Daily coverage of equity markets, sectors, and major indices.
In-depth reporting on U.S. and global stock markets, including index performance, sector rotation, earnings reactions, volatility trends, and notable single-stock moves. Designed to help traders and investors understand what is driving price action across equities.
9,363 total articles
AlphaSense is pursuing a fresh capital raise worth hundreds of millions of dollars, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The proposed valuation would top the company's more than $4 billion valuation from its 2024 financing, though no final decision has been made and terms could shift. Founded in 2011, AlphaSense provides an A…
U.S. stock benchmarks finished lower on Tuesday, led by declines in Technology, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.18%, the S&P 500 fell 0.37% and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.84% at the close in New York. Market breadth was slightly negative on the NYSE and more decisively tilted toward decliners on…
Canada's main stock index closed modestly higher on Tuesday as advances in the Clean Technology, Energy and Materials sectors lifted the S&P/TSX Composite by 0.18%. A handful of large movers drove much of the session's momentum, while volatility measures ticked up and commodity prices rose alongside a firmer US dollar index.
Brazil's main equity index, the Bovespa, finished the session up 0.32% as advances in Basic Materials, Industrials and Telecoms offset weakness elsewhere. Volume of decliners outpaced gainers, and volatility as measured by the CBOE Brazil Etf Volatility fell sharply. In commodities trading, gold, oil and coffee futures rose, while key FX pairs were…
OpenAI has decided to discontinue its Sora video-generation app and the associated developer API six months after the app's standalone release, the company said Tuesday. The move accompanies a broader internal refocus toward business and coding capabilities and world-simulation research intended to support robotics and real-world tasks, as compute …
OpenAI is preparing to discontinue the standalone Sora video application, moving the product out of public distribution as it concentrates resources on business and coding services ahead of a possible initial public offering later this year. Reports indicate Sora may be integrated into ChatGPT, after its launch as a separate app in September 2025. …
NASA announced it is pausing the Lunar Gateway orbital station in its current form and will use parts of that program to build a $20 billion base on the moon’s surface. The agency, led by Jared Isaacman who assumed leadership in December, also revealed plans to send a nuclear-electric propulsion demonstrator called Space Reactor 1 Freedom to Mars b…
The National Transportation Safety Board reported that LaGuardia Airport's surface surveillance system did not issue an alert during a collision between an Air Canada Express CRJ-900 and a firetruck that killed two pilots and injured multiple passengers. The system, ASDE-X, could not generate a reliable track because of vehicles merging and unmergi…
Apple is evaluating a standalone application for its Siri voice assistant and a new 'Ask Siri' capability designed to function across the company's software ecosystem. The revamp, described by people familiar with the matter, will present a refreshed interface and chatbot-like interaction and is expected to be introduced at the company's Worldwide …
United Parcel Service told the International Brotherhood of Teamsters that it has rescinded its most recent driver buyout proposal for the Teamsters Central Region, the union said. The reversal follows an earlier plan to offer $150,000 one-time payments to drivers and a broader dispute that prompted a union lawsuit over workforce cuts and facility …
Shares of Fair Isaac Corporation, TransUnion and Equifax slid on Tuesday after the Federal Housing Finance Agency director said pricing for credit scores and credit bureau services needs to be more affordable. The moves followed reporting that Senator Josh Hawley is opening an inquiry into how Fair Isaac prices services sold into the mortgage marke…
Macquarie’s analysis shows that elevated fuel prices after the Iranian conflict have pushed operating costs higher across the iron ore sector, with Direct Shipping Ore (DSO) operators facing roughly 15% cost increases and concentrate producers experiencing about 6% rises. Diesel linkage, freight differentials and premiums for lump and pellet produc…
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Jim Banks have asked Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to investigate whether public comments by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang may have misled federal officials and influenced decisions to grant export licenses for AI chips to China. The request follows Justice Department charges alleging that three men tied to Nvidia custom…
Jefferson County law enforcement said investigators have found no evidence the Monday night explosion at Valero Energy Corp's Port Arthur refinery was deliberate. The blast, which originated in a diesel hydrotreater and was felt up to 11 miles away, prompted Valero to shut the plant to prevent hydrogen or hydrocarbons from feeding the fire. No inju…
Ahead of the RSA Conference in San Francisco, Wedbush highlighted four cybersecurity companies it views as best positioned to benefit from a surge in AI-driven threats and an ensuing consolidation of enterprise security spending. After conversations with numerous security leaders, the firm calls recent market declines an overreaction and argues tha…
Tuesday’s trading session produced pronounced movements across market capitalizations, with several large technology names sliding and pockets of strength emerging in semiconductors, energy and select small-cap issues. The report catalogs major winners and losers from mega-caps through small-caps, including company-specific notes where provided.
A broad set of economic releases scheduled for Wednesday, March 25, 2026, centers on the Energy Information Administration's weekly crude oil report, with a forecasted draw of 1.400 million barrels following a prior build of 6.156 million. Market participants will also monitor Cushing storage, gasoline and distillate inventories, refinery activity,…
Volkswagen is negotiating with Israel's Rafael Advanced Defence Systems to repurpose its Osnabrück plant for production of components for the Iron Dome air defence system. The proposal, reportedly backed by the German government, would protect about 2,300 jobs at the site and aims to produce defence hardware for sale to European governments. Produc…
CVS Health said it has reached a proposed settlement with the Federal Trade Commission concerning insulin pricing. The agreement, centered on the company's pharmacy benefit manager Caremark, is modeled on an earlier FTC settlement with Express Scripts and seeks to address rebate pricing and compensation structures. CVS said the process is expected …
ADMA Biologics shares fell more than 9% after short seller Culper Research published a report accusing the company of using channel stuffing tied to an undisclosed related party distributor to boost reported revenue growth. The report highlights widening gaps between ADMA's reported revenues and third-party provider sales data, expanded days sales …
Amazon has renewed efforts to develop a smartphone internally codenamed "Transformer," a device intended to integrate advanced AI and Alexa-driven personalization with Amazon commerce and media services. The project is being developed within the devices and services organization and is led by a newly formed ZeroOne group. Key details such as pricin…
Rio Tinto has started an extensive drilling program at the Resolution Copper site in Arizona after obtaining control of the acreage needed to build the mine. The Anglo-Australian miner said the exploration work will inform a production timetable that could see the mine come into operation in the early to mid-2030s, with initial copper targeted with…
Software equities fell sharply Tuesday, with the iShares Expanded Tech-Software ETF (IGV) down about 4.2% as a cluster of drivers—from Anthropic's Claude browser-runtime rollout to analyst notes, usage data and rising yields—converged to sap investor confidence. Several large-cap software names lost between 3% and nearly 9%, while an index constitu…
ARM announced it will produce silicon for the first time, introducing the ARM AGI CPU aimed at AI data centers. The processor packs up to 136 ARM Neoverse V3 cores per socket, a 300-watt thermal design power, and is claimed to deliver more than twice the performance per rack versus x86 platforms. Meta is the lead partner and co-developer; multiple …
U.K. stocks ended Tuesday's session stronger, with the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gaining 0.55% as Oil & Gas Producers, Mining and Mobile Telecommunications names led the advance. Smurfit WestRock, BP and BT Group were among the top performers while B&M, Persimmon and Taylor Wimpey posted the largest declines. Market breadth favoured losers o…
