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Western Digital shares jumped sharply in morning trading after a wave of analyst upgrades and price-target increases, supported by solid fiscal results, a larger dividend, and a sizable buyback authorization. The stock hit a new 52-week high as momentum in AI-related storage demand and positive market breadth helped lift the data storage company.
Morocco's equity benchmark closed sharply higher Monday in Casablanca, led by advances in the Banking, Beverage and Transport sectors. The Moroccan All Shares index rose 4.46% as a broad set of stocks gained, while global commodity prices moved unevenly with crude oil down and gold higher. Market breadth was strongly positive with 52 winners, six d…
Terawulf shares climbed in early trading after BofA Securities began coverage with a Buy rating and a $34 price target, citing the company’s shift from legacy bitcoin mining into high-performance computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure. The move follows strong Q1 2026 results in which HPC lease revenue surpassed bitcoin mining revenue,…
May data from Adobe Analytics indicates U.S. shoppers who arrive at retailers' websites after consulting large language models, including Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT, spend more time on sites, browse more pages and produce higher revenue per visit than shoppers from non-AI sources. The findings highlight rising AI-driven traffic and a call…
Morgan Stanley sharply raised price targets for Seagate Technology and Western Digital after Asia-based channel checks indicated a lengthening hard disk drive cycle, stronger pricing and supply shortages expected to persist through at least calendar 2028. The firm now expects material upside to pricing and earnings, citing robust cloud-related dema…
Shares of Inhibrx Biosciences (NASDAQ:INBX) climbed 2.6% after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepted the company’s Biologics License Application for ozekibart, a tetravalent death receptor 5 agonist antibody intended to treat unresectable or metastatic conventional chondrosarcoma. The agency set a Prescription Drug User Fee Act goal date o…
QBTS stock climbed into double-digit territory following a price-target increase from Mizuho Securities tied to the company’s inaugural Analyst Day at the New York Stock Exchange. Executives outlined a two-pronged strategy covering existing annealing systems and a new gate-based effort, while analysts anchored bullish views to explicit hardware and…
Norwegian equities closed lower on Monday, with the Oslo OBX sliding 1.82% to a fresh one-month low. Losses were concentrated among energy and financial-related stocks, while a handful of transport and tech-related issues posted gains. Commodity and FX moves accompanied the equity weakness, with crude oil futures down more than 5% and the euro stre…
Israel's equity market ended Monday in negative territory, with the TA-35 index down 2.01% at the close. Losses were concentrated in the Insurance, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors. Market breadth favored decliners, while individual movers included strong gains in Tower Semiconductor, Nova and Camtek, and heavy falls in Elbit Systems, Menora Miv Hl…
A10 Networks announced the acquisition of TrojAI, a company that provides red teaming and real-time threat protection for AI models, agents, and applications. The deal, for which financial terms were not revealed, aims to combine TrojAI’s software-based AI security with A10’s hardware AI firewall. A10 said the acquisition should not have a material…
SBA Communications Corp shares dropped sharply in morning trading as lingering doubts over a potential privatization and recent earnings weakness combined with sector pressures to push the stock notably below recent levels. The decline comes even as major U.S. equity benchmarks rally, underscoring that the pressures are largely company-specific.
Options activity in Fiserv Inc. accelerated in early New York trading on Monday, reaching 33,082 contracts by 10:51 a.m. ET. Put contracts made up the lion's share of that flow, with calls representing a much smaller portion. A July 31, 2026 $40 put was the single most-traded contract, recording 19,340 trades despite showing zero open interest at t…
Quantum Computing Inc. shares rose sharply in morning trading, buoyed by a strong Q1 2026 earnings print, a recent analyst Buy reiteration with an elevated price target, and broad strength across technology and quantum peers. Investor positioning ahead of management presentations at two industry conferences added to demand, while a risk-on equity m…
Greek equities finished higher on Monday with the Athens General Composite rising 1.69% to a new five-year high. Banking, construction and travel stocks provided the strongest support, while energy and select industrial names lagged. Commodity markets registered notable moves, with gold up sharply and crude benchmarks retreating.
A number of international carriers have begun reinstating some services to Middle Eastern destinations, yet the majority of routes remain suspended following the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran in February. Airlines across Europe, North America and Asia continue to publish staggered restart dates or extended cancellations, leaving travel networks part…
AXTI shares surged sharply in morning trading after Northland lifted its price target to $125 from $90 while keeping an Outperform rating. The move coincided with a broad rebound across optical communications stocks and a positive market backdrop. Company results showing Q1 2026 beats, a $100 million indium phosphide backlog and a management foreca…
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. shares climbed sharply in Monday morning trading after the official settlement date for its record $75 billion IPO and the exercise of the underwriters' overallotment option that increased the total raise to $85.7 billion. Fresh analyst coverage, significant institutional buying disclosed by ARK Invest and a ris…
Truist Financial has named Michael Lyons as its president and chief executive officer effective September 1. Lyons, who previously led payments firm Fiserv and served as president of PNC for more than a decade, will succeed Bill Rogers, who will become executive chair until his planned retirement in 2027. The move comes amid concerns about Truist's…
SharonAI Holdings said it will standardize on the VAST AI Operating System to provision 600 petabytes of storage across its AI cloud infrastructure. The deployment is positioned as the primary data layer for the company’s sovereign AI offering in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region and is described by the partners as one of the region’s largest s…
Bitmine Immersion Technologies reported it holds 5.62 million ETH, valued at $10.4 billion, driving an 8.3% intraday gain. The company detailed its broader balance sheet, staking positions and projected staking revenues, and disclosed a recent preferred stock sale that will list on the NYSE with weekly dividends.
Rocket One Inc. (NASDAQ: RKTO) saw its stock climb after disclosing roughly $8.4 million in cash and outlining a strategic focus on advanced computing, artificial intelligence infrastructure, space systems, and defense technologies. The company has licensed nanomagnetic computing intellectual property, expanded its technical and defense advisory ro…
Trump Media & Technology (DJT) rose sharply in morning trading, climbing 7.2% to $8.36. The move was driven primarily by a broad risk-on market rally that disproportionately lifts high-beta and speculative issues, alongside company-specific developments that have reduced some investor uncertainty about corporate strategy.
Polyrizon Ltd saw its stock jump after disclosing the start of a human performance and characterization study for NASARIX, an investigational intranasal hydrogel designed to form a protective barrier in the nasal cavity. The single-site study will measure how long the formulation remains in the nose using repeated assessments, including endoscopic …
Options trading in Alaska Air Group Inc. reached 18,104 contracts by 10:21 a.m. New York time on Monday, driven predominantly by call option activity. The largest single contract flow was the June 18, 2026 $47.50 call, with notable volumes also in July 17, 2026 call strikes and several June call series, according to exchange data compiled by Bloomb…
Dauch Corporation's stock rose after employees at its Three Rivers, Michigan manufacturing facility ratified a four-year collective bargaining agreement with UAW Local 2093. The ratification allowed associates to return to work and normal operations to resume. Dauch, formerly American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc., is an automotive suppliers w…
