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Stellantis has informed unions it will extend the summer shutdown at its Mirafiori Fiat 500 plant in Turin by an additional week, citing parts shortages for components such as engines, bumpers and sensors. The halt, set for July 27-31, supplements a previously announced three-week August downtime. Unions have suggested the interruptions could also …
Fortune Brands Innovations shares climbed sharply after the company named Jesse Singh as its new permanent chief executive officer, ending a prolonged leadership search and addressing demands from activist investor Ed Garden. The stock's rally outpaced broader market gains, driven primarily by the governance resolution and expectations for a steadi…
Fortune Brands Innovations saw its shares climb sharply after Jesse Singh was confirmed as the company’s new chief executive officer. The appointment, which took effect on Monday, follows pressure from activist investor Ed Garden and coincides with an internal reshuffle that moves interim CEO David Barry into the company’s chief operating officer a…
Alphabet shares climbed sharply after the company officially joined the Dow Jones Industrial Average and disclosed plans for what has been called the largest U.S. corporate equity raise, a move tied to a multiyear AI infrastructure investment. The combination of index inclusion and the capital-raising package drove the stock to its strongest intrad…
The Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange will conduct a joint opening bell ceremony from the Oval Office next week to promote the launch of Trump Accounts, a tax-deferred investment program for children, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said. The program, unveiled earlier this year by President Donald Trump, is set for official rollout on J…
Tesla shares rose sharply in mid-day trading after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration closed an engineering probe into power steering loss that affected roughly 376,241 Model 3 and Model Y vehicles from the 2023 model year. The regulatory closure followed an over-the-air software recall and a subsequent drop in owner complaints. The…
Poland's benchmark WIG30 closed lower on Monday, pulled down by losses in Basic Materials, Chemicals and Developers sectors. The index fell 0.36% in Warsaw trading. While a handful of large-cap names posted gains, more stocks retreated than advanced, and commodity moves saw oil climb and gold retreat.
Bank of America cut ratings on four U.S. biopharmaceutical companies, moving Alkermes, Amphastar Pharmaceuticals and Biohaven to Underperform and trimming Liquidia to Neutral. The brokerage cited stretched valuations, unclear near-term catalysts and a sector-wide rebalancing of ratings. Liquidia's downgrade occurred even as BofA lifted its sales fo…
Turkey's stock market closed lower on Monday, with the BIST 100 ending down 0.64% as losses concentrated in Insurance, Metal Products & Machinery and Transport sectors. A handful of mid- and small-cap names posted double-digit percentage gains, while several others recorded sharp declines. Commodities and FX showed mixed action, with crude oil and …
Danish equities closed modestly lower on Monday, with the OMX Copenhagen 20 finishing down 0.08%. Losses in the Chemicals, Real Estate and Healthcare sectors outweighed gains among select industrial and consumer stocks. Oil rose while gold and the U.S. dollar eased against the krone and euro in afternoon trade.
Shares of Verizon and AT&T tumbled Monday after multiple competitive developments intensified perceived pressure on traditional U.S. telecom incumbents. SpaceX's investor disclosures about a consumer Starlink mobile offering, reports of SpaceX-Charter executive talks and Comcast's announcement to spin off its media assets combined to unsettle marke…
Alphabet began trading as a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Monday, taking Verizon's slot and delivering one of the largest single-stock boosts to the price-weighted benchmark. The change increases the Dow's exposure to digital advertising, cloud computing and AI and raises the number of prominent tech mega-cap constituents within the…
Piper Sandler's H1 2026 CIO Pulse Survey reports that enterprise AI adoption has advanced beyond planning, with 86% of IT decision-makers now using copilots, agentic AI, or fully autonomous systems. IT budgets are forecast to rise 4.8% in 2026, security remains the top spending priority at 73%, and 94% of respondents plan to increase spending on AI…
Comcast's plan to separate NBCUniversal and Sky into distinct public companies is the latest example of major media firms reorganizing legacy television businesses. Firms across the industry have pursued spin-offs, mergers and cost reductions to sharpen strategic focus as traditional TV viewership declines and streaming changes revenue and producti…
Moroccan equities finished the trading day in Casablanca with the Moroccan All Shares index up 0.17%, led by gains in the Banking, Beverage and Transport sectors. Several individual issues posted double-digit percentage moves in both directions. Broader market breadth favored decliners, while crude and Brent oil advanced and gold futures retreated.…
Options trading in Medline Inc. spiked to 20,588 contracts by 11:01 a.m. New York time on Monday, led almost entirely by put contracts. Call activity was minimal in comparison, while a single July 17, 2026 $35 put dominated volume. Shares moved modestly higher as measured three-month volatility and 90/110 skew both declined.
Options on Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) exchanged hands at a total of 127,440 contracts as of 11:01 a.m. New York time on Monday. Calls comprised the bulk of the flow at 97,280 contracts, while puts totaled 30,160. Several large single-strike and multi-leg trades accounted for much of the day’s activity, led by heavy interest in the July 17, 2026 $25 call…
Amazon shares climbed sharply in morning trading after Adobe Analytics reported record Prime Day consumer spending of $26.4 billion, up 9.3% year-over-year. A reaffirmed Market Outperform rating and $315 price target from Citizens, tied to a planned 20% rise in AWS hourly GPU prices on July 1, plus comments from AWS leadership about multi-year ente…
Rivian stock climbed 7.0% in morning trading to $16.73 as investors positioned for the close of Q2 2026 and an upcoming delivery update expected in early July. Data points tied to VIN assignments and early customer feedback indicate a quicker-than-expected production ramp for the R2 mid-size SUV, with more than 1,100 R2 units potentially assigned b…
Israeli equities ended lower on Monday, with the TA 35 retreating 0.34% to register a new three-month low. Losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Insurance sectors weighed on the market, even as a larger number of stocks advanced than declined. Commodity and currency moves accompanied the session, with crude prices higher and the US dollar index s…
Norway's equity market closed modestly higher, led by gains in the Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities sectors. The Oslo OBX rose 0.26% as Kongsberg Gruppen topped the index, while Norwegian Air Shuttle, SalMar and Frontline were among the session's laggards. Broader market breadth was narrowly negative and…
Greek equities finished Monday's session in positive territory, with the Athens General Composite rising 0.74%. Advances were driven by strength in the Banking, Construction and Travel sectors. Notable winners included Athens Medical, Ellaktor and Piraeus Port Authority, while holdings such as ADMIE IPTO, Fourlis and Ekter posted declines. Market b…
Palantir Technologies shares rose about 4.6% to $118.09 Monday following an announcement of a strategic initiative with Nvidia to deploy open AI models inside classified and air-gapped government environments. The collaboration pairs Nvidia's Blackwell Ultra GPUs and Nemotron open models with Palantir's AIP, Ontology, Foundry and Apollo platforms t…
Barclays raised price targets for Samsung and SK Hynix in a client note, attributing the changes to robust high-bandwidth memory (HBM) demand and improving pricing. Analyst Simon Coles moved his valuations to 2027 estimates, highlighting Samsung's reported HBM4 shipments and substantial revenue upgrades at SK Hynix driven by 2027 HBM pricing tailwi…
Trading on Monday produced marked shifts across large, mid and small-cap equities. Semiconductor names including Micron Technology and Intel Corp fell, while Applied Materials rose. The day also featured acquisition-related gains, a planned media spin-off, and sharp swings among small-cap biotech and energy names.
