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Equities experienced uneven trading Wednesday as a mix of analyst upgrades, deal speculation and company-specific earnings and guidance moves drove sharp gains in several technology and semiconductor names, while retailers and a number of small- and mid-cap companies posted steep declines. The action spanned mega-caps through small-caps, with indiv…
Turkey's BIST 100 closed lower, slipping 1.71% as sector losses in Leasing & Factoring, Holdings & Investments and Financials dragged the market down. Decliners outnumbered advancers by a wide margin, while select small- and mid-cap names posted notable moves. Commodities and FX markets showed mixed shifts, with gold higher and crude oil softer.
Bank of America reaffirmed a positive view on Amazon, citing substantial increases in Amazon Web Services power capacity, faster revenue growth, and improving AI-related deal flow as factors likely to bolster investor sentiment around AWS. Analyst Justin Post retained a Buy rating and a $275 price target, while warning that rising construction cost…
Netflix stock advanced after Paramount Skydance increased its takeover offer for Warner Bros. Discovery to $31 per share. Traders weighed whether Netflix would lift its competing bid, while analysts say WBD shares may not move much unless management signals worsening linear declines that would force Netflix to escalate its offer.
The U.S. Department of Energy has offered $26.54 billion in financing to subsidiaries of Southern Co to strengthen grid reliability and expand generation capacity across Georgia and Alabama. The funding - the largest ever issued by the department's loan office - covers upgrades and additions across generation, nuclear, hydro, battery storage and tr…
Diageo slashed its annual sales guidance and trimmed its dividend after reporting a marked fall in U.S. spirits sales for the six months ended Dec. 31. High-end tequila brands were singled out as being affected by consumers trading down, and weakness in North America and China outweighed gains in Europe and Latin America. The company’s London-liste…
Major U.S. defense contractors saw share prices fall materially on Wednesday after reports that Iran expects a favorable outcome from a third round of nuclear talks with the United States. The market reaction followed comments from Iranian officials and the departure of an Iranian delegation to Geneva, where meetings with U.S. representatives are s…
Shares of Intuitive Machines fell after the company completed an institutional share sale at a material discount. The Houston-based moon lander manufacturer sold about 11.6 million shares for $15.12 apiece, a price 20% below the prior close, raising roughly $175 million. Management said the proceeds will support revenue growth and investments in co…
Investors directed a record $22.3 billion of private credit into emerging markets last year, the Global Private Capital Association reported, as banks tightened lending and traditional safe havens showed signs of strain. Overall private capital commitments to developing markets rose 33% to $150.3 billion, with infrastructure and large projects driv…
Jefferies upgraded Enphase Energy to Buy from Hold and increased its price target to $57 from $37, citing clearer demand visibility and potential for margin expansion after an anticipated volume trough in 2026. The brokerage pointed to encouraging early traction on Enphase's power purchase loan program, favorable product developments in inverters a…
Revolut is exploring a share sale in the second half of this year as pre-IPO investor interest grows, with backers pushing for higher private valuations and the company targeting a significantly larger IPO valuation, according to people familiar with the matter. Deliberations remain preliminary and no decisions on timing or size have been announced…
Steven Madden declined to provide its 2026 earnings forecast, pointing to unclear U.S. tariff policy following a Supreme Court decision and the introduction of a temporary 10% global import tariff. The company still projected 9% to 11% revenue growth for the year, but the guidance pause highlights ongoing disruption for consumer-facing manufacturer…
Bank of America downgraded Fox shares to Underperform from Buy and reduced its price target to $45 from $80, identifying Fox as the most exposed company in its coverage to the forthcoming NFL media rights negotiations. The bank estimates a potential ~22% hit to FY27E EBITDA under a 1.5x AAV step-up scenario and trimmed its valuation multiple to abo…
Truist's sector survey indicates self-storage net effective rents for a 10x10 unit fell 1.4% year-over-year in February 2026, the fourth straight month of annual declines, even as rents rose 2.7% from January to February. Public Storage (PSA) stood out with 5.4% year-over-year net rent growth and reported fourth-quarter 2025 earnings per share of $…
Shares of Oddity Tech plunged 50% after the beauty and wellness technology firm warned first-quarter revenue would fall roughly 30% year-over-year as elevated customer acquisition costs tied to an advertising partner reduce marketing efficiency. The company beat fourth-quarter revenue estimates, but management withheld full-year guidance while it a…
SoundHound AI has opened an innovation center in Bengaluru, India, to accelerate work on its agentic AI platform. The move expands the company’s presence into the Indian technology sector and is intended to support continued development of its voice and conversational intelligence solutions and broader technology infrastructure.
Novocure Ltd. stock climbed 4.3% in premarket action Wednesday following a decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reinstate the company's Medicare billing privileges for its U.S. unit. The restoration, communicated in a letter to Novocure Inc. on Monday, rescinded a prior revocation that had been applied retroactively. Novo…
RBC strategists view large-cap U.S. pharmaceutical companies as defensive holdings with potential earnings upside as artificial intelligence accelerates drug discovery and development. The team points to valuation discounts, sizable acquisition capacity and AI-driven efficiencies that could boost earnings, then lays out differentiated ratings and p…
Whirlpool Corp shares rose modestly in premarket trading after the company completed several equity transactions that prompted a critical letter from hedge fund manager David Tepper. The manufacturer priced a public offering and sold mandatory convertible preferred stock, alongside a small private placement to a Whirlpool China unit. Tepper called …
Goldman Sachs analysts say colossal capital spending by hyperscaler firms on AI infrastructure is set to crest later this year, a shift that may strain stocks tied to AI hardware and services. The bank projects cumulative hyperscaler AI capex of $1.5 trillion between 2023 and this year, and forecasts a 2026 spend of $667 billion. Goldman expects qu…
Piper Sandler estimates that Advanced Micro Devices’ multi-year supply agreement with Meta could translate into about $100 billion of additional revenue for AMD over the next five years. The deal, which follows the structure of AMD’s OpenAI engagement, involves a customized MI450 GPU paired with the Helios rack, warrants issued to Meta, and a stage…
Intuitive Machines said a group of global institutional investors will provide a $175 million strategic equity investment to support revenue growth and build communications and on-orbit data processing capabilities after the company’s acquisition of Lanteris Space Systems. The announcement coincided with a 13.3% premarket decline in the company’s s…
Ahead of SanDisk's appearance at the Bernstein Insights TMT Forum, analyst KC Rajkumar of Lynx Equity Strategies cautions that the NAND flash supply shortage will likely persist longer than DRAM constraints, projecting NAND relief not until 2028. Rajkumar expects SanDisk executives to discuss the shortage and updates on multi-year, non-cancellable …
Classover Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:KIDZ) saw its shares rise 49% in premarket trading after the company published an industry white paper titled "The Delivery Problem," which claims the Tutor Studio platform has produced a 200% increase in instructional productivity and enables a 2x rise in teaching capacity without equivalent increases in instruction…
Morgan Stanley says IBM endured its worst trading day since 2000 following Anthropic’s launch of the Claude Code tool, prompting a reassessment of AI-related disruption risk. The bank trimmed its price target amid heightened volatility, while analysts debate whether new generative AI capabilities pose a material threat to mainframe-dependent enterp…
