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Stockholm Closes Higher as OMX Stockholm 30 Advances 1.60%

Stockholm Closes Higher as OMX Stockholm 30 Advances 1.60%

Swedish equities ended the session higher on Friday, with the OMX Stockholm 30 rising 1.60%. Gains were concentrated in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Financials sectors. Boliden AB, Ericsson Class B and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken were among the top performers, while SAAB B, AstraZeneca and ABB declined. Commodity and currency moves included …

Helsinki Stocks Climb as OMX Helsinki 25 Advances 1.53%

Helsinki Stocks Climb as OMX Helsinki 25 Advances 1.53%

Finnish equities closed higher on Friday with the OMX Helsinki 25 rising 1.53% as gains in telecoms, financials and consumer services lifted the market. Nokia led individual winners with a double-digit jump, SSAB AB B reached all-time highs, and several energy-related names fell. Oil prices slipped while gold strengthened and major FX pairs were la…

Software Shares Retreat as Investor Confidence Wavers After Adobe and Oracle Announcements

Software Shares Retreat as Investor Confidence Wavers After Adobe and Oracle Announcements

A broad selloff in software stocks on Friday reversed some of the sector's recent gains after investors reacted to Adobe's shift toward a freemium model and Oracle's plans for heavy, debt-funded data center expansion. The iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF slipped and major application software names and niche vendors recorded varied decline…

Warsaw Stocks Finish Higher; WIG30 Climbs 1.72% on Broad Gains

Warsaw Stocks Finish Higher; WIG30 Climbs 1.72% on Broad Gains

Poland's main equity benchmark, the WIG30, closed higher on Friday, rising 1.72% as gains across Basic Materials, Banking and Construction stocks lifted the market. Advancers modestly outnumbered decliners, with notable moves from MODIVO, KGHM and mBank among the session's top performers, while LPP, ORLEN and JSW were among the laggards. Commoditie…

Exxon Weighs Possible Purchase of Woodside as LNG Demand Shifts

Exxon Weighs Possible Purchase of Woodside as LNG Demand Shifts

Exxon Mobil is conducting early internal reviews of potential acquisition targets, with Woodside Energy Group among companies under consideration. The talks are preliminary and may not result in any formal bid. The move aligns with Exxon's efforts to expand its liquefied natural gas (LNG) presence and deepen ties to Asian markets after disruptions …

IREN Shares Jump as Company Secures Large Nvidia and Dell AI Deals

IREN Shares Jump as Company Secures Large Nvidia and Dell AI Deals

IREN shares climbed 6.8% in morning trading as the market reacted to a series of major commercial agreements that underpin the company’s pivot from Bitcoin mining to large-scale AI cloud services. The rally was driven by a $3.4 billion AI cloud services contract with Nvidia and a $1.6 billion purchase order from Dell for air-cooled Blackwell GPU sy…

Tel Aviv Stocks Close Higher as TA 35 Advances 1.79%

Tel Aviv Stocks Close Higher as TA 35 Advances 1.79%

Israel's main index closed notably higher on Friday, with the TA 35 finishing up 1.79% as gains in Real Estate, Insurance and Financials propelled the market. Camtek, Next Vision Stabilized Systems and Nova were the top performers, while Ormat Technologies, Navitas Petroleum LP Unit and Newmed Energy LP posted the largest declines. Commodity market…

Wall Street Upgrades and Strong Q1 Results Propel AMD Shares Higher

Wall Street Upgrades and Strong Q1 Results Propel AMD Shares Higher

Advanced Micro Devices shares climbed after two influential Wall Street moves and robust first-quarter results reinforced investor confidence in the company's AI infrastructure prospects. Citi's upgrade and Bank of America's price-target increase, combined with accelerating data-center revenue, helped drive the stock higher while broader markets re…

Widespread Access Issues Reported Across Meta’s Social Platforms

Widespread Access Issues Reported Across Meta’s Social Platforms

Meta acknowledged that users were encountering difficulties accessing its social networking services, while outage-monitoring site Downdetector recorded tens of thousands of user-submitted reports for Facebook and Instagram. The company said it is working to resolve the issue; the cause has not been disclosed and requests for comment received no im…