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MicroVision Inc said it won a bankruptcy-auction bid to acquire certain Luminar Technologies assets for $33 million in cash, a move that lifted its stock by about 4% on Tuesday. The purchase includes intellectual property and inventory tied to the Iris and Halo lidar sensors, select engineering and operations personnel, and specific commercial cont…
Greek equities closed higher on Tuesday, with the Athens General Composite advancing 1.49% to reach a new five-year high. Gains were concentrated in the Banking, Construction and Travel sectors, while retail and telecom names underperformed. Market breadth remained narrow, with slightly more decliners than advancers and a meaningful move in commodi…
SentinelOne (NYSE: S) saw its stock rise roughly 1% after Citron Research published a bullish note arguing the cybersecurity company is well-positioned to protect against risks posed by autonomous AI agents. Citron pointed to SentinelOne’s acquisition of Prompt Security and described the technology as a governance layer for agentic systems that can…
TD Cowen has begun coverage of Intuitive Surgical with a Buy rating and a $660 price target, arguing the da Vinci 5 launch will create a prolonged product cycle. The firm expects both growth in installed fleets and replacement-led redeployment of prior-generation systems into price-sensitive markets, which it believes will broaden access and lift o…
Citi has initiated comprehensive coverage of major European pharmaceutical companies, assigning Buy ratings to AstraZeneca and Novartis and Neutral ratings to GSK, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi. Analyst Graham Parry highlighted valuation, pipeline robustness and looming loss-of-exclusivity events as the principal factors shaping the bank's relative prefe…
Omeros Corporation's stock edged up after the company said it has completed first commercial shipments of YARTEMLEA (narsoplimab-wuug) to distributors and that transplant centers are beginning to place orders. The therapy, approved by the FDA for adults and children aged two and above, is now being administered to both adult and pediatric patients …
Retail investors in the United States have driven unusually large flows into silver exchange-traded funds, with one-day net purchases of the iShares Silver Trust far exceeding past peaks. Vanda Research reported that individual investors bought about $171 million of the fund on Monday, a level nearly double the prior one-day high seen during the 20…
Kepler Cheuvreux has published a sector review of European capital goods, screening 75 companies with market capitalizations above EUR2 billion to identify preferred and least preferred names for 2026. The research highlights concentrated growth in the US and India, strength in data centers and infrastructure-related markets, and mixed prospects ac…
Trading on Tuesday produced sharp moves across market-cap bands, with large healthcare insurers among the weakest names after policy news and a mix of gains in semiconductors, cloud and data center-related stocks. Mega-cap losses included UnitedHealth, while Humana and CVS were large-cap decliners. A range of mid- and small-cap companies also recor…
Citigroup has enacted a broad reshuffle of its corporate banking leadership under Vis Raghavan, the executive recruited from JPMorgan Chase. The changes install co-heads for corporate banking, name global chairs for investment and corporate banking, and reassign senior North American roles as the bank pursues improved returns under CEO Jane Fraser.
Lyft is building a Teen rides feature that will allow teenagers to use the platform by pairing them with highly rated drivers and providing parents with real-time tracking, pickup and drop-off notifications, and options to contact drivers. The capability, spotted in the latest Lyft app code, marks a policy reversal for Lyft, which previously barred…
Turkey's main stock index closed lower on Tuesday, dragged down by losses in the Technology, Wood, Paper & Printing and Insurance sectors. The BIST 100 fell 0.53% as decliners outnumbered advancers by a wide margin, though several individual stocks posted strong gains and a pair reached all-time highs.
Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage of fintech and payments stocks, arguing that blockchain and artificial intelligence are driving a fundamental redesign of how money and assets move across accounts, balance sheets, and jurisdictions. The firm warns the change is obscured to many end users by modern interfaces built atop legacy systems, and ident…
Shares of Global Interactive Technologies, Inc. (GITS) rocketed after the company announced a collaboration with K-pop group ATEEZ to create the official theme song for its forthcoming animated feature "The Legend of MegaRace." The agreement grants GITS ownership of the master recordings and broad global rights for distribution, use and commerciali…
Zscaler Inc. shares climbed 5% Tuesday following the launch of the AI Security Suite, a set of tools intended to give organizations visibility and control over generative AI services, development environments, and embedded AI inside SaaS. The product rollout follows findings from Zscaler’s ThreatLabz 2026 AI Security Report, which reported critical…
Shares of several grocery chains and delivery platforms fell after Amazon announced a broad expansion of its grocery delivery services, plans to open more than 100 new Whole Foods Market stores, and the wind-down of Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh physical outlets. The move includes growth in Same-Day Delivery for perishables, testing an ultra-fast 'Ama…
Moroccan equities closed higher on Tuesday, with the Moroccan All Shares index rising 1.26% at the Casablanca close. Gains concentrated in Banking, Beverage and Transport names pushed the market upward, while a handful of stocks in industrial and services segments registered the session's largest declines. Commodity and currency moves accompanied t…
Needham & Company upgraded Affirm from Hold to Buy after the company applied for a bank charter, arguing that an FDIC-insured deposit base could materially change Affirm's funding costs, accelerate product integration, and boost long-term earnings potential. The firm set a $100 price target and highlighted potential funding cost savings and product…
Meta’s WhatsApp is rolling out a new one-click security option called "Strict Account Settings" that bundles several defenses aimed at users who face elevated cyber threat levels. The setting blocks media and attachments from unknown senders, turns off link previews and silences calls from contacts not in a user’s address book. WhatsApp positions t…
Wolfe Research upgraded Target to Peer Perform from Underperform, citing a likely near-term earnings rebase, signs of operational improvement and a sizeable real estate asset base that provides downside protection. The firm projects a potential reset of earnings to about $6 in fiscal 2026 before gradual recovery, and expects higher capital and oper…
Morgan Stanley said investor sentiment toward Visa and Mastercard has brightened after a key political development reduced the probability that the Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA) will be attached to moving legislation. Analyst James Faucette told clients the Politico report that Senator Roger Marshall agreed not to offer a credit card amendment…
Cardiff Oncology's stock fell almost 30% in premarket trading Tuesday after the company released Phase 2 data for onvansertib combined with standard first-line therapy in RAS-mutated metastatic colorectal cancer. While the 30mg arm produced a notably higher confirmed objective response rate than standard of care and was well-tolerated, the market r…
Shares of major U.S. health insurers plunged on Tuesday after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released an Advance Notice proposing a 0.09% increase to 2027 Medicare Advantage payments. The unexpectedly small increase - equivalent to just over $700 million in additional payments - weighed on names with sizable Medicare Advantage exp…
Genenta Science SpA ADR said it will change its name to Saentra Forge S.p.A. and redirect its corporate strategy toward acquiring privately held Italian businesses in national security sectors governed by Italian Golden Power rules. The announcement, which included a binding agreement to fund and potentially acquire a controlling stake in ATC - a N…
INVO Fertility Inc saw a sharp premarket rise after shareholders approved a large increase in the company’s authorized common shares. Stockholders also ratified the company’s auditor for fiscal 2025, approved potential share issuance tied to a previously issued warrant, and expanded the 2019 Stock Incentive Plan. Voting results and quorum details w…
