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U.S. equities finished higher on Wednesday, driven by gains in the Industrials, Technology and Basic Materials sectors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.24% to a new one-month high, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite gained 1.46% and 2.03%, respectively. Market breadth favored advancers across both exchanges, even as oil prices fell shar…
Canadian equities closed higher on Wednesday with the S&P/TSX Composite up 1.24%, driven by strength in the Materials, Healthcare and Financials sectors. Major movers included large percentage gains in several miners and notable declines among energy and financial names. Traders also saw significant moves in commodities, with gold and oil diverging…
Stocks in Brazil closed higher on Wednesday, with the Bovespa index finishing up 0.50% as Real Estate, Industrials and Consumption sectors supported the rise. Market breadth favored advancers over decliners, while volatility measures and key commodity and FX benchmarks moved with mixed directionality.
MetLife reported a marked increase in first-quarter profit, boosted by stronger life insurance underwriting and volume growth in Asia alongside higher net investment income. The company’s diversified operations showed broad-based gains across regional and product segments despite a choppy macroeconomic backdrop.
Snap Inc. reported a first quarter that outperformed analyst expectations on both earnings per share and revenue, returned to daily active user growth, and produced significant margin expansion and cash generation. Shares fell about 3% after the company issued second-quarter revenue guidance that sits roughly in line with Wall Street estimates and …
Flutter has reorganized senior management at its U.S. FanDuel arm, with Amy Howe exiting and long-serving executive Dan Taylor stepping into an expanded leadership role. The move follows a marked slowdown in projected profit growth and reflects the company’s concerns about FanDuel’s recent underperformance in the U.S. market, where it holds a 39% s…
Snap reported a 12% increase in first-quarter revenue to $1.53 billion and a return to growth in daily active users, driven by markets outside North America and Europe. The company ended a $400 million Perplexity integration, expects second-quarter revenue roughly in line with estimates, and posted adjusted EBITDA above analyst projections. Recent …
Chime reported its first-ever quarterly profit in the first quarter, driven by continued consumer spending that bolstered demand for the company's digital banking services. The San Francisco-based fintech posted revenue of $647 million, net income of $53 million and approved a $200 million share buyback. Management cited broad resilience across spe…
JPMorgan Chase says it attempted to negotiate a settlement with a former leveraged finance vice president before he filed a lawsuit alleging sexual assault and racial harassment. The bank says it offered $1 million, which the plaintiff rejected, and maintains the allegations lack merit after an internal probe.
DoorDash said it expects second-quarter marketplace gross order value (GOV) to exceed analyst projections, driven by steady consumer demand and growth beyond food delivery into grocery, retail and international markets. The company reported first-quarter adjusted earnings that beat estimates and provided guidance for adjusted EBITDA that sits margi…
Arm Holdings said it expects first-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates, driven by increased uptake of its chip architectures for AI data center workloads. The company cited a rise in royalties connected to data center deployments and reported strong fourth-quarter revenue, while noting memory shortages and supply-chain work to meet new dema…
On May 6, Warner Bros. Discovery reported stronger-than-expected growth in its streaming revenue, driven by international expansion of HBO Max and higher subscriber engagement. The company also announced a larger first-quarter net loss, which included a substantial termination fee tied to merger-related obligations. Advertising revenue declined ami…
The U.S. Air Force is aiming to have a Boeing 747 donated by Qatar refurbished and delivered by the Fourth of July, potentially providing President Donald Trump with an upgraded presidential aircraft in time for the nation’s 250th anniversary. The White House accepted the jet in 2025 and ordered a rapid retrofit by L3Harris. Meanwhile, Boeing’s for…
MicroCloud Hologram Inc. reported a single-day share gain after announcing a Strong Designated Verifier Signature scheme built on high-order multivariate algebraic equations intended to protect Bitcoin protocols from quantum computing threats. The company detailed the scheme's mathematical basis, potential integration path into Bitcoin via a soft f…
Anaergia Inc. shares climbed 4.8% after the company announced a new revolving credit facility with National Bank of Canada. The three-year, senior-secured loan provides up to $20 million in principal with a bank option to increase the facility by a further $10 million. The financing is intended for general corporate purposes and to support executio…
Eric Zinterhofer, founding partner of Searchlight Capital Partners, told Bloomberg Deals that dealmaking has bifurcated into a high-demand market for quality assets and a separate segment where weaker companies are not transacting. He noted a shift toward strategic acquirers over private equity sponsors, said his firm expects net dispositions this …
Meta Platforms has asked the Los Angeles judge who presided over a high-profile trial to set aside a jury verdict that found the company liable for a woman’s depression, arguing federal immunity and contending trial evidence linked the harm to viewed content rather than design elements such as autoplay and infinite scroll. Google has also sought re…
A person with direct knowledge of the talks said Brazilian billionaire Joesley Batista, an owner of meatpacker JBS, played an instrumental role in arranging a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, set for Thursday in Washington. Plane-tracking data show a J&F-owned jet travelling from Colorad…
Options market pricing indicates Wix.com Ltd. (WIX) stock is expected to move about 7.5% around the company’s May 13 earnings report scheduled before the open. Historical post-earnings price behavior shows the shares have moved more than the options-implied magnitude in six of the last eight reports, including several outsized swings both up and do…
Options pricing indicates StubHub Holdings Inc. Class A shares could move about 13% when the company reports quarterly earnings on May 13 after the market close. Historical reactions to prior reports show one instance where the stock’s actual move exceeded the options-implied range and another where it stayed within the expected band.
Options pricing indicates Nebius Group NV Class A shares may swing about 7.9% when the company releases quarterly results on May 13 before the market opens. Historical earnings reactions have frequently outpaced what the options market implied, with four of the last five reports producing larger actual moves than implied by options.
Options pricing indicates Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) could see a 5.8% intraday move when the company releases quarterly results on May 13 after the market close. Historical reactions to earnings have varied, with the stock moving more than the options-implied range in four of the last eight reports listed, producing both outsized gains and l…
Options contracts imply Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. could experience a price swing of about 5.8% when it releases earnings on May 13 before the market opens, with the company having both exceeded and fallen short of options-implied moves in recent reports. Historical earnings reactions have ranged from muted gains to double-digit surges and drops.
In recorded testimony in federal court in Oakland, former OpenAI technology chief Mira Murati said CEO Sam Altman created an environment of persistent chaos and mistrust among senior leaders, at times conveying conflicting messages to different executives. Her account is part of a trial brought by Elon Musk alleging OpenAI abandoned its nonprofit o…
Jefferies' review of 89 Indian companies found a five-year high in beat rates for the March quarter, but growing analyst caution driven by concerns about the Middle East conflict lifted FY2027 earnings downgrades. While private banks, consumer staples and several cement firms outperformed, information technology and select insurers lagged expectati…
