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ExxonMobil’s earnings doubled and Chevron posted its highest quarterly earnings on record as energy prices soared during the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Everyone knows that interest rates affect stock prices. The Fed’s decision Wednesday to keep overnight rates unchanged sounds like it would have been clearly bullish, but stocks sold off just after Chair Kevin Warsh’s press conference. Also following Warsh’s Q&A, long-term Treasury yields hit a 19-year high.

Same-store sales continue to rise.

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Ahead of its second-quarter earnings report, McDonald's is in a correction, but risk-tolerant dividend investors may want to sink their teeth into the stock.

By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK, July 31 (Reuters) - U.S. employment data and a batch of corporate results this coming week will keep equity investors on edge over the direction of the stock market, which

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SK Hynix shares leaped 30% on Friday, by far their biggest daily rise since the South Korean memory-chip manufacturer and AI darling went public in the 1990s. Not far behind was fellow chip producer Samsung Electronics, which rose 27%. News that hedge fund Situational Awareness has offloaded troubled AI-related investments to Citadel is contributing to Friday's blockbuster gains in tech stocks, hedge-fund managers said.

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Ford Motor and General Motors are looking beyond cars. In May, Ford’s shares surged as much as 45%, adding nearly $23 billion of market value, in the weeks after it formally announced Ford Energy, a grid-scale battery-storage business that will serve the power needs of artificial-intelligence hyperscalers and utilities. Its shares have since moderated, but are still up more than 20% since the Ford Energy launch.

SLB’s second quarter results were met with a significant positive market reaction, as the company’s performance exceeded Wall Street’s expectations despite a year-on-year revenue decline. Management credited broad-based international growth and a rebound in North American operations as primary contributors to the quarter. CEO Olivier Le Peuch highlighted “higher offshore activity in Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia,” as well as increased demand in U.S. land for production and recovery sol

Positive figures from two key areas could send the stock higher.

Apple shares dropped 7.3% before the bell on Friday as the tech giant warned that supply ‌constraints would hurt growth, prompting investors to look beyond near-term shortages to ‌gauge the hit from an expected iPhone price hike. The decline puts Apple on track to shed ​roughly $361.6 billion in market value, if the losses hold. The company's outlook highlighted a broader industry challenge, with AI-driven demand tightening supplies of advanced chips and memory, driving up costs and prolonging supply-chain bottlenecks across the technology sector.

Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) dissension just reached a new (and dubious) milestone.

The automaker put a date on autonomy, and its latest results raised guidance again. The stock's price barely acknowledges either.

European stock indexes gained in early trade as the continent’s tech stocks followed Asian peers higher.

Floor & Decor (NYSE:FND) reported second-quarter fiscal 2026 adjusted diluted earnings per share of $0.58, unchanged from a year earlier, as the company managed expenses and generated free cash flow despite continued softness in large discretionary flooring projects. Total sales increased 3% ye

Endeavour Silver (NYSE:EXK) reported higher production, record metal sales and a sharp increase in mine operating cash flow during the second quarter, as the Terronera mine continued ramping up and the Kolpa operation achieved higher throughput. Chief Executive Officer Dan Dickson said the company

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July 31 (Reuters) - European shares hit a record high on Friday, powered by improving investor appetite for tech shares globally, while corporate earnings buoyed markets through a week of central bank

Walt Disney’s stock is down about 0.1% in July, after posting declines in May and June.

Sony hiked its profit forecasts for the current year on Friday, helped by the Japanese consumer electronics giant's video games division and the weak yen.Sony on Friday indicated that it has sufficient components to meet planned production levels for its PlayStation 5 during the current fiscal year.

EMCOR Group (NYSE:EME) reported record second-quarter revenue, operating income and remaining performance obligations, driven by strong demand in data centers, institutional projects, manufacturing and industrial work, and other end markets. The company also raised its full-year 2026 revenue and ear

Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX) reported higher second-quarter revenue, earnings and adjusted EBITDA as improved charter rates, lower interest expense and gains on equity securities supported profitability. For the quarter ended June 30, 2026, time charter revenue rose to $57.3 million from $54.7 million

Morningstar maintained an $850 fair value estimate for META, implying a 58% upside from current levels.

The country’s regulators have imposed increasingly stringent restrictions on single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds tracking SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics.