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Brazil's stock benchmark finished Friday with modest gains, driven by advances in Real Estate, Financials and Consumption sectors. The Bovespa closed 0.31% higher in São Paulo. Individual movers included strong rallies in Direcional Engenharia, B3 SA and Auren Energia, while several industrial and banking names lagged. Market breadth was positive a…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average exceeded 50,000 for the first time on Friday, propelled by gains in blue-chip names. The 30-stock benchmark rose 2.2% to 50,011 by mid-afternoon in New York, marking a year-to-date increase of 4% that outpaces other major U.S. equity indexes. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq remain below their peak levels after a recent pullb…
The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an inquiry into Netflix's competitive conduct while reviewing the streaming giant's proposed acquisition of Warner Discovery's studio operations and the HBO Max streaming platform. A civil subpoena reviewed by The Wall Street Journal sought details on whether Netflix has engaged in exclusionary behavior tha…
Apple plans to permit third-party voice-controlled artificial intelligence applications to run through its CarPlay vehicle interface in the coming months, according to people familiar with the matter. The move would mark the first time Apple allows voice assistants other than Siri to operate within CarPlay, enabling drivers to use services like Cha…
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said Canada is actively pursuing a joint Chinese-Canadian electric vehicle assembly plant on Canadian soil that would produce cars for export. She suggested established Canadian parts suppliers could partner with Chinese EV firms, while Ottawa pursues investments from other countries including South Korea. The plan ai…
Monday, February 9, 2026, brings remarks from Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller and Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic that market participants will parse for insights on the central bank’s policy stance. With no major economic releases scheduled, traders will also track the CB Employment Trends Index and two Treasury bill auctions for …
Senior administration officials are considering whether to open an antitrust investigation into large U.S. homebuilders, focusing in part on potential information exchanges within a prominent builders' association. A White House spokesperson directed requests for comment to the Department of Justice, which had not responded at the time of reporting…
Once Upon a Farm Inc opened trading on the New York Stock Exchange at $21, a 17% surge from its $18 IPO price. The Berkeley-based organic childhood nutrition company raised approximately $197.9 million from an offering of about 11 million shares, giving it a market capitalization near $845 million. While sales have climbed rapidly, the company repo…
Williams Companies is investigating the purchase of natural gas production assets in the United States as part of a strategy to become a single-source energy provider for hyperscalers and data center operators. The move would extend the company's midstream and power generation push, though sources cautioned no decision has been made. Williams is du…
Agomab Therapeutics, a Belgium-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical firm, raised $200 million in its U.S. initial public offering by selling 12.5 million American Depositary Shares at $16 each. On its Nasdaq debut the stock opened at $14.70, down about 8% from the offer price, implying a market valuation of $716.4 million. Market caution toward n…
Agomab Therapeutics NV started trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market at $14.70 per share, below its $16.00 initial public offering price. The company priced 12,500,000 American Depositary Shares at $16.00 each, with expected gross proceeds of $200.0 million before fees. Underwriters have a 30-day option to buy an additional 1,875,000 ADSs. The…
BILL Holdings (NYSE:BILL) saw its shares surge sharply after a Bloomberg report said private equity firm Hellman & Friedman has held talks to acquire the business payments company. The rally followed an earlier gain after quarterly results, and the report said a formal sale process involving advisers has been underway with interest from other priva…
Shares of leading U.S. homebuilders fell on Friday after reports surfaced that the White House is weighing an antitrust review of the sector. The potential probe would look at how industry information is exchanged through the trade group Leading Builders of America and comes as the administration increases scrutiny on housing affordability. Several…
Moody's Ratings raised AbbVie's senior credit rating to A2 from A3 and lifted related debt short-term ratings, citing robust performance in the company's immunology and neuroscience franchises. The agency revised AbbVie's outlook to stable from positive, highlighting continued above-peer earnings growth despite Humira's patent expiration pressures …
Moody's has affirmed Coty Inc.'s Ba1 corporate family rating but moved the outlook from stable to negative after the beauty company reported weaker-than-anticipated operating performance. While Moody's highlighted Coty's ability to generate free cash flow and potential interest-cost relief from debt paydown tied to the Wella sale, the rating agency…
S&P Global Ratings raised Birkenstock's corporate credit rating to BB+ from BB with a stable outlook, pointing to strong operating performance, improving leverage and consistent free cash flow that support continued investment and a planned buyback program. The agency published revenue, margin and cash flow forecasts through fiscal 2027 while flagg…
The Gateway Development Commission announced that construction on the $16 billion Hudson Tunnel Project will be suspended at 5 p.m. ET on Friday after federal reimbursements have been withheld for four months. The pause follows an administration decision not to lift a funding freeze tied to a request to rename two major transportation hubs. Officia…
U.K. equities finished the session higher, driven by strength in the Mining, Construction & Materials and Banking sectors. The Investing.com United Kingdom 100 closed up 0.60%, with International Consolidated Airlines Group among the best performers while Relx recorded the steepest decline. Commodities and currency moves included gains in gold and …
Portugal's benchmark PSI index rose 1.27% to reach a new five-year high at the close on Friday, driven by advances in the Industrials, Financials and Utilities sectors. Notable winners included Mota Engil, Ibersol and Galp Energia, while The Navigator Company was the heaviest decliner. Commodities and currency markets showed mixed moves, with Brent…
The AEX closed higher on Friday, rising 1.04% as broad gains in Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials lifted the market. ArcelorMittal reached a five-year high, while several information and publishing names registered declines and three-year lows. Commodity and currency markets also moved, with crude, Brent and gold posting gains and the U.S…
Italian equities finished the session modestly higher, driven by advances in Industrials, Oil & Gas and Telecoms. The Italy 40 index rose 0.13% at the close in Milan. Prysmian, Buzzi Unicem and Telecom Italia were among the top performers, while Stellantis plunged and ended at five-year lows. Commodity prices climbed, with crude and Brent oil highe…
Germany's equity market ended mixed on Friday. The DAX rose 0.93% as advances in Technology, Industrials and Food & Beverages outpaced declines in Construction, Chemicals and Telecoms. Market breadth favored gainers, volatility on DAX options hit a one-month high, and several key commodities moved higher.
Paris equities ended the session higher as strength in Industrials, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas propelled the CAC 40 up 0.43%. Market breadth was negative overall, with more decliners than advancers, while several large-cap names marked new multi-year highs and lows. Commodities rallied, oil and gold climbed, and the CAC 40 VIX set a new 52-week …
Belgian equities closed slightly lower on Friday, with the BEL 20 slipping 0.14% as losses in Healthcare, Beverage and Travel & Leisure weighed on the benchmark. While several large-cap names finished the session higher and some reached multi-period highs, notable declines in biotech and pharmaceutical names contributed to the overall weakness. Mar…
Waymo said it is using DeepMind’s Genie 3 AI model to power a new Waymo World Model that produces highly detailed virtual driving scenarios. The system generates both camera and lidar data from simple prompts and builds on Genie 3’s pre-training to reproduce rare events and edge cases for training the Waymo Driver.
