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PACS Group Inc. announced it will acquire 34 skilled nursing facilities from Eduro Healthcare, adding 3,633 beds across six western states and expanding the company’s operational footprint into four new states. Shares of PACS rose in after-hours trading following the disclosure. The transaction is structured to close in multiple tranches, with most…
Stocks moved sharply in after-hours trading as a handful of companies reported results, filings or regulatory actions that altered near-term investor calculus. AeroVironment jumped after a notable quarterly beat and raised revenue outlook; Praxis Precision Medicines saw its FDA review extended; Vishay announced a large equity offering; Concentrix c…
Mama’s Creations Inc. (NASDAQ: MAMA) said it has launched a proposed underwritten public offering of common stock, with all shares to be sold by the company and a 30-day over-allotment option for underwriters. The announcement coincided with an 8.1% decline in the stock during after-hours trading Monday. Net proceeds are intended for working capita…
Vishay Intertechnology said it has begun an underwritten public offering of $750 million of its common stock, with an underwriter option for an additional $112.5 million of shares. The announcement coincided with a 9.4% decline in the company's shares in after-hours trading. Vishay said net proceeds are intended to accelerate growth initiatives and…
Genmab A/S stock jumped in after-hours trading after the company reported positive topline results from the Phase 3 EPCORE DLBCL-4 trial. The study, evaluating subcutaneous epcoritamab in combination with lenalidomide against standard-of-care therapy in adults with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), met its primary endpoi…
Praxis Precision Medicines saw its shares decline in after-hours trading after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration extended the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) review date for relutrigine by three months to December 27, 2026. The delay follows Praxis’s submission of additional sensitivity analyses, which the agency treated as a "major amen…
Gain Therapeutics Inc. saw its shares climb after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared an Investigational New Drug application for GT-02287, an oral small molecule aimed at restoring glucocerebrosidase function in Parkinson’s disease. The IND clearance permits a U.S. Phase 2 trial expected to start in the third quarter of 2026 and follows …
NBCUniversal is exploring a range of strategic moves after Comcast announced plans to spin off the media company, including entry into digital gaming and development of new entertainment franchises. Comcast’s cable and connectivity arm is being positioned to pursue technology investments tied to data centers and artificial intelligence. The split i…
U.S. stock indexes finished higher on Monday, led by gains in Consumer Goods, Technology and Industrials. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at a new record, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite also advanced, while notable single-stock moves showed both extreme winners and steep decliners across exchanges.
Canada's main stock index closed lower on Monday, dragged down by declines in Consumer Staples, Telecoms and Materials. The S&P/TSX Composite fell 0.45% as winners included BlackBerry, 5N Plus and MDA, while Brookfield Business, Aya Gold & Silver and NovaGold were among the largest decliners. Volatility edged up and commodity prices showed mixed mo…
Brazilian equities closed slightly lower on Monday, with the Bovespa easing 0.05% in Sao Paulo. Gains in select names including Braskem, Magazine Luiza and Natura were offset by declines in Azzas 2154, Vivara Participacoes and CSN Mineracao. Volume breadth favored advancers, and volatility and commodity price swings were modest.
Digital Realty has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in three fully leased data center facilities in Northern Virginia from funds managed by Blackstone, in a transaction valuing the assets at $7.8 billion. The deal, expected to close on June 30, will see Digital Realty pay $3.5 billion to Blackstone-affiliated funds for a blended 64% equity int…
Nuvectis Pharma's stock plunged in after-hours trading after the company announced an underwritten public offering of common stock. All shares in the offering will be sold by Nuvectis, with underwriters granted a 30-day option to buy up to an additional 15% of the offering. Cantor is serving as sole book runner. The company said net proceeds would …
Freedom Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:FRHC) said Monday that Valeriy Kim will assume the role of Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Evgeny Ler. The market reacted with a 2.1% decline in after-hours trading. Ler will take on a special advisor position focused on financing and M&A alongside Chief Executive Officer Timur Turlov. Kim, 37, brings experience bu…
Uber has ended its robotaxi partnership with Waymo in Phoenix, with the ride-hailing element wrapping up last month after completing hundreds of thousands of trips and the food delivery portion concluding in May 2025. The multiyear agreement, launched in 2023, had placed just over a dozen dedicated vehicles into service via the Uber app. Both compa…
Jana Partners has raised its ownership in Alkami Technology Inc. to more than 10% and is pressing the fintech firm to open formal discussions with potential acquirers, according to a person familiar with the matter. The activist investor is pushing for outreach to both strategic and financial buyers, advocating changes to board leadership and urgin…
Options volume in NioCorp Developments Ltd. accelerated to 16,196 contracts by 3:20 p.m. New York time on Monday, with call options accounting for the overwhelming majority of the activity. Several call strikes recorded heavy trading while the stock traded slightly lower and short-term volatility and skew metrics moved higher.
Polestar said U.S. authorities denied authorization to sell new models from the 2027 model year onward under a federal rule targeting vehicles with Chinese-linked connected-vehicle technology. The decision has unsettled recent buyers and U.S. dealers, who worry about future warranty support, software updates and the health of the brand's service ne…
Options activity in AeroVironment climbed sharply during Monday trading, with total contracts exceeding 14,000 by early afternoon. Call contracts modestly outnumbered puts, and volume was concentrated in a January 2027 $230 call and a cluster of July 2, 2026 strikes. Shares moved higher while short-term volatility measures shifted.
Options volume in Gap Inc. climbed sharply on Monday as the stock tumbled. By 2:30 p.m. New York time, exchange data showed 23,772 contracts traded, with calls slightly outnumbering puts. Several specific strikes and multi-leg positions dominated the day, and measures of implied volatility and skew moved higher along the three-month horizon.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has faced weak investor interest in a $775 million loan issued to Sable Offshore Corp. that pays a 15% rate, with the deal still on the market after commitments were due. The situation contrasts with a broadly buoyant leveraged-loan market and comes as Sable navigates legal challenges to its California operations following a re…
Bernstein analysts see early indications of recovery in the life science tools and diagnostics sector, driven by improved new drug approvals, trial initiations and funding flows. Despite these positives, allocated capital has not yet converted fully into on-the-ground spending, leaving timing for a broad recovery uncertain. Bernstein favors compani…
Tesla is approaching a pivotal Q2 delivery report that market participants expect around July 2. Two different consensus benchmarks are circulating, and a range of analyst forecasts extends above and below those figures. The report must show sequential growth and evidence that the company is reducing its inventory built up in Q1. Europe and China w…
DA Davidson's proprietary user panel indicates Duolingo's daily active users (DAUs) are tracking roughly 21.7% year-over-year for 2Q'26, ahead of the Street. However, the firm cautions that week-over-week DAU momentum has slowed over several weeks in June and that a June streak revival campaign may not generate durable paid conversions. DA Davidson…
Apple is changing its release cadence by making a set of security updates available to all users before the broader iOS 26.6 release. The company said the move responds to the accelerating pace at which artificial intelligence can be used to develop malicious hacking tools, and aims to shorten the interval between when fixes are announced and when …
