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Tadawul Climbs as Construction and Real Estate Names Lead Gains

Tadawul Climbs as Construction and Real Estate Names Lead Gains

Saudi Arabia's equity market closed higher on Tuesday, with the Tadawul All Share index rising 0.99% to reach a new one-month high. Strength in Building & Construction, Real Estate Development and Industrial Investment stocks supported the advance, while mining, paper manufacturing and cement names posted the day’s largest declines. Commodity and c…

Helix Acquisition Corp. III Completes $172.5 Million IPO, Lists on Nasdaq

Helix Acquisition Corp. III Completes $172.5 Million IPO, Lists on Nasdaq

Helix Acquisition Corp. III completed its initial public offering at $10 per share, selling 17.25 million Class A ordinary shares and raising $172.5 million. The offering included the full exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option and was accompanied by a private placement to the company's sponsor. The company, formed as a special purpose…

Stocks Mixed Ahead of Fed Meeting; Airlines, Auto and Logistics Names Move in Premarket

Stocks Mixed Ahead of Fed Meeting; Airlines, Auto and Logistics Names Move in Premarket

U.S. stock futures opened mixed as markets awaited the next Federal Reserve policy meeting and corporate earnings continued to drive premarket swings. Airline, auto, consumer goods, defense, healthcare and logistics stocks featured among the largest movers, with some companies reporting stronger-than-expected results and outlooks while others poste…

Goldman Sachs' Risk Appetite Gauge Hits Peak Not Seen Since 2021

Goldman Sachs' Risk Appetite Gauge Hits Peak Not Seen Since 2021

Goldman Sachs analyst Andrea Ferrario reports that the firm's Risk Appetite Indicator (RAI) rose to 1.09, its highest reading since 2021 and in the 98th percentile since 1991. The increase reflects broad-based risk-on positioning across global markets, driven mainly by the bank's PC1 "Global growth" factor and supported by a majority of the RAI's i…

DigitalOcean Shares Surge on Momentum Around Clawdbot AI Agent

DigitalOcean Shares Surge on Momentum Around Clawdbot AI Agent

DigitalOcean's stock climbed 8% on Tuesday, extending a 9% gain from Monday, as investor focus turned to the company's suitability for hosting Clawdbot, an open-source AI agent framework. Developers have posted deployment guides for running Clawdbot on DigitalOcean servers, and analysts note rising traction for agentic AI assistants. Cloudflare als…