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Israeli equities closed lower on Friday, with the TA 35 index dropping 2.08% as declines in Insurance, Financials and Banking stocks led losses. Tower Semiconductor was among the few gainers, while several mid-cap and renewable names recorded double-digit-point declines. Commodities and currency moves were pronounced, with crude and Brent oil risin…
Greece's stock market closed lower on Friday, driven by losses in banking, telecommunications and household segments. The Athens General Composite fell 2.26%. While a handful of industrial and telecom stocks advanced and reached multi-year highs, major lenders and an energy supplier recorded some of the steepest declines. Precious metals and oil ma…
Ford Motor shares declined sharply in morning trading, reversing part of a near-21% rally that followed the launch of its Ford Energy battery storage unit and bullish analyst notes. Profit-taking after an extended momentum move, analyst caution about execution and competitive dynamics, and a deteriorating macro backdrop featuring higher Treasury yi…
Chinese automotive brands increased their share of South Africa's passenger car market to 16.8% in 2025 from 11.2% in 2024, driven by competitively priced, technology-rich SUVs and long warranties. The local market is undergoing a structural recalibration as affordability concerns and shifting consumer preferences reduce brand loyalty. At the same …
Bank of America analyst Justin Post said the firm expects Alphabet to reveal a next-generation Gemini large language model and expanded AI features at its annual developer conference on May 19. Anticipated improvements include stronger reasoning, coding, multimodal inputs, long-context handling, faster and lower-cost Flash variants, and upgraded me…
Magnum Ice Cream Company NV shares jumped nearly 11% in morning trade after reports said Blackstone and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice are among private equity firms exploring acquisition options. The firms are in preliminary talks and are monitoring the stock and upcoming summer sales before deciding whether to pursue a formal offer. Insider purchases i…
Bank of America reaffirmed its Buy rating on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., arguing that concerns about competition to the foundry leader are exaggerated. The bank kept a NT$2,560 price target and pointed to TSMC's planned capacity growth, faster-than-expected defect reductions and superior packaging yields as evidence that rivals face mat…
Trading on Friday produced a range of sharp moves across market-cap segments. Several large-cap technology and semiconductor names posted double-digit basis-point losses, while select software and transportation stocks logged notable gains. The day’s largest decliners and risers span mega-caps to small-caps, reflecting sector-specific headlines, an…
Shares of POET Technologies declined sharply in morning trading after a short-selling research note questioned the firm’s partnership claims and commercialization statements. The drop occurred amid concurrent developments: a federal securities class action over alleged misstatements about U.S. tax status, quarterly results that missed EPS estimates…
LVMH has agreed to sell its long-held majority stake in Marc Jacobs in a transaction valued at about $850 million, a move that crystallizes the group’s effort to streamline a wide-ranging portfolio as a prolonged luxury slowdown tests the benefits of breadth. The deal, which disposes of an 80% holding acquired in the late 1990s, follows a string of…
Shares of York Space Systems plunged nearly 16% in morning trading after the satellite builder and defense contractor reported its first quarterly results as a public company. The company beat revenue estimates but delivered a much larger-than-expected per-share loss and swung to negative adjusted EBITDA, pressured by substantial stock-based compen…
Alibaba's ADR dropped sharply following the release of Q4 fiscal 2026 results that showed a near-total erosion of adjusted profitability and negative free cash flow, even as the Cloud Intelligence Group reported robust AI-driven revenue expansion. Market rate sensitivity and insider selling added pressure, and the stock underperformed major U.S. in…
Interpump Group's stock fell sharply, dropping 15.37% to €31.38 following the release of its first-quarter 2026 results. The market reaction suggests key metrics in the report - likely revenue, margins, or guidance - underperformed investor expectations. The decline comes amid already-softening revenue trends and recent analyst downgrades.
Investors poured a net $22.37 billion into U.S. equity funds in the week to May 13, the biggest weekly inflow in three weeks, driven in part by upbeat revenue guidance from chipmakers and an elevated rate of corporate earnings beats. Large-cap funds and technology sector allocations captured the bulk of the cash, even as small- and mid-cap funds sa…
Globant shares rallied sharply in early trading after the company reported first-quarter 2026 results that modestly beat consensus and introduced a fresh capital return plan. Management highlighted several AI-related performance metrics, reaffirmed the midpoint of its revenue outlook for the year, and outlined a new quarterly repurchase program. Th…
Intel shares fell sharply in morning trading after a UBS report on Q1 2026 server CPU shipments showed meaningful market-share losses for the company, while its foundry unit continued to post steep losses. The downgrade and cautious commentary from some financial firms, plus questions about the scope of a potential Apple chip partnership and a broa…
NVIDIA shares pulled back in morning trading, reversing part of a recent sharp advance after traders booked profits and options flows forced position unwinds ahead of the company’s quarterly report due May 20. Broader market weakness added pressure despite an analyst price-target upgrade earlier in the week.
Night Market Research announced a short position in POET Technologies, asserting that the optical interposer company has exaggerated the scope of commercial partnerships and misled investors about product deployment. The report cites partner statements from industry conferences, contract cancellations, a contested supply order, and signs of constra…
HSBC upgraded Cisco Systems to a Buy rating and increased its price target to $137 from $77 after management reported accelerating AI infrastructure orders and raised AI revenue and orders guidance. The bank said Cisco's AI-related components and hyperscaler wins are driving a structural shift that supports higher earnings growth and a richer valua…
Goldman Sachs flagged potential value among South Korean shares that lagged during a steep market reversal, after the KOSPI fell 6% on Friday and erased weekly gains. The bank cited the Trump-Xi Summit and elevated foreign selling as key near-term pressures, while noting that a small group of large-cap names have driven most of the year-to-date adv…
Microsoft shares climbed in morning trading as investors digested a restructured commercial agreement with OpenAI, a stream of analyst price-target increases, advanced acquisition talks and a new AI-driven cybersecurity system. The company’s stock gained ground even as major U.S. indexes moved lower, driven largely by expectations that the revised …
Barclays identifies a set of European luxury stocks it prefers after a prolonged sell-off in consumer sectors. The bank points to sharply lower valuations and specific company dynamics as the rationale for selecting LVMH, Richemont, Burberry, Moncler and Prada, while cautioning that longer-term luxury valuations have not reached deeply depressed le…
IREN Ltd. shares dropped 4.76% to $55.62 in morning trading as the market absorbed the settlement of a $3.0 billion convertible senior notes offering on May 14, 2026. The private placement, comprised of 1.00% convertible senior notes due 2033 and a fully exercised $400 million greenshoe, generated roughly $2.96 billion in net proceeds. Investors re…
Applied Optoelectronics shares declined nearly 7% in morning trading after the company disclosed a $600 million at-the-market equity offering entered on May 14, 2026. The program, arranged with Raymond James & Associates and Needham & Company, permits the company to continuously sell up to $600 million of common stock at prevailing market prices. T…
Hiscox PLC stock rallied sharply after industry coverage indicated that Intact Financial Corporation is exploring a potential takeover of the London-listed specialist insurer. The move appears driven by takeover speculation rather than broader market cues, with neither company confirming the reports and no formal proposal announced.
