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Shares of Innovative Industrial Properties Inc. slipped in after-hours trade following an announcement that its operating partnership will privately place $250 million of exchangeable senior notes due 2029, with an initial purchaser option for an additional $37.5 million. The deal, offered under Rule 144A to qualified institutional buyers, revived …
Wolfspeed Inc. saw its shares fall in after-hours trading following the filing of a Form S-1 that registers 24,072,041 common shares for potential sale by existing stockholders. The filing breaks down the registered shares into currently held shares, shares issuable on pre-funded warrants, and shares issuable on conversion of convertible notes. Wol…
The Federal Reserve will publish the outcomes of its annual stress tests for large banks on June 24 at 4 p.m. ET. This year's exercise assessed 32 major institutions against a severe global recession scenario that included elevated strain in commercial and residential real estate as well as corporate debt markets. The Fed said the forthcoming resul…
Mississippi residents have brought a federal class action against xAI, SpaceX and an xAI subsidiary, saying a gas-fired power plant built to serve data centers near Southaven generates continuous noise and vibrations that have harmed health and property values. The plaintiffs seek damages, alleging negligence and public nuisance; the case estimates…
Shares of Summit Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:SMMT) slid 12% in after-hours trading following the company's announcement of a proposed underwritten public offering of $500 million in common stock. Summit said it is offering all shares itself and will grant underwriters a 30-day option to buy up to an additional $75 million of shares. The company plans…
Hinge Health raised its revenue and non-GAAP operating income guidance for the second quarter and full year 2026, prompting a roughly 3% gain in after-hours trading. The company increased full-year revenue expectations to $818 million-$824 million, indicated robust year-over-year growth at the midpoint, and disclosed improved operating margin targe…
U.S. stock indices finished mixed on Tuesday as sector divergences left the Dow higher while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed lower. Strength in Healthcare, Financials and Basic Materials contrasted with declines in Oil & Gas, Technology and Consumer Goods. Market breadth was positive on the NYSE but more balanced on the Nasdaq; volatility measures an…
Canada's equity benchmark closed modestly lower, with losses concentrated in the Energy, Materials and IT sectors. The S&P/TSX Composite finished the session down 0.19%, while volatility as measured by the S&P/TSX 60 VIX eased to 15.06. Commodity prices moved lower, with both U.S. and Brent crude retreating and gold futures falling.
Brazil's Bovespa index closed higher on Tuesday, supported by gains in Real Estate, Consumption and Financial sectors. Hapvida, Direcional and Cury were among the top performers, while Totvs, Natura & Co and WEG led decliners. Market breadth was positive and volatility eased slightly alongside movements in gold, crude oil, coffee and major currency…
Options markets are implying smaller price swings for upcoming earnings from Stitch Fix Inc., Core & Main Inc., Oxford Industries Inc., and Oracle than those firms have averaged over the past eight quarters. Stitch Fix displays the largest differential, while the other three names show more modest gaps between historical absolute moves and opti…
Options activity in Compass Inc. (COMP) spiked to 21,411 contracts by 4:01 p.m. New York time on Tuesday. Call options composed the vast majority of the flow, and a two-strike call spread accounted for 20,000 of the trades. Open interest figures for the specific strikes were reported alongside the trade counts.
A proposed class action filed in federal court claims BitGo Holdings Inc. did not fully disclose the risks tied to falling digital asset prices in its initial public offering materials and that the company and two senior executives continued to mislead investors after the January 2026 listing. The complaint cites the IPO that sold more than 11.8 mi…
Hedge fund manager Eric Jackson published a report arguing Opendoor Technologies could reach $500 per share within five to seven years by pursuing a tokenization-based real estate model. Jackson highlighted recent operational improvements including stronger acquisition activity, higher contribution margins, a sharp decline in aged inventory, and po…
Diesel prices in multiple Midwestern states climbed to historic highs in May after disruptions to fuel shipments through the Strait of Hormuz tied to the Iran conflict. State-level peaks approached or exceeded $6 per gallon in Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin, contributing to a national diesel increase of more than 40% since the conflict began. The …
Jefferies analyst Jonathan Petersen left an industry conference with a more upbeat view on REITs for the second half of 2026, citing widespread management confidence about constrained supply and a steady economic backdrop. The firm identified 10 REITs across multiple property types that it views as top picks, highlighting robust deal flow in senior…
A federal judge on June 9 granted preliminary approval to a revised $38 billion settlement resolving long-running claims by merchants that Visa and Mastercard charged excessive interchange, or "swipe," fees. The deal, announced last November, follows the rejection nearly two years earlier of a smaller $30 billion accord and would impose modest fee …
At its annual developer conference, Apple introduced a major revision of Siri — branded Siri AI — featuring a conversational interface, on-screen awareness, searchable past interactions and backend support from Google’s Gemini and Nvidia-powered cloud infrastructure. The company framed the rollout as a privacy-conscious alternative to more autonomo…
Nvidia unveiled its RTX Spark superchip at Computex, pitching laptops that can run large AI models locally. Analysts say the product creates a distinct category aimed at developers and content creators rather than mainstream users, and that high cost, memory supply pressures and a weak overall PC market will likely limit adoption beyond niche custo…
Parabilis Medicines Inc. is expected to set the final IPO price at the high end or above its $17 to $19 marketing range, following reported demand roughly ten times the original allotment prior to an upsizing of the deal. The company increased the offering to 33.3 million shares, and allocations are likely to favor investors who engaged directly wi…
Options activity in Duolingo Inc. accelerated in mid-session trading on Tuesday, with total contracts reaching 12,818 by 2:50 p.m. New York time. Call contracts accounted for the bulk of volume, led by the July 24, 2026 $135 call, while notable put and call trades also occurred in June expirations, according to exchange data compiled by Bloomberg.
A joint paper from Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg recommends that the European Union consider temporary restrictions on voting rights for future members and bolster rule-of-law protections. The proposal, published Tuesday, outlines mechanisms including monitoring and a safeguard clause to address serious democratic backsli…
Morgan Stanley's chief executive said the bank is actively watching merger-and-acquisition opportunities as U.S. regulators have become more receptive to bank deals. Management cited wealth and asset management as possible focuses for inorganic growth, while the firm's investment banking and markets businesses posted strong results in the first qua…
A Bernstein poll of 25 U.S. healthcare providers conducted in mid-to-late May finds oral GLP-1 therapies for obesity are seeing a brisk initial uptake, yet they account for 10% or less of new weekly obesity prescriptions for most respondents. Providers generally anticipate that oral options will expand the pool of patients treated rather than repla…
Newell Brands Inc. shares climbed 8.1% in afternoon trading to $4.55 after the company reported first-quarter results that topped sales estimates, reduced its GAAP net loss year-over-year and lifted its full-year sales outlook. The move came despite a broadly weaker U.S. equity market and was supported by an analyst buy rating and a planned €40 mil…
Indications from bankers and institutional sources show investor demand exceeding $250 billion for SpaceX’s planned initial public offering, roughly three and a half to four times the $75 billion the company intends to raise. The company continues marketing the deal while broader market volatility and late investor behavior could still alter final …
