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Saudi Arabia's main equity gauge closed lower Thursday, with losses concentrated in Building & Construction, Petrochemicals and Telecoms & IT sectors. The Tadawul All Share fell 0.11% amid mixed stock performances that included strong single-session gains for several mid-cap names and steep declines for a handful of large-cap firms. Crude benchmark…
Imunon Inc. (NASDAQ:IMNN) said it has closed a $10 million financing arrangement composed of preferred stock and secured promissory notes to fund patient enrollment in its Phase 3 OVATION 3 trial evaluating IMNN-001 for newly diagnosed advanced ovarian cancer. Shares rose 3.3% in premarket trading following the announcement.
Amneal Pharmaceuticals saw premarket shares rise after the FDA approved its ready-to-use romidepsin injection solution, a product eligible for Competitive Generic Therapy designation that carries 180 days of market exclusivity. The formulation provides an alternative to the lyophilized powder requiring reconstitution and references a prior marketed…
KIDZ AI Inc. said it will implement a 1-for-10 reverse stock split effective June 8, 2026, to comply with Nasdaq minimum bid price rules. The announcement preceded a 29.3% decline in pre-market trading. The company will reduce both authorized and outstanding Class A and Class B shares, and adjust equity incentives, warrants and convertible securiti…
High Roller Technologies announced the launch of its ROLR brand and a free-to-trade, eight-week prediction challenge that offers weekly cash rewards and qualifiers an opportunity at a $25 million grand prize. The stock rose 13% on the news. The contest features guaranteed cash prizes exceeding $100,000 across the competition and is open to eligible…
Nu Holdings Ltd. said its Board authorized a share repurchase program of up to $1 billion to be carried out over a 12-month period starting June 4, 2026. The Brazilian digital bank noted the program reflects its capital allocation strategy as operations produce significant capital; it also stated that investments across Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and…
Ukraine has designated the Swedish-built Gripen fighter as a central element of its air force, allocating part of an EU loan to buy new jets and accepting donated older models from Sweden. The move could put the Gripen into combat against Russian forces within a year, offering the aircraft its first sustained test in high-intensity warfare. The pla…
Kopin Corporation shares slipped about 6.0% in pre-market trade to $5.82 after reaching a 52-week high of $6.61 in the previous session. Traders appear to be taking profits following a roughly 23% rally over the prior two weeks. The decline coincides with an SEC filing that registers the potential resale of about 15.8 million shares and a broadly w…
Blackstone Private Credit Fund (BCRED) said in a June 4 letter to investors that it will restrict shareholder repurchases to 5% of outstanding shares for the second quarter of 2026. Redemption requests totaled about 10% of shares outstanding for the quarter, twice the fund's standard repurchase cap, and will be fulfilled pro rata at the 5% level. T…
Futures tied to Canada’s primary equity gauge were essentially flat Thursday as traders continued to track a spate of developments in the Middle East and awaited an important U.S. jobs reading later in the week. The S&P/TSX composite retreated from a recent record high after renewed exchanges of strikes, while technology and commodity moves reflect…
Innio, the Munich-based maker of gas engines and distributed power systems, raised $2.43 billion in an upsized initial public offering and is due to begin trading in the U.S. later on Thursday. Backing from investors attracted to companies supplying the physical infrastructure for AI - particularly data-center power equipment - helped drive demand.…
HSBC is maintaining an aggressive allocation to risk assets but has been answering repeated client questions on what might trigger a shift to a bearish stance. Chief Multi-Asset Strategist Max Kettner says common concerns such as near-term U.S. earnings, geopolitics and front-end interest-rate moves rank low, while two higher-priority risks - broad…
RBC Capital Markets has started coverage of Sylvania Platinum Ltd with an "outperform" rating and a 175 pence price target, implying roughly 106% upside from the current share price of 92 pence. The broker points to a robust free cash flow profile, a sum-of-the-parts adjusted NAV of $563 million (167p per share), and a key Thaba joint venture as pr…
Nasdaq futures fell sharply in early trading after Broadcom reported second-quarter revenue that surged on AI chip demand but issued guidance that failed to meet some investors' expectations. S&P 500 and Dow futures held near the flatline as market participants weighed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Several cryptocurrency- and blockchain…
Futu, the Hong Kong-based online brokerage, said it will prevent Chinese mainland investors from opening new positions, adding to existing positions, and transferring funds into accounts beginning June 12. The announcement follows regulatory action from mainland authorities targeting cross-border securities services offered without local approval. …
Coca-Cola's finance chief said the company is adapting packaging and pricing to keep products affordable amid uneven demand across income groups, and warned the unclear outlook in the Middle East will remain a boardroom topic into 2027. Management said it is managing disruption from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran without fear, while noting some consu…
Coca-Cola is adjusting product formats and price tiers to keep drinks accessible as consumer spending patterns diverge by income level, CFO John Murphy said at the Deutsche Bank consumer conference in Paris. The company, which raised its annual profit outlook in April, is managing disruption tied to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and sees the geopoli…
Vlad Yatsenko, Revolut's co-founder and current chief technology officer, will step down from his executive role in July and transition to a non-executive director position on the company's board. Donato Lucia, presently Revolut's head of technology, will assume leadership of the technology function under the new title of vice president of technolo…
During a joint press appearance in Stockholm, Sweden's Defence Minister Pal Jonson said Brazil has indicated interest in possibly purchasing an additional 20 Gripen E and F fighters from Saab. The planes would be manufactured in Brazil under the Embraer-Saab production arrangement that began in 2023. Brazil originally agreed to buy 36 Gripens in 20…
Jade Biosciences shares plunged in pre-market trading after the company priced a sizeable secondary offering well below the prior session close. The planned sale of 10 million shares at $15.00, with a 30-day option for underwriters to buy an additional 1.5 million shares, created dilution concerns and anchored near-term price expectations, while a …
Goldman Sachs upgraded Wartsila from Sell to Neutral and raised its 12-month price target to €34 from €26.30 after boosting adjusted EBIT estimates for 2026-2029 by 12-18%. The change follows the company’s announcements of substantial capacity investments that together increase technical production capacity by 65% above 2025 levels and a management…
ITV's chief executive, Carolyn McCall, said the broadcaster remains in active discussions with Comcast's Sky about a potential sale of its media and entertainment arm. McCall declined to provide further specifics at the Enders TMT Leaders Live conference, citing ITV's obligations as a publicly traded company. The proposed transaction, first announc…
SAP stock jumped in pre-market trading after the vendor used its Sapphire 2026 conference to outline a sweeping AI strategy called the "Autonomous Enterprise," backed by an immediate rollout of assistant and agent capabilities, a €100 million partner AI fund, an intended acquisition of Dremio, and a substantial commitment to Prior Labs. The moves, …
Solidion Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:STI) saw its shares climb 200% on Thursday after revealing a patented Generation Extreme-Climate Battery (Gen-ECB) platform designed to function across a wide temperature range for space applications. The company highlighted graphene-based thermal and radiation protections, demonstrated cycle life at cold temperatur…
Bank of America upgraded UnitedHealth Group to Buy from Neutral and lifted its price target to $450 from $420, citing improving medical-cost trends and near-term utilization data that set up a favorable second-quarter earnings backdrop. Analyst Kevin Fischbeck says BofA's revised estimates place the new target at 21.4x 2027 figures and that the fir…
