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GCT Semiconductor Climbs After Licensing Deal to Embed 5G/4G Chipsets in Satellite Provider Devices

GCT Semiconductor Climbs After Licensing Deal to Embed 5G/4G Chipsets in Satellite Provider Devices

GCT Semiconductor’s shares rose sharply in premarket trading after the company disclosed a licensing agreement with a major satellite communications provider to integrate GCT’s 5G and 4G chipsets into the provider’s user equipment. The arrangement includes plans for the satellite partner to adopt GCT’s newly released 5G chipset for direct-to-satell…

Software Stocks Slide in Premarket as Microsoft, SAP Updates Temper Cloud and AI Optimism

Software Stocks Slide in Premarket as Microsoft, SAP Updates Temper Cloud and AI Optimism

Software equities tumbled in premarket U.S. trading after earnings-related updates from Microsoft and SAP raised investor concerns about the sustainability of cloud and AI-driven spending. Microsoft sank roughly 7% despite reporting quarterly results above expectations, while SAP dropped about 16% after its cloud backlog and 2026 cloud revenue outl…

PulteGroup Q4 Profit and Revenue Decline as Homebuyer Demand Lags

PulteGroup Q4 Profit and Revenue Decline as Homebuyer Demand Lags

PulteGroup reported a decline in fourth-quarter profit and revenue as incentive-driven demand and elevated costs compressed margins. The builder cited weaker consumer confidence even as lower interest rates and improved pricing dynamics modestly eased affordability compared with a year earlier. Revenue fell 6% year-over-year and earnings missed ana…

Tadawul slips as media, construction and energy stocks weigh on index

Tadawul slips as media, construction and energy stocks weigh on index

Saudi Arabia's benchmark Tadawul All Share closed down 0.66%, driven by losses in Media & Publishing, Building & Construction and Energy & Utilities. Decliners markedly outnumbered advancers, while select miners and healthcare names posted gains. Oil and gold moved higher during the session and major forex pairs tied to the riyal were largely uncha…

Venu Shares Rally After Company Shelves Proposed $75 Million Offering

Venu Shares Rally After Company Shelves Proposed $75 Million Offering

Venu Holding Corporation's stock rose 22% on Thursday after the company terminated a previously announced public offering of common stock. The upscale live music venue developer had planned a $75 million offering announced on January 27 but cancelled it after management concluded market conditions would not produce terms favorable to shareholders. …

Stifel Picks Three UK Tech Names for 2026 as Sector Conditions Improve

Stifel Picks Three UK Tech Names for 2026 as Sector Conditions Improve

Stifel expects the UK technology sector to enter 2026 from a stronger position as macro pressures ease, customer budgets recover and corporate priorities shift toward profitable growth rather than pure revenue expansion. The broker highlights three companies - Kainos Group, Seeing Machines and Concurrent Technologies - that combine exposure to stru…

RBC Lowers OMV to Underperform Citing Multi-Segment Earnings Pressure

RBC Lowers OMV to Underperform Citing Multi-Segment Earnings Pressure

RBC Capital Markets cut its rating on OMV AG to 'underperform' from 'sector perform' and trimmed its price target to €46 from €50, pointing to near-term headwinds across chemicals, European gas exposure and refining. The bank also reduced its 2026 net income forecast and now values OMV at a modest premium to peers on an EV/DACF basis while showing …

Copper miners rally as metal tops $14,000 a ton amid speculative buying and strong demand expectations

Copper miners rally as metal tops $14,000 a ton amid speculative buying and strong demand expectations

Copper mining equities jumped Thursday after the industrial metal surged to fresh record levels above $14,000 a metric ton. The London Metal Exchange three-month contract rose sharply during Asian trading before trimming gains, while the Shanghai most-active contract closed notably higher. Analysts point to speculative buying, expectations of robus…

Unicycive Shares Rise After FDA Accepts Resubmitted NDA for OLC

Unicycive Shares Rise After FDA Accepts Resubmitted NDA for OLC

Unicycive Therapeutics saw its stock climb after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepted the company's resubmitted New Drug Application for oxylanthanum carbonate (OLC). The agency classified the filing as a Class II complete response with a six-month review window and set a PDUFA target action date of June 27, 2026. Unicycive reported $41.3…