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Mexican Stocks Close Higher; S&P/BMV IPC Advances 0.22%

Mexican Stocks Close Higher; S&P/BMV IPC Advances 0.22%

Mexico's main equity gauge finished higher on Tuesday, with the S&P/BMV IPC rising 0.22% as gains in Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples buoyed the market. Gentera, Grupo Bimbo and Banco del Bajio were the session's best performers, while Cemex, Vuela and Vesta posted the largest declines. Market breadth was positive and com…

Colombian equities close higher as COLCAP edges up 0.43%

Colombian equities close higher as COLCAP edges up 0.43%

Colombian shares finished Tuesday's session in positive territory, with the COLCAP index rising 0.43%. Strength in Industrials, Services and Agriculture helped lift the market, though several large-cap names posted notable declines. Commodities traded with mixed results and currency pairs were largely unchanged at the close.

AMC Shares Jump After CEO Buys 250,000 Class A Shares

AMC Shares Jump After CEO Buys 250,000 Class A Shares

AMC Entertainment's stock climbed about 7% in after-hours trading following a disclosure that Chief Executive Officer Adam Aron purchased 250,000 shares of the company's Class A common stock on May 19 at a weighted average price of $1.3774 per share. The buy was reported on a Form 4 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and was execute…

After-Hours Movers: Mixed Signals as Earnings, Buybacks and a Debt-Focused Offering Move Stocks

After-Hours Movers: Mixed Signals as Earnings, Buybacks and a Debt-Focused Offering Move Stocks

In after-hours trading, Keysight Technologies and CAVA Group climbed after reporting results and issuing upbeat guidance, while Viavi Solutions retreated following a proposed $500 million underwritten public offering aimed primarily at repaying debt. Roblox gained after its board approved a substantial stock repurchase program, and Toll Brothers nu…

Relay Therapeutics Plans $175M Share Sale as Stock Dips After Hours

Relay Therapeutics Plans $175M Share Sale as Stock Dips After Hours

Relay Therapeutics disclosed an underwritten public offering of common stock intended to raise $175 million, prompting a roughly 2% decline in its shares during after-hours trading. The company said it will sell all shares in the proposed offering and will give underwriters a 30-day option to buy up to an additional 15% of the shares. The deal is s…

Roblox Authorizes $3 Billion Buyback; After-Hours Stock Jump Follows

Roblox Authorizes $3 Billion Buyback; After-Hours Stock Jump Follows

Roblox Corporation's board approved its inaugural share repurchase program, authorizing up to $3 billion in buybacks and signaling plans to repurchase as much as $1 billion in the coming 12 months. The announcement drove a roughly 5% increase in the company's shares in after-hours trading. The program is designed to counteract dilution from employe…

Brazilian equities retreat at close as Bovespa posts 1.52% drop

Brazilian equities retreat at close as Bovespa posts 1.52% drop

Brazil's Bovespa closed lower on Tuesday, sliding 1.52% to a fresh three-month trough as losses in Financials, Real Estate and Public Utilities sectors outweighed gains in select stocks. Decliners outnumbered advancers by a wide margin, with heavyweight names among the session's worst performers. Commodities and currency moves accompanied the equit…

Viavi Plans $500M Share Sale; Stock Drops 5% After Hours

Viavi Plans $500M Share Sale; Stock Drops 5% After Hours

Viavi Solutions said it will pursue a public offering of roughly $500 million of common stock, prompting a 5% decline in its shares in after-hours trading on Tuesday. The company said net proceeds are intended to pay down the $450 million principal on its Term Loan B, with any remaining funds earmarked for working capital or other corporate uses. U…

NATO Not Pursuing Plans for Strait of Hormuz Operation, Top Commander Says

NATO Not Pursuing Plans for Strait of Hormuz Operation, Top Commander Says

NATO is not actively preparing an operation in the Strait of Hormuz, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander for Europe said, and any decision to act would require a political mandate from all 32 member states. Diplomats indicate some members oppose such a mission. The statement comes as Iran's blockade of the waterway has pushed up oil prices, increased s…

OpenAI Unveils Guaranteed Capacity for Multi-Year Compute Commitments

OpenAI Unveils Guaranteed Capacity for Multi-Year Compute Commitments

OpenAI introduced Guaranteed Capacity, a multi-year commitment program that lets customers secure long-term access to the company’s compute resources for AI workloads. The offering spans one- to three-year contracts with discounts tied to annual spending, dedicated capacity for production use, and flexibility to apply allocations across cloud provi…

Regulators Seek Major Revision of Confidential Bank Rating Framework

Regulators Seek Major Revision of Confidential Bank Rating Framework

Federal banking regulators have proposed changing the confidential CAMELS rating system used to evaluate banks, with the stated goal of centering supervisory assessments on financial risks and improving transparency and predictability in oversight. The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council advanced the plan, and Federal Reserve Vice Ch…

S&P Moves Hershey Outlook to Stable as Leverage Falls Below 2x

S&P Moves Hershey Outlook to Stable as Leverage Falls Below 2x

S&P Global Ratings changed its outlook for The Hershey Co. to stable from negative while affirming the company’s 'A' long-term issuer rating and 'A-1' short-term and commercial paper ratings. The upgrade in outlook reflects sustained leverage at or below 2x after the LesserEvil acquisition, stronger free operating cash flow in 2025, and expectation…