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Saudi Arabia's stock market closed higher on Thursday, with the Tadawul All Share index up 0.27% as gains in Industrial Investment, Energy & Utilities and Insurance sectors supported the advance. Several individual stocks recorded double-digit percentage moves while market breadth was narrowly positive. Crude oil and Brent futures surged, and t…
China SXT Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Nasdaq-listed traditional Chinese medicine company, announced a $9 million registered direct offering involving 4.5 million units at $2.00 per unit to institutional investors. Each unit includes one Class A ordinary share and a warrant exercisable at $3.20. The offering is expected to close July 24, 2025, to suppor…
Initial claims for U.S. state unemployment benefits declined by 22,000 to a seasonally adjusted 187,000 for the week ended July 18, below Reuters economists' forecasts of 212,000. The report, which covers the survey week for the July national employment report, also showed a fall in people on jobless benefit rolls to 1.796 million in the week ended…
India's crude processing at refineries rose by 1% in June from the previous month to 5.44 million barrels per day, equal to the level recorded a year earlier. The increase translated to 22.26 million metric tons processed. At the same time, imports fell by more than 12% from May to 19.59 million metric tons, and several shipments were interrupted a…
Harley-Davidson posted a year-over-year decline in second-quarter profit and revenue, citing higher raw material costs, an unfavorable product mix and foreign exchange effects that squeezed gross margins. Under CEO Artie Starrs, the company continued to pivot from large touring motorcycles toward lighter, more affordable models as part of its 'Back…
Eos Energy Enterprises has exceeded its $250 million equity raise target for Frontier Power USA, a joint venture with Cerberus and Hudson Bay Capital to develop and operate zinc-based long-duration energy storage projects. The $263 million gross proceeds, combined with debt financing, are expected to support over $1 billion in deployable capital fo…
Roper Technologies jumped 5.5% in pre-market trading after reporting second-quarter 2026 results ahead of estimates. Adjusted EPS and revenue both beat consensus, management lifted full-year adjusted EPS guidance, and cash flow and buyback activity were notable drivers of investor demand despite recent analyst downgrades and price-target trims.
U.S. equity futures turned down on Thursday morning as investors digested a wave of technology earnings and monitored rising tensions in the Middle East that have driven oil above $98 a barrel. Nasdaq 100 futures led the retreat, while Alphabet and Tesla saw notable premarket share drops after reporting large capital expenditures and negative free …
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. shares climbed sharply in pre-market trading after the company reported second-quarter 2026 results that exceeded analyst expectations on both earnings and revenue, raised full-year adjusted EPS guidance, and provided third-quarter guidance above Wall Street models. The rally was company-specific as major U.S. inde…
Quest Diagnostics rallied sharply in pre-market trading after reporting second-quarter adjusted EPS and revenue that exceeded Wall Street estimates, and after the company raised its full-year 2026 guidance. An analyst price-target increase and a continued pattern of earnings outperformance amplified the move, pushing the stock past its previous 52-…
Eos Energy Enterprises announced the expiration and partial results of its rights offering, with subscriptions received for about 25% of the units offered, raising $37.7 million. This contributes to a combined $263 million raised in support of Frontier Power USA, exceeding initial targets and expected to back over $1 billion in deployable project c…
Tesla reported mixed Q2 results: revenue exceeded expectations by $2.7 billion while earnings per share fell short, prompting a sharp pre-market decline. The company is being valued like a robotics and AI platform despite automotive margins and ROIC slipping, and management signaled large, multi-year capital commitments for Robotaxi, Optimus, semic…
RBC Capital Markets raised its rating on Equinor ASA to sector perform from underperform and increased its price target to NOK420 from NOK360, driven by a more constructive outlook for European gas. The bank switched to a blended 50/50 valuation approach, narrowed commodity assumptions and cut near-term earnings estimates while highlighting Equinor…
Wolfe Research upgraded AT&T from Peer Perform to Outperform, assigning a $29 price target and arguing that improving operating trends, robust cash generation and an appealing valuation more than offset competition risks posed by SpaceX's Starlink. The firm raised certain 2026 forecasts and outlined a path to higher EPS by 2028, while noting meanin…
VCI Global Limited (NASDAQ: VCIG) has launched VGAIN Cloud, a sovereign AI cloud platform in Malaysia featuring post-quantum-ready encryption and NVIDIA Blackwell-class GPUs. The platform targets enterprises, government-linked organizations, and regulated industries requiring secure, high-performance AI computing. Initially deployed in Selangor wit…
20/20 BioLabs has entered into a 120-day standstill agreement with Streeterville Capital that restricts conversion of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock into common shares unless the common stock price exceeds a defined price threshold by at least 10%. This aims to mitigate potential dilution risks in the near term while maintaining existing righ…
Timothy M. O’Reilly, a portfolio manager at Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust (NYSE:IQI), has increased his beneficial ownership by purchasing 780 common shares on July 17, 2026. The transaction, executed through a joint account, brings his total holdings to 6,281.567 shares. This insider activity occurs as the trust trades near its 52-week hi…
The European Central Bank kept its key deposit rate at 2.25%, citing significant uncertainty tied to an energy price shock related to the ongoing war in the Middle East. While headline inflation in the 21-member euro area is near 3% annually, the bank said the full impact of higher energy costs on prices and wages has not yet materialized. The ECB …
Catastrophe bond issuance reached $17.6 billion in the first half of 2026, the largest half-year total on record, supported by strong investor demand, attractive all-in yields versus expected losses and traditional fixed-income returns, and a relatively calm catastrophe environment. Total outstanding notional rose to $64.8 billion by June 30, 2026,…
Kearny Financial Corp. announced fiscal year 2026 net income of $36.3 million, a 39% increase over the prior year, driven by expanded net interest margins, loan and deposit growth, and successful execution of strategic initiatives. The company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.11 per share. Investments in commercial banking, treasury managem…
Star Bulk Carriers Corp., a global dry bulk shipping company traded on Nasdaq under the ticker SBLK, announced it will release its Q2 2026 financial results after market close on August 5, 2026. Management will host a conference call and webcast on August 6 to discuss the results. The company operates a diverse fleet of 138 vessels transporting maj…
ENvue Medical announced an additional deployment of its ENvue™ Navigation Platform at a leading academic medical center in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, signaling increasing clinical adoption. The ENvue platform provides real-time bedside visualization for feeding tube placement, aiming to improve patient safety and clinical decision-making. This exp…
Intelligent Bio Solutions has completed remediation of cybersecurity and software vulnerabilities following independent penetration testing, positioning the company to submit its FDA 510(k) notification for its fingerprint-based drug screening system in the second half of 2026. This milestone advances its planned entry into the U.S. drug screening …
Bridger Aerospace, a US-based aerial firefighting company, has leased two of its Super Scooper aircraft to Avincis, Europe's leading emergency aerial service provider. These aircraft are now deployed in Portugal to help combat an intense wildfire season. This marks Bridger's first revenue-generating operations in Europe, highlighting increasing glo…
HF Foods Group Inc., a Nasdaq-listed US-based Asian foodservice distributor, has agreed to acquire Canadian ethnic and specialty frozen seafood importer and distributor Searay Foods for approximately US$35 million. This marks HF Foods' first international expansion and is expected to be immediately accretive to margins and earnings. The transaction…
