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Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Michele Bullock told a business conference in Sydney that the RBA's policy board could raise interest rates at its March meeting if it judged inflation expectations were at risk of becoming unanchored. She emphasised that the board would not necessarily wait for the full first-quarter inflation read due in late Ap…
Coherent (COHR) ripped higher after news of an Nvidia partnership and a strong Q2 beat. Fundamentals show accelerating demand in data center optics, recent bookings strength and healthy balance-sheet metrics. The stock is extended but momentum and near-term catalysts justify a mid-term swing buy at $301.83 with a $350 target and a $268 stop.
Following U.S. strikes on Iran, the U.S. dollar strengthened sharply, reestablishing itself as a primary safe-haven currency as investors moved into U.S. Treasuries. Market participants note the dollar's return to a crisis-era role after months of doubt, while some strategists caution that the currency's resilience may vary depending on the origin …
Jurors have begun deliberations in the rare criminal trial of a father accused of arming his son, who used the weapon in a September 2024 attack at a Georgia high school that left four people dead and seven wounded. The father, charged with multiple counts including second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, denied culpability during an 11-…
A weekend U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran set off a wave of market volatility on Monday as oil and gas prices posted their largest gains in years. Global stock indices outside the United States and China fell roughly 1-3%, bond yields jumped, and safe-haven flows pushed currencies and commodities into disarray. The U.S. equity market offered a notable …
Shares of Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices slipped in after-hours trading after a report said U.S. officials are weighing limits on shipments of advanced AI accelerators to Chinese companies. The proposed measures would set per-customer ceilings for Nvidia's H200 chips and count shipments of AMD's MI325 chips toward those caps, while an earlier re…
ClearThink 1 Acquisition Corp. completed an initial public offering that sold 12.5 million units at $10 per unit, with the units beginning trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under CTAAU. The company later closed a partial exercise of its over-allotment option for 15,000 additional units, bringing gross proceeds to about $125 million. ClearThink 1 …
U.S. first lady Melania Trump presided over a United Nations Security Council meeting addressing children and education in conflict, convened under the U.S. rotating council presidency. The session - titled "Children, Technology, and Education in Conflict" - took place days after U.S. and Israeli military strikes on Iran that prompted U.N. warnings…
After-hours trading featured notable volatility as several companies reported quarterly results and provided forward guidance. MongoDB shares plunged after management set FY2027 revenue guidance slightly below consensus, while Credo fell despite beating estimates. Ouster posted a revenue surprise that lifted its stock, SoFi rose after an insider pu…
U.S. equity markets closed mixed on Monday as gains in Oil & Gas, Technology and Industrials were offset by declines in Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Consumer Services. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.15%, the S&P 500 inched up 0.04% and the Nasdaq Composite added 0.36%. Notable movers ranged from large-cap tech and energy names to highly …
Mexico's benchmark S&P/BMV IPC closed down 1.09% on Monday, dragged lower by losses in Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples. Advancers narrowly outnumbered decliners while commodities and currency moves showed notable gains for gold and crude oil and a firmer US dollar against the peso.
The S&P/TSX Composite closed higher on Monday, rising 0.59% to reach a new all-time high. Strength in the Energy, Industrials and Telecoms sectors drove the gain, while market breadth was negative with more decliners than advancers. Key miners and energy names posted some of the strongest percentage gains, even as a handful of airlines and miners f…
The COLCAP index closed down 3.37%, marking a one-month low as losses in the Financials, Investment and Public Services sectors weighed on the market. While the broad index fell, select companies including Bolsa De Valores De Colombia and Mineros SA posted sizeable gains. Commodity futures and FX moves accompanied the session.
A Form 4 filing shows director Hatcher Robert V. III sold 150 shares of Kinsale Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:KNSL) on February 26, 2026, at $379.68 per share for a total of $56,952. The insurer's stock is trading above that sale price, and the firm recently reported quarterly results that exceeded analyst estimates even as a major bank cut its price…
eHealth CEO Derrick A. Duke purchased 187,969 shares on February 27, 2026, at $1.38 per share, totaling $259,397, according to a Form 4 filing. The transaction raises Duke's direct holdings to 487,969 shares as the stock trades near a 52-week low amid a recent earnings period marked by a revenue beat and an EPS shortfall.
Russia's MOEX Russia Index closed higher on Monday, gaining 1.31% to reach a three-month high as energy and mining shares led the advance. Major movers included large rises in TATNEFT and Rosneft, while a regional bank and several utilities registered declines. Commodity prices and currency moves accompanied the equity gains.
Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Michele Bullock defended the board's decision to raise the cash rate by 25 basis points in February, citing strong January inflation readings and robust employment data. She warned that recent developments in the Middle East increase uncertainty for the inflation outlook, noting that a supply shock could push pric…
U.S. officials said the government will roll out measures beginning Tuesday to limit the impact on Americans from higher energy costs after a surge in oil and gas prices linked to military actions involving Iran. A senior U.S. official speaking at Capitol Hill said Treasury and Energy secretaries will announce the plan's phases as markets reacted t…
Illumination Acquisition Corp I completed a $230 million initial public offering selling 23 million units at $10 each, including the full 3 million-unit over-allotment. Units began trading on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker ILLUU; the company also closed a concurrent private placement of 625,000 units for $6.25 million. Proceeds from the …
Hasbro Chief Executive Christian P. Cocks sold 196,411 shares of Hasbro stock on February 26, 2026, for $19.7 million, while exercising options to acquire the same number of shares at $55.78 the same day. The moves occur as Hasbro shares trade close to a 52-week high following strong gains over the past year, and after a quarter that drew bullish r…
V2X looks positioned to benefit from rising defense and critical-infrastructure spending on resilient vehicle-to-everything communications and rugged edge compute. With public financial disclosures thin, this is a catalyst-driven swing trade: enter at $6.50, stop at $4.50, target $10.00 over a mid-term window (45 trading days), balanced for asymmet…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters at the Capitol that Iran is producing hundreds of missiles each month and represents an unacceptable risk to regional and U.S. security. He described current U.S. military operations as focused on eliminating missile capabilities and naval assets inside Iran, confirmed Congressional notification, and sa…
Brazil expects to channel more than 250 billion reais ($48.4 billion) into sustainable investments over President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's current four-year term. Tatiana Rosito, who is leaving her post at the Finance Ministry to join the World Bank in July, said the emphasis for 2026 will be on consolidating existing initiatives and attracting …
SoFi Technologies Chief Executive Anthony Noto purchased 56,000 shares on March 2, 2026, investing $1,001,515 at prices between $17.500 and $18.205. The buy raises his direct holdings to 11,675,452 shares and was executed across multiple trades at a weighted average price of $17.8842. The trade comes while the stock has fallen 32% year-to-date and …
Cuban authorities say they arrested 10 Panamanian citizens for creating signs with what officials described as "subversive content." The Interior Ministry said the group was sent from Panama with a promise of payment, and that the detentions follow a separate attempted maritime incursion by armed Cuban exiles. Officials tied both incidents to the i…
