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The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up less than 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 1.7% to its own record. Monster Beverage and Akamai Technologies helped lead the market after reporting better profits for the latest quarter than analysts expected. The Nasdaq composite rose 440.88 points, or 1.7%, to 26,247.08.
Shares of Monster Beverage surged 15% after it posted a better quarter than Wall Street expected, just a day after rival Celsius delivered a better-than-expected earnings report.
Hilton Schlosberg: Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us. In EMEA, the energy drink category according to Nielsen for our tracked markets for the recently reported 13-week period, which differ from country to country, grew 10.5% versus the same period last year, FX Neutral.
Monster Beverage (NASDAQ:MNST) reported what CEO Hilton Schlosberg called “another quarter of strong financial results and cash generation,” highlighted by fiscal first-quarter net sales topping $2 billion for the first time in company history. Net sales rose 26.9% year over year to $2.35 billion, w
World shares retreated and oil prices fell back Friday as the fragile ceasefire with Iran was strained by missile and drone attacks that prompted U.S. retaliatory strikes on Iranian military facilities. Investors are closely watching the war situation as negotiations between the U.S. and Iran to end the war make limited progress.
↘️ Airbnb (ABNB): The short-term rental company raised its full-year outlook, as strong global travel demand helped offset an influx in cancellations around the Iran war. The stock slipped about 1.7% afterhours.
The energy-drink maker said international sales were up almost 45% for the quarter at over $1 billion, and now make up about 45% of its total revenue.
