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Morocco's main equities gauge finished Friday in negative territory, with the Moroccan All Shares index falling 1.25% at the close in Casablanca. Losses were concentrated in the Utilities, Banking and Mining sectors even as a handful of miners and related companies recorded notable gains. Market breadth favored decliners, and commodity and currency…
Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) saw its stock fall about 7% on Friday after a short report from Hunterbrook criticized the valuation of software-related loans in the business development company’s portfolio and raised doubts over the sustainability of its dividend. The report cites concentrated exposure to software debt, rising payment-in-kind (PIK) r…
VNET Group Inc. (NASDAQ:VNET) saw its stock decline 6.9% after revealing a private placement of 81.0 million newly issued Class A ordinary shares to institutional investors. The offering is priced at $1.70 per Class A share - $10.20 per American Depositary Share, with each ADS representing six Class A shares - and is projected to generate gross pro…
The United States plans to put forward an American candidate to serve as executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme, a State Department spokesperson said. The announcement follows Cindy McCain's statement that she will step down from the leadership role in three months because her health has not fully recovered after a mild strok…
California officials have opened a probe of Paramount Global’s winning bid for Warner Bros Discovery and signaled they will scrutinize the takeover aggressively. While Paramount’s political ties to the federal administration are expected to ease the path through Washington, state-level concerns over job losses and the local economic impact could po…
Norwegian equities ended the trading session higher with the Oslo OBX advancing 1.02% to a fresh all-time high. Strength in Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities supported the market. Subsea 7 SA was the session's top gainer, while Norwegian Air Shuttle and several large-cap names lagged. Commodity and FX mov…
Israel's benchmark index finished higher on Friday, driven by gains in banking, financial and insurance stocks. The TA-35 ended the session up 0.65% as several large-cap names rallied to new highs while others slipped, and commodities and currency markets showed notable moves during the session. Market breadth was positive, with more advancing than…
Jefferies downgraded Sunrun Inc. from Buy to Hold while maintaining a $22 price target, citing management's conservative 2026 guidance and a renewed emphasis on balance-sheet preservation. The brokerage highlighted softer expected volume growth, muted cash generation and continued tightening in tax equity markets, contrasting Sunrun’s guarded outlo…
Greece's Athens General Composite dropped 1.15% at the close on Friday, driven by declines in the Banking, Telecoms and Household sectors. Broad sell-side pressure left 97 stocks lower versus 24 that rose, while 11 shares finished unchanged. Notable winners included Viohalco and Cenergy, both reaching all-time highs, while Ekter, National Bank of G…
OneMedNet Corporation's stock jumped 90% on Friday after the company announced a new phase of its commercial launch for a Real-World Data Platform powered by Palantir Foundry. The firm said it is converting trial evaluations into paid, multi-year subscriptions following demonstrations at major tradeshows on November 10, 2025, and that these contrac…
Bank of America analyst Justin Post says investor concern about Agentic AI has pressured internet stocks - the group is down about 17% on average this year - yet certain companies retain advantages that make them harder for AI-driven tools to displace. BofA highlights DoorDash, Take-Two Interactive and Chewy as the names best positioned to withstan…
CarMax Inc. (NYSE:KMX) climbed 1.7% after unveiling the first U.S. auto retail app in the ChatGPT app store. The integration allows conversational vehicle searches across a nationwide inventory exceeding 45,000 cars and provides sellers with instant access to CarMax offer valuations and its online offer tool.
Friday’s trading session produced marked volatility across market-cap tiers, with several mega-cap names moving sharply and a mix of large-, mid- and small-cap companies registering outsized gains and losses. Netflix and Dell were among the notable winners, while a number of financials and small-cap stocks posted steep declines. The list below iden…
TuHURA Biosciences shares climbed 7.4% on Friday after the company received written confirmation from Nasdaq that it has regained compliance with the exchange's $1.00 minimum bid price requirement. The notice followed an 11-business-day stretch in which the closing bid for TuHURA common stock remained at or above $1.00, covering the period from Feb…
Turkey's benchmark BIST 100 finished the Friday session down 1.16% in Istanbul, led by declines in the Telecoms, Holdings & Investments and Wood, Paper & Printing sectors. Decliners outnumbered advancers by a wide margin as several large-cap names posted double-digit percentage falls, while select small- and mid-cap stocks recorded gains. Commoditi…
ThomasLloyd Climate Solutions, a Swiss company focused on renewable energy, has struck a deal to merge with Roman DBDR, a U.S.-listed special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), with plans to list on Nasdaq after the merger completes in the second half of 2026. The combined entity could reach a valuation of $1.5 billion, and the company cites risin…
Veea Inc. reported a 21.6% share gain on Friday after unveiling TerraFabric, a control plane intended to orchestrate distributed edge environments. The platform supports AI workloads, policy enforcement, and software lifecycle operations across fleets of devices and is available for early pilot deployments either standalone or integrated into VeeaO…
British cinema operators reacted with cautious relief after Paramount Skydance emerged ahead of Netflix in the contest to acquire Warner Bros Discovery. While operators said the result removes some immediate uncertainty, they remain worried that consolidation of major studios could lead to job losses and a reduced number of films given full theatri…
Shares of major U.S. carriers moved lower after jet fuel prices climbed, with United Airlines falling 6.7%, Delta Air Lines down 5.8% and American Airlines slipping 6.3%. The moves reflect investor concern that rising fuel costs - a substantial component of airline operating expenses - will compress profit margins across the sector.
Senior officials across federal procurement and defense raised safety and alignment concerns about xAI’s chatbot Grok in recent months. Despite memos and internal warnings that Grok could be overly sycophantic, susceptible to biased data, and pose a system-level risk, the Pentagon authorized its use in classified settings after assurances from xAI …
Wall Street analysts trimmed ratings and price targets for Duolingo after the language learning company said its first-quarter and 2026 bookings outlook would come in below expectations. The company signaled a strategic move away from near-term monetization gains toward faster user growth, including broader rollout of its AI-powered "Video Call wit…
Citi lowered its rating on Dollar Tree to Neutral from Buy, saying the shares’ sharp rebound has trimmed potential upside despite encouraging operational momentum. The bank expects a robust fourth-quarter print on March 16 and projects fiscal 2026 guidance that broadly brackets Street expectations, but highlighted softer foot-traffic trends and a s…
Avalon GloboCare Corp. shares plunged 22.7% on Friday following the announcement of a dilutive private placement priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules. The company agreed to issue 6,372,550 shares (or pre-funded warrants) and matching Series A-1 and A-2 warrants, each tied to 6,372,550 shares, at $0.51 per unit. Gross proceeds are expected to tot…
Shares of major lenders and asset managers slid after the collapse of Market Financial Solutions Ltd. raised concerns about double pledging and uncovered a large shortfall in collateral backing loans. Market participants are parsing exposure among banks and direct lenders who had provided financing to the failed UK mortgage firm.
Bakkt Holdings priced a registered direct offering that is expected to generate roughly $48.1 million in gross proceeds, prompting a roughly 5.8% drop in the companys stock. The deal includes Class A common shares and pre-funded warrants sold to one institutional investor and is slated to close on or around March 2, 2026, subject to customary condi…
