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Options activity in Boston Scientific spiked sharply on September 1, with 118,890 contracts traded by 2:30 p.m., more than 95% of which were calls. The largest single structure was a 100,144-contract December vertical call spread using the December 18, 2026 $60 and $75 strikes. Open interest prior to the trades was far smaller, indicating fresh ins…
Options trading in Argan Inc spiked to a record 5,340 contracts on September 1, with calls accounting for over 95% of the flow. The unusual concentration of activity - including 4,000 contracts in three September 18 call strikes - occurred as the stock slid 4.95% to $403.94. Despite a modest fall in implied volatility, measures remain high and opti…
EU antitrust authorities have circulated a questionnaire to publishers asking whether they would use Google's proposed opt-out from AI-generated search summaries and what factors would affect that decision. Responses may shape the outcome of an EU investigation into whether Google’s AI features and related search changes harm competition or imprope…
Several large technology and consumer-facing firms are scheduled to report quarterly results on Wednesday, September 2. The most prominent names include Broadcom, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Snowflake, NetApp and Five Below. A broader group of companies across materials, apparel, software and retail also carry estimates for earnings per share and r…
CrowdStrike is expanding its Falcon security platform within Google Cloud’s enterprise AI environment to give organizations protections for AI runtime risks, integrate threat intelligence into Gemini Enterprise workflows, and offer regional deployments aligned with hyperscaler preferences and operational needs.
Howmet Aerospace shares rose 3.3% on Tuesday after analysts reiterated bullish views, arguing that recent price weakness following SpaceX’s announcement represents a buying opportunity. Bernstein SocGen Group’s Douglas Harned and Citi’s John Godyn maintained constructive ratings and high price targets while noting the uncertainty around SpaceX’s ab…
MicroStrategy (MSTR) presents a stronger Bitcoin-correlated upside but carries sharper volatility and negative free cash flow. Coinbase Global (COIN) delivers positive free cash flow and an exchange-based business, yet its fair value and analyst-target upside trail MSTR and its recent revenue contracted.
Interactive Brokers Group shares dropped after UBS analyst Michael Brown initiated coverage with a Neutral rating and a $102 price target, citing a valuation that already embeds much of the company's competitive strengths and anticipated earnings growth through 2030. UBS forecasts low-teens EPS growth to 2030 and expects margins to remain in the hi…
Nestlé has reached agreement to sell its mainstream vitamins, minerals and supplements business - the Holistic Health portfolio - to private equity firm Yellow Wood Partners for $1.0 billion. The transaction, which requires regulatory approval, is slated to close in the first half of 2027 and transfers seven established consumer brands along with a…
Goldman Sachs refreshed its conviction lists for September, adding and removing several stocks in the U.S. and Europe. In the U.S., Vertex Pharmaceuticals was added while Interactive Brokers was removed, keeping the U.S. list at 23 names. In Europe, RWE, Adyen and Talanx were added as Enel, Wise, Hannover Re and Zalando were taken off. Analysts cit…
J.P. Morgan analyst Sebastiano C Petti published his September rankings for cable, satellite and telecom services equities, leaving AT&T as the top recommendation. The firm’s list weighs build programs, spectrum opportunity and subscriber trends, and includes upgraded conviction for Anterix and a view that the recent T-Mobile pullback presents a bu…
Shares of Apollo Global Management slid after Brightspeed, a broadband company backed by Apollo-managed funds, disclosed a going-concern warning and weaker quarterly revenue, prompting investor concern about potential losses in Apollo’s private equity holdings. Apollo’s simultaneous conversion of a Oneok stake into structured debt to support a take…
Belgian stocks finished lower on Tuesday, with the BEL 20 falling 0.07% at the Brussels close. Sector losses in Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials weighed on the market, although several individual components, notably in healthcare and logistics, posted gains. Trading breadth favored decliners, with commodity and currency moves showing mix…
French equities closed lower on Tuesday, with the benchmark CAC 40 easing 0.39% to a one-month low and the broader SBF 120 down 0.37%. Sector losses in Technology, Consumer Goods and Industrials outpaced gains, though select energy and industrials stocks led the winners. Market breadth showed more decliners than advancers, and the CAC 40 VIX hit a …
Germany's major equity benchmarks finished lower, led by weakness in Software, Construction and Industrials. The DAX closed down 1.14%, with the MDAX and TecDAX also registering declines. A handful of insurers and industrials outperformed, while large-cap technology and defense names were among the heaviest decliners. Commodity moves included a dro…
U.K. equities closed lower on Tuesday, with the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 falling 0.31% as losses in mining, aerospace and defense, and industrial engineering weighed on the market. Major movers included BP, Reckitt Benckiser and Rentokil Initial on the upside, while Antofagasta, Weir Group and Fresnillo ranked among the session's biggest de…
Altruist has deployed an AI-powered financial planning agent inside its Hazel platform days after Vanguard disclosed a takeover. The feature creates strategies across six advisory areas, routes numeric work through calculation engines rather than generative models, and operates under zero-data-retention rules. Altruist will offer the capability to …
Swedish equity markets closed lower on Tuesday, with the OMX Stockholm 30 slipping 1.29% as industrials, basic materials and oil & gas sectors underperformed. A larger number of listings fell than rose, while crude and Brent oil advanced and gold futures retreated. Currency moves were modest, with EUR/SEK essentially flat and USD/SEK ticking higher…
Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has suspended the use and sale of Tavneos to new patients after determining that the main clinical trial supporting its approval contained unreliable data. CSL Vifor markets the drug in the UK; Amgen holds U.S. rights. The MHRA will revoke the product’s UK approval on March 1, 202…
TCL has sued Samsung in federal court in Los Angeles, alleging that Samsung falsely advertised certain M Model televisions as using Mini LED technology. The complaint claims Samsung repurposed standard LED models and labeled them as Mini LED, harming TCL’s sales and goodwill. TCL is seeking a court order to block Samsung’s use of the Mini LED label…
Tesla released driving data from five European countries showing supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD) vehicles were involved in 4.1 times fewer collisions than manually driven Tesla cars over more than 100 million km of driving between April and August. The company published an open-source safety dashboard and urged EU member states to back broader a…
Morocco's stock market closed lower on Tuesday, with the Moroccan All Shares index slipping 0.38% as losses in the Utilities, Banking and Mining sectors pressured the bourse. Market breadth was negative, with more than one stock falling for every advancing issue. Commodity moves were mixed: crude and Brent oil strengthened while gold futures declin…
A coalition of 21 financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Citi and Deutsche Bank, intends to form a company this year to issue a dollar-pegged stablecoin in the first half of 2027. The group, initially unveiled in October 2025 with 10 banks, also plans to prioritize euro-linked stablecoins and will face competition from a …
Citi placed Kroger on a short-term downside catalyst watch ahead of the grocer's second-quarter results on Sept. 11, citing a sustained price offensive from Walmart funded in part by a roughly $3 billion tariff refund. The bank expects in-line Q2 results but anticipates more conservative guidance from Kroger management and has trimmed its full-year…
Fervo Energy Company saw a surge in options trading and a sharp stock move after announcing a large power purchase agreement with Google. Call volume exploded to more than 15,000 contracts as the stock climbed 25.8% to $19.35, signaling heavy bullish positioning. Market measures of volatility and skew rose sharply, and analysts' metrics show a wide…
