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Investing.com -- Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL) reported second-quarter earnings before the open on Friday, topping earnings expectations.
Rigetti Computing sits at a crossroads, armed with proprietary quantum hardware and a war chest of cash, while tech giants circle a sector heating up fast. Five names stand out as plausible acquirers, but only one makes a truly compelling case.
Nebius Group (NBIS) was a big mover last session on higher-than-average trading volume. The latest trend in earnings estimate revisions might not help the stock continue moving higher in the near term.
Moderna posted a narrower per-share loss and higher revenue in its latest quarter, but shares were tumbling anyway. Moderna posted a loss of $1.97 a share, narrower than the loss of $2.01 Wall Street had anticipated, and slimmer than the per-share loss of $2.13 reported last year. The drugmaker reiterated its full-year guidance of 10% revenue growth, evenly split between U.S. and international sales.
Chevron (CVX) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +4.48% and +21.78%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?
July 31 (Reuters) - Enbridge beat estimates for second-quarter adjusted profit on Friday, helped by higher volumes of liquids transported on its Mainline system.
Private-fund manager Ares Management reported record fundraising of $36.4 billion in the second quarter, rebounding from a slowdown earlier in the year. The amount of money raised climbed about 24% from the first quarter of this year and 39% from the second quarter of 2025. Fundraising from Ares business development companies—a type of private-credit fund commonly sold to individual investors—dipped, but that was offset by a surge in sales of funds to institutional clients, like pensions and sovereign wealth funds.
Biotechnology company Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) reported Q2 CY2026 results exceeding the market’s revenue expectations, with sales up 2.1% year on year to $145 million. Its GAAP loss of $1.97 per share was 4.2% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
ExxonMobil and Chevron, the two biggest US oil companies, reported gangbusters profits driven by the spike in global oil prices unleashed by the US-Iran war.
SK Hynix surged on Friday alongside other South Korean shares as traders flooded back into artificial-intelligence stocks. SK Hynix rose 30% to 1.718 million won ($1,197) in local trading in South Korea. The KOSPI has been the world’s hottest stock market so far this year—logging a 57% gain through Friday’s close—but it has been an uncomfortable ride at times.
Investing.com -- Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) reported second-quarter earnings before the open on Friday, topping consensus expectations.
J&J strikes this deal with Sail as the in vivo CAR-T space becomes increasingly crowded.
Asian stock markets gyrated higher Friday after a surge in US tech issues overnight was followed by
The company has the ability to fulfill orders as its backlog grows by billions of dollars and stretches into 2027, CEO Dave Regnery said on Trane Technologies’ second-quarter earnings call.
Australia's electric vehicle market is experiencing notable advancements following a new partnership between Smart and Hyundai Capital Australia. This collaboration aims to simplify and increase the accessibility of novated leasing for customers at Hyundai and Genesis dealerships. Through this initiative, customers can benefit from bundled cost savings that include significant tax advantages, particularly for electric vehicles (EVs) that qualify for the Fringe Benefits Tax exemption. This...

