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Barclays has identified four mining stocks it favors ahead of upcoming earnings, pointing to improving copper fundamentals, attractive valuations and individual company catalysts. The broker expects easing macro uncertainty, steady commodity demand and a recovery in copper-led profit growth to underpin the sector, with operational gains and shareho…
A review of Form 4 filings disclosed on Monday, July 6, 2026, shows a set of notable insider purchases by a large shareholder and company directors, alongside sizeable sales executed under pre-arranged trading plans by executives and trustees. Transactions span small-cap names trading near 52-week lows to larger technology firms trading near recent…
Plug Power shares climbed 1.5% in pre-market trading following a contract award for a 50-megawatt electrolyzer at the Hunter Valley Hydrogen Hub in Newcastle, New South Wales. The order will use Plug's GenEco PEM electrolyzers to produce about 4,700 tonnes of renewable hydrogen annually for Orica, and comes alongside improving Q1 2026 revenue and m…
Amazon is pursuing a U.S. dollar bond transaction with an initial target of $25 billion to support its large-scale investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure. A regulatory filing shows an eight-part offering made up of both floating- and fixed-rate notes; the total could rise if investor demand warrants it. The move follows a broader tre…
NATO will establish a shared strategic airlift fleet using Airbus A400M transports and will add a single A330 MRTT tanker to its existing multinational tanker pool, Secretary General Mark Rutte said in Ankara. The move is intended to bolster air mobility and plug capability gaps following reductions in U.S. contributions, with participating nations…
Salesforce shares advanced in pre-market trading after a Guggenheim upgrade that challenged a deeply bearish AI narrative. The move follows better-than-expected quarterly results, raised guidance and a strategic acquisition intended to accelerate AI adoption. Broader futures weakness, however, provides little external market support.
Plug Power’s stock ticked up in premarket trading after the company said it will supply 50 megawatts of GenEco Proton Exchange Membrane electrolyzers to the Hunter Valley Hydrogen Hub in Newcastle, New South Wales. The project, developed by Orica, is the first Hydrogen Headstart awardee to reach final investment decision and received AU$432 million…
Saudi Arabia's Tadawul All Share closed 0.36% higher on Tuesday, supported by gains in Energy & Utilities, Agriculture & Food and Retail sectors. Steel and pipe manufacturers led advances, while select industrial exporters and insurance names recorded the steepest declines. Market breadth was mixed and commodities showed modest strength.
Getty has formally ended its planned acquisition of Shutterstock after receiving conditional approval from the UK Competition and Markets Authority requiring the divestiture of Shutterstock's editorial business. The CMA, which had advanced discussions with potential buyers, will halt further work on the case following Getty's notice.
Wolfe Research initiated coverage of Ferrari with an Outperform rating and a €382 price target, saying the luxury automaker’s public growth targets are conservative. Analyst Emmanuel Rosner expects new model pricing to accelerate revenue beginning in 2027 and projects higher sales and EBIT than consensus for fiscal 2027, while describing electrific…
Bank of America has reinstated coverage of Shopify with a Buy rating and a $150 price objective, arguing the e-commerce platform is well positioned to capture value as commerce shifts toward AI-driven, agentic interfaces. The bank projects above-peer revenue growth in 2026 and 2027 and expects margin expansion through 2028, while highlighting Shopi…
U.S. consumer confidence in June ticked up to 91.2 as gasoline prices fell sharply from spring peaks, but the modest improvement left the index at its lowest June level in more than a decade and short of economists' expectations. The uptick tracked closely with sliding pump prices following a de-escalation linked to Iran; however, high inflation, r…
AmpliTech Group Inc. authorized a $10 million stock repurchase plan and simultaneously terminated its At-The-Market equity offering program, prompting a roughly 10% rise in premarket trading. The buyback may run for 24 months and be funded from existing cash on hand. The company said its cash position, improved working capital and lack of debt, tog…
Rentokil Initial shares rose in pre-market trade after Goldman Sachs upgraded the pest control and hygiene group to Buy from Neutral and set a GBP 5.90 price target. The bank cited an expected return to mid-single-digit organic growth by 2027 and a clear recovery since the third quarter of 2025, saying the company is closing the gap with peer Rolli…
Shopify shares rose in pre-market trading after BofA Securities began coverage with a Buy rating and a $150 price target, arguing the company’s checkout and payments infrastructure could be central to agentic, AI-powered transactions. The initiation comes after a roughly 25% year-to-date decline for the stock and is occurring against a broader mark…
Bank of America restored coverage of Figma with a Buy rating and a $30 price target, saying concerns that generative AI would harm the design software maker are overblown. Analyst Tal Liani views AI as a net positive that could broaden the pool of digital-product creators and increase demand for centralized collaboration. Early usage and enterprise…
Agios Pharmaceuticals rose in pre-market trading after the FDA accepted its supplemental New Drug Application for mitapivat in sickle cell disease and assigned Priority Review with a PDUFA date of November 1, 2026. The sNDA was filed via the accelerated approval pathway. Concurrent analyst price-target raises and a broadly positive equity market he…
Barclays initiated coverage of Wise Group Plc’s U.S.-listed shares at an overweight rating with a $15 price target, while keeping an unchanged overweight stance on the London-listed stock with a £11.40 target. The broker points to continued market share gains, scaling of the Platform business and margin resilience as the basis for its positive view…
A federal and multistate investigation into alleged bid coordination among three egg producers closed with a $3.3 million settlement on June 30, 2026. Cal-Maine Foods will pay $1.5 million to 17 states and donate 30 million eggs; no criminal charges were brought against executives at any of the firms involved. The resolution still needs court appro…
Amazon has begun marketing an eight-part U.S. investment grade bond offering that is expected to price today. The package ranges from a three-year floating-rate note priced at a SOFR equivalent up to a 40-year fixed-rate note with initial price talk around +145 basis points. The notes are being marketed with expected ratings of A1 from Moody’s, AA …
Compass Pathways shares climbed in pre-market action after the company reported that its experimental depression therapy demonstrated a sustained benefit six months after testing in a late-stage trial. The company is advancing its regulatory filings and expects a potential launch in the first half of 2027 pending U.S. FDA approval. A Wells Fargo pr…
On July 7, Standard Nuclear filed to go public in the United States, targeting a valuation as high as $3.55 billion. The nuclear fuel and radioisotope power systems developer intends to offer 18.25 million shares at a price range of $18 to $21, with proceeds of up to $383.25 million. The company plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange under th…
Standard Nuclear has filed to sell 18,250,000 shares of Class A common stock in a U.S. initial public offering, targeting gross proceeds of as much as $383.25 million. The company, which makes tristructural-isotropic (TRISO) and high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuels for small modular reactors, has applied to list its Class A shares on the N…
Shares of Visa and Mastercard fell in pre-market trading after reports said several large U.S. banks discussed buying a debit network owned by Fiserv. The move could be aimed at sidestepping fee caps under the Durbin Amendment, but talks are preliminary and some banks have already decided not to pursue a deal amid potential regulatory and political…
NATO has announced plans to acquire up to 10 Saab GlobalEye surveillance aircraft in a program valued at roughly $4.5 billion to replace aging E-3 AWACS early warning planes. The alliance selected the Swedish GlobalEye over Boeing’s competing E-7 Wedgetail, saying the business-jet based system will strengthen detection capabilities against modern t…
