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Biogen Inc. shares fell nearly 9% after Phase 2 CELIA results for its Alzheimer’s candidate, diranersen, delivered striking reductions in tau biomarkers but failed to show a dose-dependent clinical benefit on the CDR-SB. The trial produced a paradoxical outcome in which the lowest dose produced the largest clinical signal, while higher doses produc…
Switch has engaged Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase to lead a potential initial public offering that could raise as much as $10 billion and value the company at roughly $80 billion including debt. The firm, which runs large-scale campuses for energy-intensive AI computing and counts Nvidia, Dell and FedEx among customers, was taken private in 2022 …
Options markets are pricing in a potential 6.4% share-price move for Ally Financial Inc. (NYSE: ALLY) ahead of the company's July 21 earnings release, according to options data compiled by Bloomberg. Historical reactions to earnings have often differed from options-implied moves, with Ally exceeding the implied move in three of its last eight repor…
Morocco's equity market ended Tuesday with modest losses, as weakness in the Utilities, Banking and Mining sectors pushed the Moroccan All Shares index down 0.18% to a fresh one-month low. Market breadth favored sellers, with 41 decliners versus 16 gainers. Commodity and currency moves were mixed, with August crude slightly lower, Brent higher and …
Boeing delivered 64 jetliners in June and 314 aircraft in the first half of the year, marking a 12% year-over-year increase and the company's highest first-half delivery total since 2018. The planemaker is ramping 737 MAX output and logged net new orders in June, but still trails Airbus in overall H1 deliveries.
Norwegian equities closed higher on Tuesday, with the Oslo OBX rising 0.85%. Gains were concentrated in Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities sectors. Norsk Hydro, Hoegh Autoliners and Frontline were among the session's top performers, while Norwegian Air Shuttle, Subsea 7 and Nel were the largest decliners. …
Israel's equity market closed higher, with the TA 35 index up 0.69% as technology, communications and real estate sectors posted rallies. Tower Semiconductor, Enlight Renewable Energy and Camtek were among the top gainers, while Teva Pharmaceutical, Shapir Engineering and Clal Insurance recorded the largest declines. Market breadth favored decliner…
Strategy Inc shares rose sharply in morning trading as a rebound across digital assets and newly disclosed cash reserves supported the company’s outlook. The stock gained after the firm reported a substantial common-stock raise that lifted its U.S. dollar holdings to $3 billion while leaving its Bitcoin position unchanged at 843,775 BTC. Multiple a…
Greece's main stock index closed modestly lower, dragged down by losses in the Telecoms, Household and Basic Resources sectors. The Athens General Composite ended the session down 0.16% with more stocks falling than rising. Several individual companies bucked the trend with gains, while commodities and currency moves showed notable shifts.
Arm Holdings ADR slid sharply in morning trading following an HSBC downgrade from Buy to Hold and growing concerns about supply-chain bottlenecks tied to its recently launched AGI CPU. The analyst move altered the consensus amid questions over a valuation near 380 times trailing earnings and comes ahead of the company’s quarterly report on July 29.…
HCA Healthcare stock dropped sharply after the company issued preliminary second-quarter 2026 results and lowered its full-year guidance, attributing the revision to a deteriorating payer mix as more patients lost coverage through health insurance exchanges. While preliminary Q2 revenue comfortably exceeded expectations, reductions to earnings and …
Options activity compiled by Bloomberg indicates D.R. Horton Inc. (DHI) could see a 4.4% price move when it reports earnings on July 21 before the market opens. Historical comparisons show the company has both exceeded and fallen short of options-implied moves across its last eight reporting periods.
Bernstein reaffirmed an Outperform rating and a $145 price target on Walmart in a note to clients, saying investor worries that the company must substantially ramp up price investments are overdone. The firm highlighted Walmart's use of tariff refunds to fund price reductions and its longer-term path to profitability for U.S. e-commerce and growth …
Dell Technologies stock rose 5.0% in morning trading to $448.30 as investors digest a powerful earnings beat, an upgraded revenue outlook with a sizable AI server revenue target, renewed institutional accumulation, and favorable analyst actions. A spike in holdings by Fifth Third Bancorp and a July price-target increase from Evercore ISI have contr…
Stocks across market-cap tiers moved sharply on Tuesday, with Dell Inc and Advanced Micro Devices among the largest mega-cap gainers while Stryker and several mid- and small-cap names posted notable declines. The session featured corporate developments including a large data center lease, a CEO change, and an analyst upgrade tied to a deal.
Documents and sources indicate that ZTE Kangxun Telecom, server maker Maginfra and a Kingsoft cloud unit have received U.S. export licenses to buy Nvidia's H200 chips and some AMD alternatives. The approvals widen the roster of Chinese entities cleared for advanced AI processors, following earlier U.S. sign-offs for major internet groups. Regulator…
Tower Semiconductor's stock climbed sharply in morning trade after the company announced a roughly $3 billion expansion of its Japanese manufacturing base, supported by $1 billion in grants from Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The plan focuses on 300mm Silicon Photonics and Silicon Germanium capacity, advances a two-phase buildout,…
DeepSeek, an AI development firm based in Hangzhou, has begun formal preparations for an initial public offering on mainland markets and could file as soon as this year. The company is engaging accounting and banking advisors, pursuing additional private capital after a recent $7 billion financing close, and targeting a pre-money valuation of at le…
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius urged strict compliance with schedules and spending plans for the SATCOMBw4 military satellite program, valued at €10 billion, warning that delays are unacceptable amid current security threats. He visited satellite builder OHB in Bremen as contracts are due to be awarded around the end of 2026. The project a…
Options market prices imply that Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: NOC) could move about 4.8% when it reports quarterly results on July 21 before the opening bell, according to options data compiled by Bloomberg. In recent quarters the stock has often moved by more than the options-implied figure, registering outsized reactions in six of the last eight…
Options market pricing implies General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) could move about 5.7% when it issues earnings on July 21 before the market opens, according to options data compiled by Bloomberg. Historical comparisons across the past eight earnings seasons show the stock has exceeded the options-implied move in five instances, underscoring the potenti…
CrowdStrike shares jumped sharply in morning trade, reversing a pullback from last week and drawing support from a cluster of analyst price-target increases and robust quarterly results. The move reflects technical buying after a steep decline, continued institutional interest in the company’s accelerating ARR and free cash flow, and a favorable ri…
Shares of Delivery Hero rose sharply after a report that Uber is in advanced talks to acquire the German food-delivery company. Uber's stock fell on the news. Sources say Uber aims to reach an agreement as soon as this week and that any transaction would likely value Delivery Hero above its recent trading level near €36 per share. Uber already hold…
ServiceNow shares fell sharply in morning trading following preliminary second-quarter results from IBM that missed Wall Street expectations. The shortfall, attributed to weaker performance in IBM’s Z mainframe business and its related software, weighed on enterprise software names closely linked to IBM. Market dynamics including CPI data and hawki…
Accenture shares dropped in morning trading amid a sector-wide reaction to a weak pre-announcement from IBM and renewed analyst attention on IT services valuations. HSBC's downgrade of IBM and a note that singled out Accenture as part of a 'synthetic IBM' alternative, combined with Accenture's own reduced guidance from its fiscal Q3 2026 update, he…
