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Denmark's benchmark OMX Copenhagen 20 finished the session higher, buoyed by advances in Personal & Household Goods, Consumer Goods and Oil & Gas sectors. Market breadth favored risers over decliners, while oil prices climbed and select currency and futures benchmarks moved higher during the trading day.
Directors removed from Ben & Jerry’s independent board have filed a challenge in U.S. federal court contesting The Magnum Ice Cream Company’s attempts to install new board members. The filing disputes Magnum’s claim that it can name an independent board chair and frames the conflict as part of a broader legal battle over the brand’s autonomy that h…
U.S. equity mutual funds and ETFs recorded net inflows in the week ending January 28, reversing the prior week's redemptions and driven by optimism ahead of major technology company earnings. Sector-specific funds logged their largest weekly net investments since at least 2022, while bond and money-market funds also attracted fresh capital.
Eli Lilly said it will construct a $3.5 billion pharmaceutical plant in Pennsylvania to produce injectable weight-loss medicines, including retatrutide. The facility - the company’s fourth new U.S. site in a multi-site expansion - is slated to begin construction in 2026 and become operational in 2031. The investment, chosen from more than 300 appli…
Sandisk shares surged after the data storage company issued a fiscal third-quarter revenue and profit forecast well above analyst expectations and extended a key flash-chip supply pact. The move, fueled by strong AI-related demand for data storage, coincided with broader gains across memory chipmakers even as supply constraints persist.
Norwegian equities closed higher on Friday with the Oslo OBX index rising 0.22% to a fresh record high. Gains were driven by the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities sectors. Frontline Ltd and Cmb.Tech NV reached 52-week highs, while several industrial names paced the session's declines. Key commodity and cu…
Verizon reported a surge in fourth-quarter retail wireless additions driven by heavy device and bundle promotions, prompting the company to raise its 2026 adjusted earnings and free cash flow targets above market expectations. Management also announced a multiyear $25 billion share repurchase program and set a robust subscriber-growth target for 20…
Israel's benchmark TA-35 index closed up 0.62% on Friday, with strength concentrated in Financials, Insurance and Banking. Tower Semiconductor, Nova and Harel were the session's top performers, while Next Vision, Enlight Renewable Energy and Elbit Systems were among the largest decliners. Market breadth showed more falling issues than rising ones, …
Through the week ending January 28, global equity funds recorded a third straight week of net inflows totalling $33.39 billion, driven by optimistic earnings expectations. European funds led regional inflows, while U.S. and Asian equities also saw substantial additions. Safe-haven assets including global bond, short-term bond, money market and gold…
Greek equities ended the session lower on Friday, with the Athens General Composite slipping 0.85% as losses in the Telecoms, Household and Basic Resources sectors weighed on the market. A subset of stocks posted gains, while broader market breadth favored decliners. Commodity and currency contracts showed sizeable moves during the day.
Apeira Capital founding partner Natalie Hwang warns that as AI shifts from experimentation to mass-market use, the economics of operating inference at scale - including power efficiency, cost per inference, and system utilization - will eclipse model size as the central competitive factor. Energy availability and deployment feasibility are expected…
Advanced Micro Devices shares dropped Friday amid reports the company’s next-generation MI450-series AI accelerators could be delayed. The decline reached as much as 6% before trimming losses to about 3% after a Wells Fargo analyst disputed the delay claims and pointed to evidence that development on TSMC’s N2 (2nm) process remains on track.
Equities across market-cap tiers experienced significant intraday moves on Friday. Notable rallies included Tesla and several small- and mid-cap names, while chip-equipment and software firms posted declines. The session featured outsized percentage changes spanning mega-cap giants to micro-cap stocks.
Turkey's BIST 100 closed modestly higher, rising 0.05% to a record level as strength in Banking, Financials and Holdings & Investments stocks supported the market. Individual winners included Sekerbank TAS, Kiler Holding AS and Akbank TAS, all of which climbed to all-time highs. Market breadth was uneven, with more decliners than advancers. Commodi…
Shares of Unity Software, Take-Two Interactive and Roblox fell sharply after Alphabet unveiled Project Genie, an experimental AI tool designed to create interactive virtual worlds. The prototype, powered by the Genie 3 world model and being made available to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S., lets users generate and remix immersive environmen…
Netflix shares are trading more than 35% below their June 2025 high, prompting investor scrutiny around near-term profitability, user engagement trends and the strategic implications of a possible Warner Bros. Discovery deal. Bernstein frames the debate around three core issues: 2026 margin expectations, changes in viewer consumption, and the poten…
Moroccan equities closed lower on Friday, with the Moroccan All Shares index down 1.52%. Gains among select insurers and industrial firms were offset by steep losses in major mining names. Market breadth favored decliners, while oil, gold and currency moves showed mixed signals across commodities and foreign exchange.
Morgan Stanley highlights a set of application software firms it views as well-positioned for 2026, citing resilient growth, platform momentum, and potential upside from AI-enabled product engagement. While broad estimate upgrades remain limited, the firm points to specific opportunities where multiple expansion, product adoption, or operational le…
Parazero Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:PRZO) saw its shares increase 5.8% on Friday after the company disclosed that it had received a second significant order from the same major global defense corporation for operational interception net-pods. The systems are intended to kinetically neutralize aerial drone threats while minimizing collateral damage, a…
Orion Energy Systems Inc. said it will offer 500,000 shares at $14.00 per share in a public offering expected to raise roughly $7.0 million in gross proceeds. The company plans to use most of the funds to pay down debt under its existing credit agreement, with the remainder allocated to working capital and general corporate purposes. Following the …
Starbucks' 2026 investor day presented a roadmap toward fiscal 2028 objectives that analysts at Bernstein and Morgan Stanley judged credible and, in Bernstein's words, largely beatable. The company outlined a fiscal 2028 EPS range of $3.35 to $4, a $2 billion gross savings target and initiatives aimed at lifting customer checks through food and pro…
Wolfe Research increased its Nvidia price target to $275 from $250, based on supply-chain checks and modeling that emphasize rack-scale deployments, rising average selling prices and persistent gross margins. The firm projects substantial Blackwell and Rubin rack volumes, strong GPU unit growth through 2027, and very large data center revenue figur…
Jiuzi Holdings saw its Nasdaq-listed shares decline in premarket trading after announcing a $30 million investment from Xinhui Solar Technology Group to develop electric vehicle charging infrastructure and new energy vehicle service networks across Southeast Asia. The capital will be paired with co-development efforts and local resources aimed at a…
Nuwellis Inc. shares fell about 17% in premarket trading after the company named Carisa Schultz as its new chief financial officer, effective February 2, 2026. The cardiorenal-focused medtech firm also disclosed an agreement to acquire Israeli kidney-monitoring company Rendiatech Ltd., announced Thursday evening.
London’s FTSE 100 recorded a modest gain on Friday as investors digested U.S. President Donald Trump’s nomination of Kevin Warsh for the Federal Reserve’s top job. European indices also advanced, while the pound weakened below $1.38. Market participants parsed a mix of corporate developments in the U.K. and broader monetary policy signals ahead of …
