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Hawkeye 360 Inc. saw its shares rise 30% in their New York trading debut after the company completed a $416 million initial public offering. The offering of 16 million shares was priced at $26 each - the top of the marketed range - and shares opened at $33.80. Based on outstanding shares filed by the company, the market value stands at about $3.1 b…
Equities across market-cap segments moved sharply on Thursday, with semiconductor giant Qualcomm and cloud-monitoring firm Datadog posting notable gains while companies including Arm and Insmed recorded steep declines. The session featured sector-specific catalysts such as a security certification for Datadog, earnings beats and guidance revisions,…
A compact set of labor-market and consumer-confidence releases, led by the monthly jobs report and the University of Michigan consumer sentiment reading, arrives Friday, May 8, 2026. The schedule also includes a string of Federal Reserve speeches, weekly CFTC position reports for key futures markets, rig counts and Atlanta Fed GDPNow estimates. Mar…
Earnings season presses on with a full docket set for Friday. Major corporations including Toyota, Fidelity National Information Services, YPF SA, PPL Corp and Amadeus IT Holding top a wider list of companies scheduled to release quarterly results. Below is a compiled list of the firms set to report along with consensus estimates for earnings per s…
Blue Owl’s largest publicly traded private credit vehicle has reduced its allocation to software companies as executives grow cautious about valuations amid AI sector shifts. The fund’s software weight fell to 16% from 19% in the first quarter as loans were repaid, and managers signaled continued selectivity toward new software deals even as a smal…
Shares of Fermi America LLC fell 4.4% on Thursday after short seller Fuzzy Panda released a report asserting that the company’s air permit for its planned datacenter project may be legally vulnerable. The report contends the permit’s approval by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is being challenged in court and that the dispute could st…
Verizon confirmed a fresh round of workforce reductions involving several hundred employees, representing under 1% of its total staff. The cuts, focused most heavily at the company’s Basking Ridge, New Jersey headquarters and concentrated in smaller business units, follow a November reduction that eliminated 13,000 positions. Verizon continues to l…
HawkEye 360 rallied on its first day of trading in New York, lifting the space analytics company's valuation to $3.15 billion. The Herndon, Virginia-based firm sold 16 million shares at $26 in a U.S. IPO that raised $416 million, and its stock opened substantially higher on debut. The listing comes amid heightened investor interest in defense-relat…
MarineMax is progressing a company sale after its board authorized a second-round process. Donerail, an activist investor and 5% shareholder, has increased a prior $35-per-share cash proposal, and at least one major private equity firm is reviewing company materials. The company operates marinas and dealerships catering to high-net-worth buyers and…
Oculis Holding AG (NASDAQ:OCS) shares climbed 4.2% after the company announced a Special Protocol Assessment from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its PIONEER-1 registrational trial of Privosegtor to treat optic neuritis. The SPA validates the study design and analysis plan as capable of supporting a future New Drug Application, contingent…
Solvay expects its hydrogen peroxide unit in Saudi Arabia to come back online within the next few months, CEO Philippe Kehren said on a press call. The company emphasized that the asset sits on a larger industrial platform, so the timing of any restart will be set by the platform operator. Production at the joint venture with Sadara has been halted…
Blue Owl Capital Corp and Blue Owl Technology Finance Corp reduced their quarterly dividends, citing a tougher earnings backdrop driven by lower base rates and tighter spreads. Both funds saw their shares decline in premarket trading, and management noted that higher borrowing costs weighed on performance even as non-accrual investment rates fell f…
Airlines have continued to alter schedules and routings in response to disruption tied to conflict in the Middle East. Regional carriers in the Gulf report expanded or restored capacity, while a broad array of international airlines have suspended, delayed or reduced flights to airports in Israel, the Gulf and other affected destinations. The follo…
Airbus reported 67 deliveries in April, bringing its cumulative deliveries for the year to 181 aircraft, a 5.7% decline from 192 in the same period a year earlier. The company faces headwinds from Pratt & Whitney engine shortages and administrative delays in China as it strives to meet an annual target of about 870 commercial aircraft handovers.
Shake Shack shares plunged sharply after reporting a first-quarter loss and missing analyst forecasts for adjusted earnings and revenue. The company's stock fell to its lowest level in more than two years, and a scheduled change in the chief financial officer role was also disclosed.
Meta Platforms has launched a judicial review against Britain’s communications regulator, Ofcom, contesting the regulator’s approach to computing fees and potential penalties under the Online Safety Act. Ofcom says it bases charges on a provider’s "Qualifying Worldwide Revenue" and intends to defend its interpretation and related determinations.
Porsche will shrink its executive board from eight to seven and integrate Car IT into the research and development division from July 1, the company said. Sajjad Khan, who led software and infotainment on the board, will leave his board role and not be replaced, though Porsche said he "will remain available to Porsche in the future." The changes co…
The U.S. Treasury published a notice imposing sanctions on one individual and additional measures against two entities tied to Cuba. The State Department named Grupo de Administracion Empresarial S.A. (GAESA), its executive president Ania Guillermina Lastres Morera, and MNSA, Moa Nickel SA - a joint venture between Toronto-based Sherritt Internatio…
Paris equities ended Thursday weaker, with the CAC 40 declining 1.17% and the SBF 120 falling 1.21%. Losses were concentrated in Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors, although a handful of large-cap stocks recorded gains. Market breadth favored decliners and volatility on the CAC 40 index options reached a new 52-week high.
Belgian equities ended the trading day lower, with the BEL 20 falling 1.54% as losses in Consumer Services, Utilities and Consumer Goods pushed the index down. Solvay led decliners while Melexis reached a 52-week high. Commodity and FX markets showed mixed moves, with gold and the US Dollar Index rising modestly and oil futures retreating.
U.K. equities closed lower on Thursday, with the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 retreating 1.58% as pressure from several cyclically sensitive sectors pushed the market down. A small group of stocks, including JD Sports and Fresnillo, outperformed, while Relx and Centrica posted notable declines. Commodity prices and currency pairs showed mixed m…
Spain's benchmark IBEX 35 closed down 0.29% as declines in Building & Construction, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Telecoms & IT sectors pushed the market lower. Breadth was negative with 117 decliners versus 72 advancers. Select banks and travel technology names posted gains while pharmaceuticals, defence and utilities led the losers. Commoditi…
Portugal's benchmark PSI index finished lower on Thursday, pressured by losses in Consumer Services, Utilities and Consumer Goods. Market breadth favored decliners and several blue‑chip names posted notable moves, while global commodity prices and FX rates showed modest shifts during the session. One domestic retailer hit a 52‑week low.
Netherlands equities ended the trading day lower on Thursday, with the AEX index falling 1.17% at the close in Amsterdam. Declines in Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Industrials led the market downward. Universal Music Group, Philips and ING were among the session's gainers, while Relx, Magnum Ice Cream and Wolters Kluwer posted the largest declin…
Italy's main stocks index closed lower on Thursday, with the Investing.com Italy 40 down 0.83% as losses in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Industrials sectors dragged the market. Telecom Italia was among the session's best performers, reaching a five-year peak, while several industrial and energy-related names posted steep declines.
