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Options market pricing indicates BlackRock Inc. (BLK) could experience a roughly 4% intraday price swing when the firm releases its quarterly results on July 15 before the market opens, based on Bloomberg options data. Historical comparisons show the stock has moved beyond the options-implied ranges in six of the last eight reporting periods cited,…
Options market pricing indicates United Airlines Holdings Inc. could see roughly a 3% intraday move when it releases quarterly results on July 15 after the market close, according to options data compiled by Bloomberg. Historically, the stock has both outpaced and fallen short of options-implied moves across the last eight earnings events.
Linkhome Holdings announced board approval to enter the AI infrastructure market, including GPU cloud services, AI data center solutions, and enterprise AI offerings. The move coincided with a 20% jump in the company's shares. Linkhome has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding for potential GPU computing services with an enterprise custo…
Options pricing indicates Morgan Stanley's shares could move about 4.4% when the firm reports quarterly results on July 15 before the market opens. Historical comparisons across recent earnings seasons show the stock has sometimes swung more than the options-implied amounts and other times moved less.
Options contracts imply that Progressive Corp. (PGR) could see a 3.7% price move when it reports quarterly results on July 15 before markets open, based on options data compiled by Bloomberg. Historical comparisons across the company's last eight earnings announcements show the options market has accurately predicted larger-than-expected moves in t…
Poland's stock market ended lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark WIG30 down 0.29% at the close in Warsaw. Losses were concentrated in Basic Materials, Construction and Information Technology names. Among individual movers, KGHM recorded the session's heaviest drop while ORLEN and XTB finished among the top performers. Commodity markets saw notabl…
Options market pricing indicates PNC Financial Services Group Inc. shares could move about 3.3% when the company reports earnings on July 15 before the market opens. Historical comparisons show the stock has both outpaced and fallen short of options-implied moves in recent quarters, with four of the last eight earnings announcements producing actua…
Turkey's equity benchmark, the BIST 100, ended the session lower, pressured by declines in the Transport, Non-Metal Mineral Products and Wood, Paper & Printing sectors. Market breadth was negative, with a large number of stocks falling versus a small group of gainers. Commodity markets moved in mixed directions, with gold weakening while crude oil …
Denmark's OMX Copenhagen 20 closed lower on Wednesday, retreating 1.33% as losses concentrated in Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Financials weighed on the market. AP Moeller - Maersk's share classes were among the few gainers, while Rockwool, Zealand Pharma and Vestas recorded the largest drops. Commodities moved sharply: crude and Brent rose substantia…
Options pricing implies Cintas Corp. (NASDAQ:CTAS) could move about 4.8% when it releases quarterly results on July 15 before the market opens, according to options-implied data compiled by Bloomberg. The company, which provides uniform rental and workplace supplies, has outperformed the options-implied move in four of its last eight earnings repor…
Options market pricing indicates Elevance Health Inc. shares could move about 5.6% when the company announces earnings on July 15 before the market opens, according to Bloomberg options data. Historical comparisons show the stock has at times moved more or less than options implied across the last eight earnings reports.
Opendoor Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: OPEN) saw its stock decline after a report from short-selling firm J Capital Research cast doubt on the firm's platform strategy, long-term profitability and the effectiveness of its technology investments. The research note, published via Equity Dispatch, argued that Opendoor's model of buying and flipping homes…
Funds managed by Blue Owl Capital on Wednesday established Kirkwood Infrastructure Group, a fiber and communications infrastructure company focused on conduit and high-count fiber to serve hyperscale customers, data center operators and carriers. The new platform has absorbed Florida-based South Reach Networks, bringing nearly 400 miles of fiber an…
Morocco's stock market closed lower on Wednesday, with the Moroccan All Shares index down 0.93% as losses in the Utilities, Banking and Mining sectors pressured the market. Market breadth favored decliners, while crude oil jumped and gold futures fell. Major movers included Ste Nationale de Siderurgie, Colorado and Ciments Du Maroc among gainers, a…
Chinese regulators are reportedly preparing to permit leading domestic AI companies to acquire Nvidia H200 accelerators under strict conditions. Approvals would be capped at fewer than 200,000 units, restrict H200 use to model training, and require domestic processors for inference workloads. The move offers a targeted commercial relief for Nvidia …
Hildegard Müller, president of Germany's VDA automotive lobby, warned that Europe’s car industry is likely to face additional layoffs and factory shutdowns as manufacturers try to restore competitiveness. She cited high energy and labor costs, regulatory burdens, and mounting pressure from Chinese carmakers expanding production in Europe. Volkswage…
Bank of America recently approved a $520 million credit facility for OpenAI after having declined a prior request. The decision, influenced by OpenAI's IPO preparations and changing investor sentiment toward AI valuations, supplements existing undrawn facilities and increases total capital available to the company to more than $5 billion.
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the outgoing Air Force One will fly from Turkey to the United Kingdom for "old time's sake," while a newly overhauled Boeing 747, gifted to the United States by Qatar and refitted by L3Harris Technologies, will also visit RAF Mildenhall so U.S. service members stationed there can tour the aircraft. The …
Norway's stock market closed higher, with the Oslo OBX index up 0.55% as gains in Healthcare Equipment & Services, Pharma Biotech & Life Sciences and Utilities drove the advance. Several large-cap stocks posted notable moves, while crude and Brent oil jumped and gold fell. Currency pairs and the U.S. Dollar Index showed small moves.
Mistral AI on Wednesday introduced Robostral Navigate, an 8-billion-parameter robotics navigation model designed to steer robots through complex environments using only a single RGB camera and simple language prompts. Trained entirely in simulation and hardware-agnostic, the company says the model outperforms previous single-camera and multi-sensor…
Options activity compiled by Bloomberg points to an expected 5.5% intraday move in Conagra Brands Inc. stock when the company reports earnings on July 15, before markets open. The company's recent history shows several occasions where the actual share reaction outpaced the move implied by options, while other releases produced smaller-than-expected…
Israel's benchmark TA 35 finished marginally higher at the close on Wednesday, supported by advances in banking, financial services and oil and gas-related names. Market breadth favored decliners, while crude and Brent futures posted significant gains and gold futures fell. Major individual movers included Camtek, First International Bank of Israel…
Beam Therapeutics shares fell in morning trading after an arbitration panel sided with Prime Medicine over development rights to PM647, an investigational gene-editing therapy for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. The tribunal found PM647 falls within Prime Medicine’s licensed Field under a 2019 Collaboration and License Agreement, meaning Beam no lo…
Prime Medicine shares jumped after a binding arbitration panel ruled that PM647 falls within the company’s contractual development Field, found no breach of the 2019 Collaboration and License Agreement, and held that Prime owes Beam Therapeutics no damages. With that legal uncertainty removed, Prime said it plans to file an IND and/or clinical tria…
Prime Medicine shares climbed after an arbitration panel determined that the investigational candidate PM647 falls within Prime’s defined collaboration 'Field,' finding no breach of the 2019 agreement with Beam Therapeutics and no damages owed. The ruling allows Prime to proceed toward an IND and clinical testing for PM647, a liver lipid nanopartic…
