1 2026 results that beat expectations, raised full-year and Q2 cash EPS guidance, and announced expanded settlement capabilities and an AI spend-automation suite. Positive analyst reactions and a broadly supportive U.S. equity market helped amplify the move.
Moroccan equities closed modestly higher on Friday as sector gains in banking, beverages and transport supported the market. The Moroccan All Shares index finished up 0.16% in Casablanca. Lesieur Cristal, Ste Nationale de Siderurgie and SMI were the top performers, while M2M Group, Wafa Assurance and Fenie Brossette led decliners. Market breadth wa…
Neoenergia, the Brazilian arm of Spain's Iberdrola, intends to invest 50 billion reais ($10 billion) across its five power distribution companies through 2030, a plan its CEO said marks an 82% rise versus the prior five-year period. The company plans to expand and modernize grids to connect more customers and bolster resilience to extreme weather, …
Norway's main equity gauge, the Oslo OBX, fell 0.52% to a one-month low on Friday as losses in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors weighed on the market. Declining issues outnumbered advancers, while Nordic Semiconductor reached a three-year high. Oil and gold futures rose and the krone strengthened against the euro and dollar.
Israel's equity market ended Friday on a positive note, with the TA-35 index up 1.00% at the close. Broad gains were led by the Insurance, Technology and Financials sectors. Key individual movers included ICL Israel Chemicals, Tower Semiconductor and Enlight Renewable Energy on the upside, while NICE, Dimri and Strauss Group posted the heaviest dec…
Greece's main stock index finished lower on Friday, with the Athens General Composite slipping 1.11% as losses in the Telecoms, Household and Basic Resources sectors pressured the market. Advancers were outpaced by decliners, while select large-cap names posted notable moves. Commodity and currency shifts provided additional context to the trading …
Toast Inc. shares tumbled after the company reported first-quarter 2026 adjusted EPS of $0.20, missing the analyst consensus of $0.27. Revenue reached $1.63 billion, in line with expectations and up 22% year-over-year. Analysts held largely positive ratings but trimmed price targets, and investors reacted to the EPS shortfall and questions about th…
GXO Logistics rebounded quickly after a sector-wide share decline prompted by Amazon's announcement of Amazon Supply Chain Services. CEO Patrick Kelleher downplayed Amazon as a direct threat, emphasizing GXO's bespoke automation and higher-complexity solutions. The company reported a beat-and-raise quarter on May 5th, strengthened guidance, and hig…
Gen Digital shares rose sharply in morning trading after the company reported fiscal Q4 FY2026 results that beat expectations, crossed the $5 billion annual revenue mark for the first time, and provided fiscal 2027 guidance implying mid-teens EPS growth. Management highlighted positioning for an AI-driven era and the board approved a quarterly cash…
Moderna shares climbed sharply in morning trading after investor focus intensified on the company's mRNA hantavirus vaccine program and the publication of Phase 3 results for its seasonal flu candidate, mRNA-1010, in the New England Journal of Medicine. The flu data showed superiority versus a licensed standard-dose vaccine in adults 50 and older, …
Major building-products manufacturers have announced price increases across decking, railing and exterior product categories. James Hardie, Trex Company and Westlake Royal are instituting raised prices on specific product lines with varying effective dates and percentage changes, citing higher raw material costs and persistent inflationary pressure…
Nutrien reported first-quarter earnings per share of $0.51, beating Jefferies' estimate by $0.02 while landing $0.02 below consensus. Strength in the Retail and Nitrogen segments drove the outturn, offsetting a Phosphate shortfall. Management highlighted constrained fertilizer supplies and ongoing geopolitical disruptions that could persist into 20…
Friday's session produced notable divergences across market-cap tiers. Semiconductor and hardware suppliers led gains among the largest companies, while several cloud and software names posted pronounced drops. The movers span mega-caps down to small-cap equities, driven by company-specific news and analyst activity.
Canada's main stock index moved higher on Friday as investors weighed a stronger-than-expected U.S. payrolls print against reports of military activity in the Strait of Hormuz. Gains in benchmark indexes were supported by U.S. market strength, even as oil and gold responded to heightened Middle East geopolitical risks.
Monster Beverage shares jumped sharply in morning trading after the company reported a substantial first-quarter 2026 earnings beat. The results were driven by strong international growth—now representing 45% of net sales—double-digit rises in net sales, operating income and EPS, and a meaningful share-repurchase program. Analyst target raises and …
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into a series of crashes involving Avride autonomous vehicles, citing concerns that the vehicles may have shown excessive assertiveness and insufficient capability. NHTSA identified 16 crashes of interest, including incidents in Dallas where Avride has been operatin…
Akamai Technologies stock rallied sharply in morning trading following the company’s first-quarter 2026 results and the announcement of a record AI infrastructure contract. The key headline was a seven-year, $1.8 billion commitment to Akamai’s Cloud Infrastructure Services from a leading frontier model provider. The report included a narrow beat on…
Datadog posted stronger-than-expected first-quarter 2026 results, prompting Citizens JMP Securities to upgrade the stock to Market Outperform and raise its price target to $225. The cloud monitoring company reported $1.006 billion in revenue, raised full-year guidance and disclosed large AI-related contracts, driving a sharp intraday share gain and…
Shares of Upwork tumbled after the company updated its guidance, prompting downgrades from analysts at Citizens and UBS. Management trimmed full-year revenue expectations by roughly 8% and issued second-quarter guidance that implies negative year-on-year growth at the midpoint. While first-quarter results met or slightly beat consensus on the key m…
Eli Lilly’s oral weight-loss pill Foundayo recorded 7,335 U.S. prescriptions in its fourth week, a slower start compared with Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy, analysts said. While Lilly reports growing prescriber reach and patient treatment totals, analysts caution prescription volumes must rise rapidly to meet consensus sales expectations for the quarter. G…
Needham published April 2026 prescription trend figures, drawn from IQVIA tracking, that reveal divergent trajectories for Alcon and Bausch + Lomb. Alcon products showed multiple year-over-year declines with a handful of modest gains or stabilizing shares, while Bausch + Lomb recorded notable increases for several products and expanded its dry eye …
Barclays' technology and thematic investing teams highlight geothermal-related companies as potential beneficiaries of sharply rising AI infrastructure demand, while noting real constraints in power delivery and project execution that could limit deployment speed and scale before 2028 and beyond. The bank names five industry players with relevant t…
Jumia Technologies reported a 39% year-over-year revenue increase to $50.6 million and signaled a new phase of operational consistency, according to Chief Executive Francis Dufay. Quarterly cash usage rose to $15.3 million from $4.7 million sequentially, driven by seasonal contract renewals, even as management reiterated its goal of reaching Adjust…
Three Wall Street firms downgraded The Trade Desk after the company issued second-quarter revenue guidance below analyst expectations. While first-quarter results beat estimates, the outlook for Q2 implied a marked slowdown in growth, prompting concerns about competitive share losses, pricing friction around an AI upgrade, agency tensions and geopo…