<body><p>STORY: From CXMT's big hitter IPO to Microsoft's largest one-day gain... This is the Week in Numbers. </p><p>:: Week in Numbers </p><p>:: 466%</p><p>466% was how much shares of CXMT soared by in their Shanghai trading debut...</p><p>catapulting the chipmaker to the top of China's stock market by valuation...</p><p>despite a recent sell off in global tech stocks.</p><p>Data showed the one-day surge was the largest among the world's 10 biggest IPOs this year by deal value.</p><p>And lifted CXMT's market capitalization to $487.73 billion.</p><p>CXMT has emerged as a key pillar of Beijing’s drive to build a self-sufficient chip industry.</p><p>The explosive debut crowned CXMT as China's most valuable listed company.</p><p>:: 17%</p><p>South Korea's benchmark KOSPI jumped 17% as the battered market made a record comeback....</p><p>stirring hopes that a recent rout in AI-related stocks had run out of steam.</p><p>Reversing steep losses from earlier in the week, the reversal followed surges in AI heavyweights Microsoft and Amazon...</p><p>lifting chip stocks broadly after upbeat earnings and forecasts from both.</p><p>:: $99 million</p><p>There was a $99 million loss in the first quarter of the year for Shein as it heads into its Hong Kong IPO.</p><p>Shein blamed slowing U.S. sales after Washington scrapped a duty exemption on small packages...</p><p>plus a one-off $328 million accounting charge.</p><p>Selina Li is Reuters Asia financial services correspondent:</p><p>"I think one thing that is for sure, we know that fast fashion isn't going away, but customers should expect those $3 items to get noticeably pricier as global trade rules catch up with the business model." </p><p>:: 16%</p><p>16% was the second-quarter drop at British Airways owner IAG.</p><p>It's been weighed down by soaring fuel costs and weak travel demand linked to the Middle East conflict...</p><p>and said it now expects capacity to be flat this year.</p><p>IAG, which also owns Iberia and Aer Lingus, said it saw an adverse impact from higher fuel prices from March onwards...</p><p>as fuel costs and emissions charges jumped.</p><p>:: $450 billion</p><p>Microsoft added nearly $450 billion in market value.</p><p>That was the largest one-day gain on record for a company...</p><p>after it forecast stronger-than-expected cloud growth and signaled continued cash generation through its new fiscal year.</p><p>The software giant's shares closed up more than 15%, lifting its market capitalization to $3.35 trillion...</p><p>surpassing chip giant Nvidia's previous record one-day gain.</p><p>The results offered fresh evidence that Microsoft's massive AI investments are beginning to pay off.</p></body>
Disney is under new leadership and facing significant challenges, but Wall Street remains optimistic.
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Recently, Analog Devices drew increased investor interest as analysts raised their earnings estimates and Zacks assigned the company a Rank #2, often interpreted as a signal of potentially stronger near-term performance. This revision trend highlights how shifting profit expectations can reshape perceptions of Analog Devices’ earnings power across key end markets like industrial and automotive. Now we’ll examine how these upward earnings revisions may influence Analog Devices’ existing...
Cycurion, Inc. (NASDAQ:CYCU) stock surged about 37% in Friday’s premarket trading, extending gains after the stock soared 495.93% on Thursday following the announcement of its largest contract award to date. The move came as S&P 500 futures rose 0.5% ahead of the opening bell. Cycurion said it secured its largest-ever contract, valued at about $54.6 million, through a partnership with a top-five global consulting firm. The company expects the award to generate more than $5 million in annual reve
Stock buybacks are near historic highs. But their biggest benefit to investors — making each remaining share more valuable — is fading in the era of the AI spending boom.
July 31 (Reuters) - Global equity fund inflows rose to their highest in three weeks during the week to July 29, as investors snapped up technology sector funds during a market downturn, anticipating
Faster upgrades and more customers buying higher-priced devices are likely to be Apple's goals.
SK Hynix stock has been volatile since its U.S. debut.
Amazon shares jumped more than 12% before the bell on Friday after the e-commerce and cloud giant posted its strongest cloud growth in over four years, bolstering investor confidence that its multibillion-dollar AI bets are driving a fresh wave of demand. The rally put Amazon on track to add about $300 billion in market value, as investors looked past a 10% increase in planned capital expenditure to $220 billion and instead focused on booming demand at Amazon Web Services (AWS), the profit engine at the center of the company's AI push. The reaction was in sharp contrast to Alphabet's earnings last week, when the Google-parent's shares stumbled after it reported its first negative cash flow, which stemmed from rising AI-related spending.
IVZ, C and CARR made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) income stocks list on July 31, 2026.
Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) reported second quarter 2026 results that exceeded Wall Street expectations, with revenue and earnings per share ahead of forecasts and management raising full year guidance for both measures. See our latest analysis for Bristol-Myers Squibb. The strong Q2 surprise has come on top of an already solid run for Bristol-Myers Squibb, with a 1-month share price return of 12.57% and a year to date share price return of 21.32%. Over a longer horizon, total shareholder...
Shares of semiconductor companies are on the rise as investors return to stocks exposed to artificial intelligence after a few turbulent weeks. In Asia, shares of South Korean memory-chip maker SK Hynix closed nearly 30% higher, while Samsung Electronics gained 27%.