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DEME Group posted its strongest first half in its 150-year history, with turnover of €2.2 billion, EBITDA of €466 million at a 21.6% margin, and net profit rising 20% to €215 million. Management raised its full-year 2026 guidance, forecasting revenue modestly above 2025 levels while maintaining last year’s EBITDA margin, a move that catalyzed a 7.1…
Options markets are implying a roughly $280 billion change in Nvidia's market value following the company's quarterly results, reflecting a 5.4% expected stock move on the trading day after earnings. That implied swing is smaller than the move priced ahead of May results and below Nvidia's recent historical average. Market participants say the opti…
Sadot Group Inc. rallied in pre-market action after a registration statement disclosed a potential secondary offering by selling stockholders. The move follows the company’s completion of a February debenture retirement via debt-for-equity exchanges and its pivot toward an AI-enabled commodity trading platform. A reverse split that narrowed the pub…
SmartKem Inc. shares spiked in pre-market action after a trading halt marked "news pending" remained unresolved, with the company's recent 1-for-50 reverse split and an announced all-stock deal with Ferrox Critical Minerals contributing to heightened speculative interest. The move appears company-specific, occurring amid a largely unchanged broader…
Zoom Video reported fiscal Q2 2027 results that exceeded consensus on both revenue and adjusted EPS, yet the company’s guidance for the coming quarter and fiscal year fell short of the elevated expectations investors had built into the stock. Strong enterprise growth and a large increase in Virtual Agent customers highlighted traction on AI and ent…
Taiwan's benchmark rose 1.48% at Wednesday's close, powered by strong performances in the Plastic, Chemical and Optoelectronic sectors. Market breadth favored advancers by a wide margin, while select shipping names recorded steep losses. ITEQ Corp reached an all-time high during the session. Commodity and currency moves were mixed, with oil prices …
Gold has rallied from recent lows, putting several Asian miners into view for investors seeking leveraged exposure to a bullion rebound. Companies with the largest fair-value discounts and the healthiest balance sheets may deliver the most upside as the metal climbs back toward prior highs. This report outlines the metrics for five names and offers…
France’s BNP Paribas and South Korea’s KB Kookmin Bank are each in discussions to acquire at least 15% of Vietnam’s Techcombank as strategic investors, people close to the talks said. Techcombank is seeking a valuation of about two times book value, which would value a 15% stake at roughly $2 billion and represent a premium to its market price. No …
The Yindjibarndi people have filed an appeal in the federal court contesting the compensation awarded against Fortescue Metals Group for mining on their native title lands without an agreement since 2012. They say the amounts for cultural and economic loss were underestimated and seek to link compensation to typical royalty structures used in the P…
DroneShield shares fell sharply after the security-technology company reported H1 2026 results that combined strong revenue growth with a substantial deterioration in profitability. Revenue rose 74% year-over-year to A$125.8 million, and recurring revenue jumped 229% to A$11.5 million, but the company swung to an underlying EBITDA loss of A$12.4 mi…
WiseTech Global reported an 11% decline in statutory net profit for the year ended June 30, citing costs tied to the acquisition and integration of e2open and higher restructuring charges. Revenue rose 79% to $1.396 billion largely because of the e2open purchase, while underlying profit measures improved and the company provided guidance for fiscal…
Zoom forecast third-quarter adjusted earnings below analysts' consensus and saw shares slip in after-hours trading. The company continues to introduce AI-driven features while reporting second-quarter results that modestly beat revenue and profit estimates, but guidance points to near-term pressure from competitors.
Options activity in Kohl’s Corp. has been dominated by puts, with more than 15,000 put contracts traded and overall options volume near 19,000 contracts. Short-dated puts at strikes below the current share price saw the largest new positions, while implied volatility climbed above 70%, signaling that market participants are preparing for a sizable …
U.S. equities saw notable intraday moves on Tuesday, with semiconductor, biotech and other technology-related names among the strongest performers. Advanced Micro Devices and Moderna were standout gainers after analyst upgrades and trial-related optimism, while a set of mid- and small-cap companies posted double-digit percentage increases. Energy a…
London equities closed higher on Tuesday, led by gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Household Goods & Home Construction and Pharmaceuticals & Biotech sectors. The Investing.com United Kingdom 100 climbed 0.33% to a new record. Individual movers included large advances for Vistry Group PLC and Melrose Industries PLC, while Standard Chartered PLC, Dia…
A surge in options trading on X-Energy, Inc. suggests market participants are positioning for a substantial price swing ahead of the September expiration. More than 30,000 contracts changed hands by late morning, centered on a 20,000-contract straddle at the $20 strike, while concentrated call activity at a far out-of-the-money $35 strike underscor…
Lululemon Athletica shares fell about 3.4% in morning trading to $118.57 after UBS reduced its price target to $120 from $124 while keeping a Neutral rating. The cut, combined with recent departures in senior technology and communications roles, continued insider selling and a previously lowered full-year earnings outlook, has intensified investor …
Navitas Semiconductor said it reached a definitive agreement to acquire Claros, a developer of vertical power delivery (VPD) and integrated voltage regulator (IVR) technology for AI data centers. Navitas shares rose about 6% in premarket trading after the announcement. The transaction is valued at up to roughly $232.8 million based on Navitas' Augu…
Airbus employees in Spain resumed strike action after rejecting the company's recent proposal on pay and remote-working arrangements. The disruption follows intermittent industrial action since July. Separately, the U.S. State Department approved a sale of BAE Systems' APKWS II guided rockets to Italy for integration on Typhoon jets, and the UK ann…
A growing number of carriers have begun to restore flights across the Middle East after recent U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, but leading airlines are keeping many routes suspended. Dubai remains one of the most disrupted hubs, with several European and Asian operators extending halts to late October or further into 2027 for select seasonal serv…
Brazil's data protection authority has sanctioned ByteDance's Brazilian unit with a 153.8 million reais (about $29.81 million) fine for processing personal data of 13-to-18-year-olds without proper legal authorization. The regulator also mandated deletion of affected data within 60 business days, notification to third parties, and submission of tec…
Intel stock climbed 3.6% in pre-market trading after a Raymond James upgrade of rival Advanced Micro Devices and disclosure of sizeable Intel share and option purchases by former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The combination of renewed demand themes tied to agentic AI and inference workloads and a stabilizing market backdrop helped offset recent…
The 30-year Treasury yield reached 5.34% on August 19, its highest level in 19 years. Market participants are debating whether Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s decision to double long-end buybacks is an intentional signal aimed at engineering a mechanical short-covering event among commodity trading advisors (CTAs), who remain heavily short in Tr…
Dick’s Sporting Goods shares dropped sharply in pre-market trading after the retailer reported fiscal second-quarter 2026 results, with adjusted earnings per share coming in about 15% below analyst expectations. Revenue slightly topped consensus at roughly $5.64 billion, but the company said integration expenses related to its September 2025 acquis…
United Airlines expects to receive a sufficient number of Airbus A321XLR aircraft to underpin a planned European expansion in 2027, the carrier said, even as Airbus production and supply-chain issues have created delivery challenges industrywide. The long-range single-aisle jet will be used on five new European routes next year and form part of the…
