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Copenhagen Stocks Close Higher; OMXC20 Hits Three-Month Peak

Copenhagen Stocks Close Higher; OMXC20 Hits Three-Month Peak

Denmark's equity market finished higher on Tuesday, with the OMX Copenhagen 20 climbing 0.66% to reach a three-month high. Gains in Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Personal & Household Goods underpinned the advance, even as several industrial and energy-related names posted notable declines. Commodities and major currency pairs moved lower, whil…

Credo Technology Shares Retreat After Sharp Multi-Session Rally

Credo Technology Shares Retreat After Sharp Multi-Session Rally

Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd saw its shares slide sharply in morning trading, pulling back from a multi-session advance that lifted the stock from the low-$220s to above $300. The drop occurred despite a fresh round of analyst upgrades and higher price targets, and came as broader market weakness and the company’s high beta amplified downward…

Avis Budget Shares Jump After $650M Settlement With Pentwater

Avis Budget Shares Jump After $650M Settlement With Pentwater

Avis Budget Group shares rose after the company disclosed a $650 million cash settlement with Pentwater Capital Management LP to resolve a Section 16(b) suit tied to April 2026 stock transactions. The agreement, signed June 22, 2026 and subject to court approval, sends cash directly to Avis Budget and has been the primary catalyst for the intraday …

ServiceNow Climbs as Analyst Upgrade and AI Partnerships Drive Buying

ServiceNow Climbs as Analyst Upgrade and AI Partnerships Drive Buying

ServiceNow shares jumped 4.0% in morning trading after Benchmark increased its price target to $130 from $125 and reaffirmed a Buy rating following a positive management discussion. The stock's rise was supported by expanding AI-focused alliances with IBM, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and The Hackett Group, even as broader technology indices fell on …

KOSPI Pulls Back as Leverage, Chip Hype and Policy Talk Spur Profit Taking

KOSPI Pulls Back as Leverage, Chip Hype and Policy Talk Spur Profit Taking

South Korea's benchmark equity gauge retreated after a sharp advance, with analysts pointing to higher leverage in the market, profit taking ahead of Micron's earnings, and concerns over overheated sentiment following SK Hynix's market-cap surge past Samsung. Talks among lawmakers on taxing unrealized gains and delays to SK Hynix's ADR listing, alo…

Casablanca session ends lower as Moroccan All Shares slips 0.38%

Casablanca session ends lower as Moroccan All Shares slips 0.38%

Moroccan equities closed lower on Tuesday, with the Moroccan All Shares index falling 0.38% as losses in the Utilities, Banking and Mining sectors outpaced gains. Advancers included Med Paper, Marocaine Ste de Therapeutique and Societe d'Exploitation des Ports, while SMI, Miniere Touissit and Managem recorded the largest declines. Broader market br…

Mammoth Energy Shares Rise After Wexford Capital Boosts Stake

Mammoth Energy Shares Rise After Wexford Capital Boosts Stake

Mammoth Energy Services Inc. (NASDAQ:TUSK) saw its share price jump 7.7% on Tuesday after Wexford Capital LP purchased 4,019,574 shares on June 17 for approximately $10.47 million. A Form 4 filing shows the acquisition at $2.6043 per share and details additional share transfers to Wexford-managed entities and personnel, bringing Wexford-aligned hol…

Athens bourse falls 1.13% as banking, telecoms and household names weigh

Athens bourse falls 1.13% as banking, telecoms and household names weigh

Greek equities closed lower on Tuesday, with the Athens General Composite retreating 1.13% as losses concentrated in the Banking, Telecoms and Household sectors. Decliners outnumbered advancers by a wide margin. A handful of stocks posted gains, while commodities including gold and crude oil declined and the U.S. Dollar Index futures rose.

BofA Sees Further Room for Nikkei Gains in 2026 Amid Concentration Risks

BofA Sees Further Room for Nikkei Gains in 2026 Amid Concentration Risks

Bank of America has raised its year-end targets for Japanese equity indices, increasing the Nikkei 225 target to 76,000 and the TOPIX target to 4,400, pointing to nearly 15% upside for the Nikkei from current levels and a potential peak of 80,000 by year-end. The revisions reflect stronger-than-expected AI demand and a higher chance that the Strait…

Texas Pacific Land Shares Jump After Chevron Deal to Supply Water and Surface Acreage for Major Permian Gas Plant

Texas Pacific Land Shares Jump After Chevron Deal to Supply Water and Surface Acreage for Major Permian Gas Plant

Texas Pacific Land Corp shares climbed in morning trading after the company confirmed an agreement with Chevron to supply surface acreage and brackish water for Project Kilby, a large natural gas power generation facility in Reeves County, Texas. The project, announced June 22, is linked to a 20-year power purchase agreement with Microsoft to provi…

Oracle Cuts 21,000 Jobs as AI Push Prompts Major Workforce Reductions

Oracle Cuts 21,000 Jobs as AI Push Prompts Major Workforce Reductions

Oracle eliminated roughly 21,000 positions over the past year - nearly 13% of its workforce - as it accelerates AI deployment and expands related infrastructure. The company reported a headcount decline to 141,000 full-time employees as of May 2026 and set aside $1.8 billion for restructuring, while disclosing plans to raise substantial capital and…