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Spain's benchmark index finished higher Friday with the IBEX 35 rising 0.38% at the close in Madrid. Gains were led by sectors including Consumer Goods, Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic and Consumer Services. Ferrovial, Indra A and Aena were the session's top performers, while ArcelorMittal, Acerinox and BBVA recorded the largest declines. Commodities…
Swedish equities ended Friday's session lower, with the OMX Stockholm 30 closing down 0.60%. Losses were concentrated in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors. Market breadth favored decliners, and moves in oil, gold and currency markets coincided with the equities decline. Several large-cap names showed mixed performance, with AstraZ…
Finland's stock benchmark ended Friday's session in the red, with the OMX Helsinki 25 down 1.12% as losses in the Telecoms, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors pushed the market lower. While a handful of stocks—led by Orion Oyj B, Kesko Oyj and Fortum Oyj—posted gains, notable declines in Nokia, Qt Group and Outokumpu weighed on overall market perform…
Airbus is delaying a firm launch of a larger A220 variant after limited enthusiasm from major lessors and disagreements over the aircraft's range and performance. Company representatives say no decision has been made while internal debate continues over a lower-cost 'simple stretch' option that would raise seating but reduce range. Concerns among a…
Boeing Chief Executive Kelly Ortberg told CNBC that the company has no additional information about the Lufthansa nose collapse incident. Ortberg also outlined production planning: increases above 63 monthly 737s remain under study, while Boeing expects to hit a 10-per-month 787 production rate by year-end. He added that Boeing has not discussed de…
Fitch Ratings on Friday changed Lennar Corporation's outlook from positive to stable while maintaining its long-term issuer default and senior unsecured debt ratings at BBB+. The agency pointed to continuing margin compression driven by softer demand and elevated sales incentives, forecasting lower EBITDA margins and modestly higher leverage throug…
Commerzbank reported that investors have tendered shares representing 7.85% of its capital under UniCredit’s voluntary €40 billion exchange offer. The disclosure deepens a public standoff between the two banks: UniCredit says its take-up reached 7.6% and that combined holdings meet its target to control just over 30% of Commerzbank, while Commerzba…
Reid Hoffman, the billionaire co-founder of LinkedIn, has informed Microsoft he will not stand for re-election at the company's 2026 annual shareholder meeting. Hoffman, a Microsoft board member since 2017, will remain in his role until that meeting, and the company said his decision is not the result of any disagreement with executives over policy…
South Korea's benchmark KOSPI index fell about 4% over the week as a weaker Korean won and a U.S. semiconductor selloff undermined investor sentiment. The drop followed Broadcom's third-quarter AI semiconductor revenue forecast of $16 billion, which missed market hopes, and coincided with foreign investor outflows concentrated in technology and aut…
Shares of Ocean Power Technologies (OPTT) dropped sharply after the firm disclosed a registered direct offering of 25 million common shares at $0.40 each, accompanied by warrants to buy an additional 25 million shares at the same exercise price. Gross proceeds are expected to be about $10 million before fees and expenses, with net proceeds designat…
Poland's equity market closed lower on Friday, with the WIG30 index slipping 1.70% after broad-based losses driven by Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Energy names. KGHM led declines while a handful of mid- and large-cap names posted gains. Commodity prices and currency moves accompanied the equity weakness.
Turkey's main equity index slipped at Friday's close, dragged down by losses in the Banking, Telecoms and Electricity sectors. The BIST 100 ended the session down 1.28%. While several industrial and energy names led gains, a larger number of listings fell, and commodity and FX markets registered notable moves in gold, oil and the lira.
Shares of BlockchAIn Digital Infrastructure Inc. (NYSE American: AIB) plunged 21% on Friday after the company disclosed an underwritten public offering of common stock totaling $55 million at $1.65 per share. The sale, which includes a 45-day option for the underwriter to buy additional shares, is intended to provide working capital, fund capital e…
Solidion Technology rallied sharply in morning trade as the Dallas-based battery developer disclosed a new lithium metal anode protection platform protected by more than 30 patents. The announcement followed a separate patent-driven disclosure the prior day and has investors focused on potential applications spanning space infrastructure, AI data c…
USA Rare Earth shares plunged in morning trading after the company filed an amended Form S-3/A shelf registration covering roughly 93.8 million resale shares - about 35% of fully diluted common stock. The filing expands the pool of shares that selling shareholders, including PIPE investors and merger counterparties, can offer to the market. That de…
Navitas Semiconductor plunged after filing an SEC Form 8-K revealing the issuance of 3,283,844 Class A shares on June 4, 2026 to satisfy contingent obligations under a prior Business Combination Agreement. The filing shows 6,561,282 shares have now been issued under that agreement, with up to 10,000,000 shares possible if stock-price targets are me…
Celsius Holdings Inc. shares climbed in morning trading after several sell-side firms raised or reaffirmed constructive ratings and a sovereign investor disclosed a new holding. Morgan Stanley upgraded the stock to Overweight with a $55 price target, while BofA reiterated a Buy rating with an identical price target and BNP Paribas Exane stayed posi…
Keel Infrastructure Corp. shares fell sharply after the company priced an increased $400 million offering of convertible senior notes due 2032, with the move coinciding with recent quarterly results that showed a revenue shortfall, a large net loss, and negative free cash flow. The notes carry an initial conversion price at a premium to the prior s…
Broadcom shares fell sharply following the company’s fiscal second-quarter report and forward guidance that disappointed investors. While the quarter produced record revenue and beat EPS expectations, the company’s Q3 AI chip revenue outlook missed analyst models and CEO Hock Tan reiterated, rather than raised, the long-term AI semiconductor revenu…
NVIDIA shares fell in early trading after a much stronger-than-expected U.S. May jobs report intensified concerns about higher interest rates. Weakness in the semiconductor sector following Broadcom's AI revenue guidance miss and a mechanical post-dividend price adjustment compounded the decline, even as NVIDIA's recent revenue growth and outlook r…
Cooper Companies surged in early trading after reporting fiscal Q2 2026 results that beat analyst expectations on both earnings and revenue, delivering a tenth consecutive quarter of earnings outperformance. Management provided a constructive update on the strategic review of CooperSurgical, signaled a ramp-up in share repurchases and disclosed rec…
Eli Lilly shares rose sharply in early trading as the American Diabetes Association’s 86th Scientific Sessions in New Orleans became the venue for the public debut of pivotal Phase 3 data for retatrutide and new efficacy data for Foundayo. The results, along with expanded pharmacy benefit manager coverage and supportive analyst commentary, helped d…
Embraer secured a 15‑aircraft order for its E195‑E2 from lessor Azorra, which raises Azorra's confirmed purchases to 54 jets and pushes total E2 bookings past 500 aircraft. The transaction will be recorded in Embraer's second‑quarter results and backlog; the company did not disclose the deal value. Analysts noted the order indicates continued deman…
Morocco's stock market closed lower on Friday, with the Moroccan All Shares index down 0.24%. Losses were concentrated in the Utilities, Banking and Mining sectors. Breadth on the Casablanca exchange favored decliners, and commodities and currency moves accompanied equity weakness at the close of trade.
A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted short seller Andrew Left on 13 counts of securities fraud, but the verdict is threatened after jurors used an outdated verdict form that included a previously dismissed charge. The judge ordered the jury to correct the form; defense counsel immediately sought a mistrial and the judge will decide after briefin…
