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Intuitive Surgical reported that an unauthorized actor gained access to information from select internal IT business applications following a targeted phishing incident. The company said it contained the intrusion, secured affected applications, and that its da Vinci, Ion and digital platforms were not impacted. Shares fell as much as 4% midday on …
Norwegian equities closed higher on Friday, with the Oslo OBX climbing 0.57% to a fresh all-time high. Advances were driven by strength in Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities, while several shipping and technology-related listings lagged. Oil prices rose, the dollar strengthened, and key currency pairs invo…
Israel's equity benchmark closed higher on Friday, with the TA 35 up 0.76% as gains in the Insurance, Technology and Financials sectors supported the market. Several individual stocks posted notable moves while commodity and currency markets showed mixed performance, with crude and Brent higher and gold lower. Currency pairs USD/ILS and EUR/ILS als…
Greek equities closed modestly higher on Friday, with the Athens General Composite rising 0.10%. Strength in construction, travel and technology names helped lift the market, while select financial and transport stocks weighed. Commodities and currency moves were mixed, with gold falling sharply and oil edging higher.
Citi has raised Dow Inc. and LyondellBasell Industries to Buy from Neutral, citing supply interruptions and feedstock cost shifts resulting from the Iran conflict and closures affecting the Strait of Hormuz. The bank revised its commodity chemicals forecasts higher as disrupted shipments, force majeure declarations and capacity curtailments in Asia…
Members of United Steelworkers Local 7-1 decisively rejected BP's so-called Last, Best and Final offer for workers at the Whiting, Indiana refinery, with union leaders citing proposed wage cuts, removal of seniority protections and potential outsourcing of 100 jobs among their objections. BP confirmed the vote and said it will continue bargaining.
After a notable rally earlier in the year, U.S. consumer staples stocks are losing momentum as investors reassess lofty valuations amid a dimmer near-term earnings outlook. The S&P 500 consumer staples index, which saw its forward price-to-earnings ratio climb to its highest since June 1999, has given back ground since peaking in mid-February. Risi…
JPMorgan has upgraded Linde plc to an Overweight rating and increased its price target to $525, arguing the industrial gases company is relatively insulated from current inflationary pressures and supply disruptions. The bank highlighted potential upside from stronger operating rates at refiners and chemical producers, pass-through pricing in long-…
PayPay Corp surged on its second day of trading, rising 18.34% to $21.49 and putting the stock 34% above its $16 IPO price. ARK Invest disclosed a purchase of 275,000 shares via its fintech ETF on PayPay's debut, while the company’s conservative $16 pricing and $880 million raise helped generate aftermarket momentum. Observers will watch trading vo…
Turkey's BIST 100 closed down 1.45% as losses concentrated in the Banking, Leasing & Factoring and Telecoms sectors weighed on the market. Declining issues outpaced advancers by a wide margin, while select industrial and insurance-related names outperformed. Commodity and currency markets showed mixed moves alongside a firmer US dollar.
Morgan Stanley told clients that a narrow group of infrastructure-oriented software companies are positioned to outperform as artificial intelligence alters demand patterns across technology. The firm singled out firms with large, complex platforms that customers would find costly to rebuild, and identified Snowflake, Datadog, Akamai and JFrog as p…
Amazon.com and Cerebras Systems announced a partnership to integrate Cerebras AI accelerators into Amazon Web Services data centers and pair them with Amazon’s Trainium3 chips. The collaboration is designed to speed up inference - the runtime step for chatbots, coding assistants and other AI services - by dividing the work into prefill and decode s…
Citigroup raised its rating on Knight-Swift Transportation to Buy from Neutral, citing a roughly 17% slide in the stock since early March that, in the bank's view, improves the risk-reward. Citi set a $64 price target and highlighted structural capacity reductions and resilient truckload spot rates as drivers that could support freight pricing and …
Barclays identified prominent U.S. companies active in battery energy storage systems (BESS) that supply utility-scale, industrial and residential markets. The list ranges from EV-origin firms offering megawatt-scale systems to specialists in alternative chemistries and long-duration storage, and includes recent corporate financings, operational mi…
William Blair recommends investors accumulate shares of Dave Inc. after meetings with the company's CFO, Kyle Beilman. The firm points to a 185 million account total addressable market, forecasts mid- to high-20% organic revenue growth, and values the company at 7.5 times estimated 2027 EBITDA. Dave has returned 150% over the past 12 months but rem…
Trading on Friday produced notable price moves across market-cap tiers. Semiconductor-related names including Micron Technology (MU) and Lam Research (LRCX) were among the strongest performers, while consumer-facing and several small-cap companies recorded substantial declines. The day’s movers spanned mega-caps down to small-cap listings, with cor…
Carvana will split each outstanding share into five, its first stock split, with split-adjusted trading scheduled to begin at market open on May 7. The announcement, framed as a move to keep shares affordable for team members, sent the stock up 2.8% on the session. The company recently missed quarterly profit expectations and faces higher reconditi…
Wells Fargo upgraded Ollie's Bargain Outlet to Overweight from Equal Weight and increased its price target to $130 from $120, saying the discount retailer is better positioned for 2026 thanks to accelerated store openings, value-oriented consumer demand and policy-driven spending tailwinds that favor older households. The bank pointed to management…
Shares of Hims & Hers Health Inc. surged this week after the telehealth company reached an agreement with Novo Nordisk to resume sales of Ozempic and Wegovy through Hims’s platform and end a recent lawsuit. The deal helped push the stock toward its best weekly performance on record, following a sharp recovery after earlier declines tied to the disp…
Common shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac slid in Friday trading after Wedbush analyst Henry Coffey cut his price targets for both companies, saying discussions about exiting government control and potential IPOs are likely to be pushed beyond November’s midterm elections. Coffey outlined scenarios the administration might pursue amid affordabili…
U.S. defense officials say the Pentagon is evaluating a plan to send extra warships to the Middle East to stand by for potential escort missions through the Strait of Hormuz, where renewed attacks tied to Iran have raised concerns for commercial shipping and oil flows. U.S. Central Command has requested more destroyers and Marine Corps warships, th…
Generative AI and large language model search are altering how consumers discover beauty products and how companies respond to trends. Firms that format product data for machine readability - a practice Jefferies calls Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) - and that invest in digital scale are positioned to shorten development cycles, personalize r…
Jefferies projects that higher oil prices will largely benefit the US energy sector through increased domestic drilling, associated gas output and stronger LNG export economics. The investment bank also describes regulated utilities as enduring defensive holdings, though it cautions that public concern over energy affordability could invite regulat…
Wolfe Research has identified 12 companies within its coverage that sit in the 99th percentile or higher on its Activist Attractiveness Score, marking them as the most susceptible to shareholder engagement. The firm also notes names that have recorded the largest recent increases in that score, which it monitors to spot potential inflection points.
Bank of America warns that a potential disruption to liquefied natural gas flows - driven by an effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz and a stoppage in Qatar's production - would disproportionately affect Asian economies tied to technology supply chains. With roughly 85% of LNG transiting Hormuz destined for Asia and only limited rerouting opti…
