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Australian equities closed higher on Friday with the S&P/ASX 200 rising 1.98% to a one-month high as strength in the Gold, Metals & Mining and Materials sectors powered gains. Large single-stock moves included double-digit advances for several miners and notable declines for a handful of media and energy-related names. Market breadth was positi…
Hanmi Semicon jumped more than 25% after disclosing a regulatory filing indicating plans to acquire about 50 billion won of SpaceX shares. The company framed the move as a bet on Elon Musk's Terrafab initiative and accelerating demand for high-end chips, aerospace and artificial intelligence, while analysts weighed valuation and memory capex dynami…
Nvidia has informed several Chinese customers that its new Vera central processing unit for AI data centres could be available by August and that order placement can begin, according to multiple people familiar with the discussions. The outreach follows a lengthy pause in shipments of Nvidia's H200 GPU to China and arrives as the company positions …
Citi Research moved Halma Plc from neutral to buy and lifted its 12-month target price to £46 from £37 after the group's shares slid more than 15% following fiscal year 2027 guidance that showed slower photonics growth. The brokerage said the selloff—erasing about £2.70 billion in market value—removed the premium once allocated to Halma's photonics…
European stock indices opened sharply higher on Friday as markets reacted to the clearest indication yet that a potential peace agreement between Iran and the United States could be forthcoming. The STOXX 600 climbed 1% to a two-week high, with major national indices also advancing. Airline shares led sector gains as crude oil fell to two-month low…
Taiwan's benchmark closed sharply lower on Friday, with the Taiwan Weighted index falling 3.31% as declines in the Electronic Parts/Components and Other Electronic sectors weighed on the market. A handful of smaller names posted double-digit gains or losses, while commodity and currency markets moved with oil lower and gold higher.
Jefferies has reaffirmed Alibaba as its preferred stock in the China internet sector, maintaining conviction in the e-commerce leader despite recent share-price swings. The firm highlighted AliCloud’s differentiated full-stack capabilities and healthy revenue and margins in the company’s Model-as-a-Service business, while noting that industry-wide …
Hanmi Semicon said it will acquire roughly 50 billion won ($32.9 million) of SpaceX shares and intends to channel any returns from that stake back into its core semiconductor operations. The announcement sent Hanmi shares sharply higher and prompted media speculation about potential business ties with SpaceX and Tesla's Terrafab chipmaking project.
Two senior European officials say the United States intends to reduce the number of aircraft and warships assigned to NATO operations in Europe. The changes are expected to include redeploying an aircraft carrier, a missile-launching submarine, several warships and dozens of carrier-based jets, and may involve shifting one of two bomber groups prev…
Shengyi Technology's stock climbed, reaching an intraday 52-week high, supported by accelerating demand for higher-grade, lower-loss copper-clad laminates (CCL) tied to AI server, next-generation GPU and 5G infrastructure buildouts. Analyst attention on the CCL sector and a quarterly earnings beat added to investor confidence, while industry-wide i…
Shares of Asian companies tied to rockets, satellites and space supply chains advanced on Friday following SpaceX's blockbuster initial public offering, which raised $75 billion at a $1.77 trillion valuation. The move lifted Japanese heavy industry and component suppliers, Chinese satellite and materials firms, and Hong Kong-listed suppliers that h…
Chow Tai Fook Jewellery's stock climbed sharply after the company reported a 52.2% jump in attributable profit to HK$9.004 billion and a 5.3% rise in revenue to HK$94.398 billion for the year ended March 31. Elevated gold prices, a larger dividend, a trading update showing early financial-year retail growth, and a major bank's reaffirmed Buy rating…
Asian equities climbed sharply on Friday following U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks that a peace agreement with Iran was close and could be signed soon. Technology and chipmaking stocks led gains across the region, while oil prices fell after comments that the Strait of Hormuz would be reopened immediately under the proposed deal. Market atten…
Chinese robotics startup EngineAI has submitted a confidential registration for an initial public offering in Hong Kong, engaging China International Capital Corp and CITIC Securities as advisers. The Shenzhen-based firm, founded in 2023 and known for a video of a humanoid robot doing a frontflip, raised 200 million yuan in a Series B round in Apri…
Woodside Energy has exercised a pre-emptive option to purchase PetroChina’s 10.67% interest in the Browse gas fields off Western Australia for $225 million, preventing a planned sale to Japan’s Inpex. The company will also cover cash call contributions since mid-2025. Woodside’s shares fell more than 2% after the announcement, with lower oil prices…
Alibaba Group has submitted an offer of roughly $1.5 billion to acquire Pupu, a Chinese grocery delivery platform based in Fujian province. The bid is more than twice the near $600 million offer reported from Sun Art Retail, and follows recent consolidation moves in the online grocery sector, including Meituan's acquisition of Dingdong Fresh.
Nebius Group shares climbed sharply in after-hours trade following Nasdaq's confirmation that the AI cloud company will join the Nasdaq-100 Index in the June 2026 quarterly rebalance, effective June 22, 2026. The move, paired with upbeat analyst price-target revisions and a supportive market reaction to May CPI, underpinned the rally for Nebius and…
Shares of Astera Labs and Rocket Lab climbed in after-hours trading following Nasdaq's decision to add both companies to the Nasdaq-100 as part of its June quarterly reconstitution. The change, effective before the opening on June 22, also includes CoreWeave, Nebius Group and Teradyne as additions, with five other firms removed from the index. Incl…
CoreWeave shares rose 6.5% in after-hours trading to $102.10 after Nasdaq confirmed the company’s addition to the Nasdaq-100 effective June 22, 2026. The index entry is expected to prompt purchases from passive funds and ETFs. Separately, CoreWeave priced $1.25 billion of 9.625% senior notes and €2 billion of 8.500% senior notes due July 15, 2032, …
U.S. stock futures rose Thursday evening after President Donald Trump said a deal with Iran had been reached and would be signed soon, lifting risk appetite following a strong session on Wall Street. Attention also turned to SpaceX, which is scheduled to begin trading after pricing the largest U.S. initial public offering ever and securing a multit…
Vale said it received a formal request from its largest shareholder, pension fund Previ, asking for a shareholders' meeting to vote on the removal of Chairman Daniel Andre Stieler. Previ proposed appointing Jose Mauricio Coelho to the board and backing current director Manuel Oliveira as chairman, arguing Oliveira would bolster governance, strategi…
SpaceX’s initial public offering raised a record $75 billion, moving Elon Musk’s calculated net worth above $1 trillion once trading begins. The offering concentrated the lion’s share of his wealth in the space, satellite and AI venture, amplifying debates over governance, political involvement and the durability of valuations tied closely to a sin…
Lennar said it expects third-quarter home deliveries to come in below analysts' forecasts as weak consumer confidence, high mortgage rates and renewed inflation weigh on the U.S. housing market. The company reported modest year-over-year delivery growth in the second quarter but saw average selling prices decline and revenue miss estimates, prompti…
Kyntra Bio (NASDAQ:KYNB) saw its stock rise in after-hours trading after the company presented a post hoc analysis from the Phase 3 MATTERHORN trial showing roxadustat increased durable red blood cell transfusion independence in patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (LR-MDS) and a high transfusion burden. Data presented at the European…
On June 11, SpaceX raised the $75 billion it sought in an initial public offering, selling shares at a fixed price of $135 and assigning the company a market value of $1.77 trillion. The transaction, the largest IPO on record, positions the space, satellite and AI-focused company among the world’s most valuable firms. Shares are scheduled to begin …
