EasyJet reported a 70% year-on-year decline in fiscal third-quarter profit on Thursday. The airline said disruption from the Iran war had increased costs during the quarter. However, it added that consumer confidence was strengthening as the peak summer travel period approached. Quarterly earnings came in at £85 million. That was sharply lower than the £286
US stocks closed sharply higher on Tuesday, led by a strong rebound in semiconductor shares as investors looked past geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and focused on the upcoming wave of Big Tech earnings reports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 384.46 points, or 0.74%, to close at 52,223.72. The S&P 500 gained 0.86%
Adobe ADBE shares fell sharply in trading on Tuesday after Morgan Stanley downgraded the creative software maker, warning that multiple strategic transitions are unfolding simultaneously and could complicate its ability to return to stronger growth. The investment bank lowered its rating on Adobe from Equal-weight to Underweight and slashed its price target by more than
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) stock is pushing higher on Monday morning after the chipmaker announced a major, full-stack expansion of its strategic partnership with Microsoft (MSFT). The centerpiece of the new deal is MSFT committing to deploy AMD Helios Rackscale Solution “at scale” within its Azure cloud infrastructure. AMD shares have been a blockbuster investment
Crude oil prices continued rising on Hyperliquid as investors reacted to the ongoing escalation between the US and Iran. Brent jumped to $88.7, with its 24-hour volume soaring to $59 million. West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US benchmark, rose to $83.62, with the volume rising to $111.2 million. Crude oil prices jump on US-Iran war
As the second-quarter earnings season of 2026 approaches its most critical stretch, the global equity market finds itself at a pivotal crossroads. For over two years, a relentless, AI-driven bull run has propelled mega-cap technology valuations to historically elevated levels. However, the narrative on trading desks has undergone a fundamental shift. The era of rewarding
Meta Platforms (META) shares are in the spotlight on July 17th following reports that the tech giant is in preliminary discussions to lease out its computing infrastructure to AI research lab Anthropic. The blockbuster deal rumoured to be worth up to $10 billion arrives at a time when Meta sits firmly above its major moving
Gold remained under pressure on Thursday as resilient US consumer spending and a continued rally in oil prices weighed on investor sentiment, offsetting support from softer inflation expectations and ongoing geopolitical tensions. The precious metal struggled to hold support at $4,000 an ounce, with investors reassessing the outlook for interest rates after the latest US
Microsoft MSFT stock rose about 3% on Wednesday as Wall Street analysts reaffirmed their bullish outlook on the software giant despite trimming some price targets ahead of the company’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report later this month. Shares gained after Evercore ISI raised its price target on Microsoft to $525 from $510 while maintaining an Outperform
Derive (DRV) has emerged as one of the strongest-performing cryptocurrencies over the past 24 hours, posting a 52% gain while much of the broader digital asset market traded with little direction. The sharp price surge has pushed the token close to its all-time high and drawn renewed attention to the decentralized derivatives protocol. The rally