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MGM Resorts International shares jumped sharply in morning trading after People Incorporated, the company formerly known as IAC, submitted a non-binding, all-cash proposal to acquire the remaining publicly held shares of the casino operator for $48.30 per share. The offer seeks to buy the roughly 73.9% of MGM not already owned by People Incorporate…
Options market pricing indicates Campbell’s Co. (CPB) shares could move about 4.9% when the company reports earnings on June 8 before the market opens, based on Bloomberg options data. The stock has at times moved substantially more or less than implied, with several past earnings releases producing outsized reactions relative to expected moves.
CDW Corporation stock climbed sharply in morning trading after a series of company-specific developments - led by NVIDIA's unveiling of the RTX Spark chip for Windows PCs with AI agents - and reinforced by an analyst upgrade, a sizeable insider purchase, an expanded buyback authorization and encouraging first-quarter sales results.
Morgan Stanley projects that, should the Strait of Hormuz reopen, roughly three-quarters of Middle Eastern oil production could be restored over a four-month span beginning in late July. The bank highlights a sequence of operational and logistical obstacles - including mine clearance, tanker backlogs, storage limitations and field restarts - that m…
Shares of Microsoft rose after Citizens JMP Securities initiated coverage with a Market Outperform rating and a $550 price target, highlighting the company’s positioning in enterprise AI, attractive valuation after a recent pullback, and an expanding total addressable market driven by AI software, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and enterprise appli…
Preliminary figures cited by Macquarie show China’s new energy vehicle (NEV) retail sales fell 7.5% year-over-year in May 2026 to 950,000 units, a slight deterioration from April’s 6.9% decline. Despite the drop in volumes, NEV share of retail sales rose to 63%. Exports were a key growth channel for mass-market manufacturers, while premium makers s…
Las Vegas Sands shares climbed after a combination of sector takeover news, a stronger-than-expected monthly Macau gross gaming revenue report, and solid first-quarter results. The stock's rise reflects company-level earnings strength, significant share repurchases and favorable Macau trends that directly affect LVS given its heavy exposure to the …
Kraken Robotics rallied in morning trading after reporting a robust Q1 2026 revenue gain and reaffirming its 2026 outlook, while investors also reacted to the company's planned C$615 million acquisition of Covelya Group and an analyst upgrade. The stock's movement appears driven by company-specific developments rather than broader market direction.
Constellation Energy's stock slid sharply after existing shareholders priced an 11 million-share underwritten secondary offering at $281 per share, below the prior session's $287.75 close. Constellation will not sell shares or receive proceeds; it will, however, repurchase 2 million shares from the underwriters at the same price. A 30-day option fo…
Robinhood Markets shares fell nearly 4.8% to $89.75 in morning trading after the U.S. Supreme Court asked the Trump administration to weigh in on whether it should take up Robinhood’s appeal seeking dismissal of a revived class-action lawsuit tied to the company’s July 2021 IPO. The development crystallized legal risk at a time when the stock was e…
Hewlett Packard Enterprise shares climbed sharply in morning trading and hit intraday highs as investors positioned ahead of the company’s fiscal Q2 2026 earnings report. The move was driven by strong sector momentum following Dell Technologies’ standout AI server results, a new HPE ProLiant server announcement at COMPUTEX, recent analyst target up…
Morocco's stock market closed slightly higher on Monday, with the Moroccan All Shares index finishing up 0.25% in Casablanca. Sector strength in banking, beverage and transport helped lift the market, even as a greater number of stocks fell than rose. Commodity and currency moves included a sharp rise in crude oil prices and a decline in gold futur…
Wolfe Research upgraded AvalonBay Communities (AVB) and Equity Residential (EQR) from Peer Perform to Outperform, citing anticipated merger synergies of about $125 million, a valuation discount relative to peers, and signs that rent growth is stabilizing. The firm projects most savings will be realized within 18 months and estimates pro forma earni…
Compass Pathways Plc shares climbed sharply in morning trading after the company secured a rolling NDA submission and review request from the FDA for COMP360, received a Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher, and benefited from multiple analyst target increases. Management will present at the Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference on June 3, 202…
Cellebrite DI's stock climbed about 5.8% in morning trade to $15.58 after the company posted Q1 2026 results that topped expectations on both earnings and revenue. Robust ARR growth, sequential net new ARR stabilization, and early traction for new AI and forensics products, together with fresh and reiterated Buy ratings from several firms, have dri…
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. shares pushed sharply higher, reaching a new 52-week intraday peak after Nvidia’s CEO announced a major increase in planned annual investment in Taiwan at Computex. Supply chain reports that TSMC intends to raise 3-nanometer wafer prices in the second half of 2026, plus a high-profile visit by Intel’s CEO to m…
Oracle stock climbed sharply in morning trading after the company posted better-than-expected third-quarter fiscal 2026 results and announced a large U.S. government cloud infrastructure agreement. The quarter delivered an EPS beat, revenue above forecasts and double-digit organic growth, while management pointed to a swelling AI cloud backlog and …
Adobe Systems Incorporated shares rose 4.3% in morning trading to $270.45 as investors accumulated stock ahead of the company's quarterly results due June 11, 2026. The move reflects a combination of an active $25 billion buyback authorization, technical trading interest, and recognition for Adobe Analytics, even as major U.S. indices show limited …
Israel's stock market closed lower on Monday, with the benchmark TA-35 falling 4.21% to a one-month low. Losses concentrated in the Insurance, Financials and Technology sectors. Market breadth was negative, with 386 decliners versus 99 advancers. Oil prices climbed sharply while gold futures retreated. Currency moves included a modest rise in USD/I…
Norwegian equities closed higher on Monday with the Oslo OBX index rising 0.55%, led by advances in the energy complex. Equinor recorded the largest single-stock gain on the OBX, while Nel fell sharply. Broad market breadth favoured decliners, and oil prices moved notably higher during the session, with currency pairs showing modest moves.
D.A. Davidson has added Nvidia to its Best-of-Breed Bison stock list after the chipmaker met 10 of 12 selection criteria. The firm highlighted Nvidia's central position in AI infrastructure, the strength of its CUDA ecosystem and continuous product innovation, and exceptionally high profit margins as the basis for the inclusion and reiterated a Buy…
Microsoft will use its upcoming Build conference in San Francisco to announce a slate of developer-oriented updates and new artificial intelligence capabilities. Planned reveals include a developer-optimized Windows 11 experience, an emphasis on running AI models locally on PCs, compatibility with new hardware from Nvidia and Qualcomm, the introduc…
Nielsen figures referenced by Bank of America show cigarette and cigar volumes declined sharply in the UK and more modestly in Italy during the four weeks ending in mid-May. Imperial Brands reported notable volume growth and market share gains in Italy, while British American Tobacco, Philip Morris International and Japan Tobacco all saw volume dec…
Barclays' technology team estimates that annual infrastructure investment by Western hyperscalers and AI labs could top $1 trillion before peaking in 2028, a projection more than $300 billion above consensus. The bank highlighted more than a dozen manufacturers of turbines, generators, control systems and advanced materials that it sees as integral…
Micron Technology shares jumped nearly 6.0% in morning trading to a 52-week high of $1,038.94 after Nvidia unveiled a new Arm-based AI processor at Computex and analysts issued bullish guidance. The Nvidia announcement - pitching AI-capable processors into mainstream laptops from major OEMs - was read by the market as an expansion of Micron’s addre…
