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Turkey's equity gauge, the BIST 100, finished slightly higher at the close on Wednesday as advances in Technology, Leasing & Factoring and Information Technology sectors supported the market. Gains were concentrated in a few names, with Europower Enerji and Grainturk among the top performers, while several energy and holding companies recorded nota…
Danish equities finished the trading day higher, led by gains in Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Industrials. The OMX Copenhagen 20 climbed 1.84% as AP Moeller - Maersk shares and Novo Nordisk B posted the largest advances. Market breadth was mixed, with slightly more decliners than advancers, while oil prices edged up and gold futures fell signific…
North Carolina State Treasurer Brad Briner said his office will not purchase shares in SpaceX's IPO because the company's multitrillion-dollar valuation makes a direct private allocation unattractive for the state pension, which manages about $200 billion for public employees. The fund has taken stakes in AI firms OpenAI and Anthropic, but will rel…
Hubbell stock slid after the company completed its $3.0 billion cash purchase of NSI Industries, as market attention shifted to the sizable debt used to fund the deal. The financing mix - a $900 million unsecured term loan, $1.9 billion of senior notes in multiple tranches and commercial paper - has heightened investor sensitivity given a rising-ra…
Clover Health Investments Corp shares rose sharply in morning trading after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recalculated the company’s 2026 Medicare star rating to 4.5 stars from 3.5 following a federal court ruling. The upgrade, which applies to Contract H5141 and covers more than 97% of Clover’s members, will directly affect payment …
AWS has made its Graviton5 processor generally available for all customers, positioning the 192-core chip to accelerate agentic AI workloads with up to 25% better compute versus the previous generation. New EC2 M9g and M9gd instances, previewed at re:Invent 2025, are now accessible through standard adoption paths and include higher memory, storage …
3M shares rose after CEO Bill Brown told investors the company's turnaround plan is gaining traction, citing a 14% rise in first-quarter EPS, margin expansion, double-digit free cash flow growth and stronger orders and backlog. Management flagged continued organic growth in the current quarter, a validating hyperscaler order for optical fiber inter…
Moroccan equities closed lower on Wednesday, with the Moroccan All Shares index falling 1.96% in Casablanca. Losses were led by the Utilities, Banking and Mining sectors. Decliners outnumbered advancers by 47 to 11, with one security unchanged. Top gainers included M2M Group, Med Paper and Colorado, while Managem, SMI and Alliances were the biggest…
Mercedes-Benz has signed a memorandum of understanding with Munich startup Tytan Technologies to develop a mobile system that intercepts small first-person-view (FPV) drones considered threats to airports and other critical infrastructure. The agreement, announced at the ILA aviation conference in Berlin, will see Mercedes supply vehicle platforms …
Bloom Energy shares fell 6.0% in morning trading after construction on a 1.8 GW data center tied to its fuel cell pipeline was paused. The project pause - associated with Crusoe Energy and co-developed with Tallgrass Energy for an undisclosed hyperscaler - threatens a portion of Bloom’s conditional supply tied to an AEP Energy power purchase arrang…
Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) climbed sharply in morning trade, reversing part of a steep one-day selloff across the optical communications and data-center networking group. Investor concern had been sparked by a research note predicting delays to 800VDC power architecture and co-packaged optics rollout timelines. Support from a Raymond James anal…
The Oslo market closed lower on Wednesday, with the Oslo OBX index falling 0.46% as losses in the Media, Transport and Diversified Financials sectors weighed on broader sentiment. A handful of names bucked the trend, while top losers included energy and tech-related stocks. Commodity and currency moves accompanied the equity decline, with crude oil…
Israel's main stock index, the TA 35, closed down 0.86%, marking a one-month low as losses concentrated in the Insurance, Communication and Financials sectors weighed on the market. Decliners outpaced advancers by a wide margin, with notable moves in individual names including Newmed Energy, Teva and Enlight Renewable Energy. Commodity and currency…
BorgWarner shares climbed after UBS upgraded the stock from Neutral to Buy and raised its price target to $95 from $61. The bank's thesis centers on the company's expansion into non-automotive markets - including data-center power, battery energy storage systems and power electronics - which UBS expects to represent a meaningful share of revenue an…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that the conditions now prevailing in the economy support a reduction in the central bank’s key interest rate at its meeting next week. The central bank cut the rate to 14.5% from 15% on April 24, and Putin noted inflation is easing to just over 5%. The bank’s next policy meeting is set for June 19…
Bill Gates appeared for closed-door testimony before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, expressing regret for meeting Jeffrey Epstein, denying any knowledge of criminal activity, and saying he hopes his testimony aids victims. The committee continues its investigation into Epstein's network after questioning other associates.
TD Cowen published a May 29 snapshot of short interest in life science tools and diagnostics stocks, documenting small upticks in short positions for several companies and larger reductions for others. Exagen, Waters, Avantor and Myriad registered the biggest increases, while 10X Genomics, Pacific Biosciences, Tempur Sealy, GRAIL and Qiagen posted …
Greek equities finished lower on Wednesday, with the Athens General Composite ending the session down 0.52%. Losses were concentrated in the Banking, Telecoms and Household sectors. Market breadth was negative, with falling stocks outnumbering advancing ones by 76 to 41, while 14 stocks finished unchanged. Notable movers included gains for Hellenic…
APA Corporation shares rose 3.9% in morning trading after the company agreed to acquire Savant Alaska, LLC for about $70 million in upfront consideration plus contingent payments tied to development of the eastern North Slope assets. The purchase includes the Nutaaq Pipeline - offering roughly 80,000 barrels per day capacity and Trans-Alaska Pipeli…
Polymarket's international prediction market recorded $7.1 billion in trading volume in May, continuing a two-month decline from April's $9 billion. The figure remains below March's peak of $10.5 billion. Despite the international drop, Polymarket's U.S. business saw higher activity in May, and preliminary early June data shows a notable weekly upt…
Shares of Singapore Exchange Ltd. rose after a Morgan Stanley note highlighted May trading activity that outstripped the firm's forecasts. Turnover velocity improved to March levels, institutions continued to buy small- and mid-cap stocks, and derivatives volumes posted both month-over-month and year-over-year gains. Morgan Stanley identified a set…
Trump Media & Technology Group's stock fell in morning trade after the company and TAE Technologies said they will not move forward with a proposed spinoff of Truth Social and related media assets. Management gave no reason for ending the plan and reiterated focus on completing an all-stock merger expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026 or …
APA Corporation said it will acquire Savant Alaska, LLC for roughly $70 million in upfront consideration, plus additional contingent payments tied to future development. The deal brings midstream and field infrastructure, including the Badami facilities and the Nutaaq Pipeline, and expands APA's eastern North Slope acreage and production base. Shar…
Shares of Flutter Entertainment rose sharply after investor Ken Dart increased his notional exposure to the company through a $5 million total return swap. The move added 50,000 referenced shares to his position and coincided with a spike in options trading ahead of a notable call option series with elevated open interest.
Kinsale Capital Group Inc. (NYSE: KNSL) saw its shares climb 1.9% on Wednesday after Christopher R. Tangard, the insurer’s Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer, purchased 330 shares on June 8 at $304 per share. The acquisition, reported on a Form 4 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, was made for an account held in his…
