(RTTNews) - The Australian stock market is modestly lower on Monday, extending the sharp losses in the previous session, with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 staying above the 7,200 level, following the strongly negative cues from Wall Street on Friday, with steep losses in travel, energy and financial stocks amid fears the new coronavirus variant traced in South Africa. The potential of more countries ...
(RTTNews) - The Australian stock market is modestly lower on Monday, extending the sharp losses in the previous session, with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 staying above the 7,200 level, following the strongly negative cues from Wall Street on Friday, with steep losses in travel, energy and financial stocks amid fears the new coronavirus variant traced in South Africa. The potential of more countries reinstating full lockdowns is sparking worries the pandemic could once again weigh down the global economy. The market clawed back from early steep losses after the release of some upbeat corporate profits and business inventory data. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index is losing 29.10 points or 0.40 percent to 7,250.20, after hitting a low of 7,180.30 earlier. The broader All Ordinaries Index is down 29.70 points or 0.39 percent to 7,570.20. Australian stocks closed sharply lower on Friday. Among the major miners, Rio Tinto is gaining almost 1 percent, Mineral Resources is adding almost 2 percent, Fortescue Metals is rising more than 2 percent and BHP Group is advancing more than 1 percent, while OZ Minerals is losing almost 2 percent. Oil stocks are lower, with Woodside Petroleum and Origin Energy losing almost 2 percent each, while Oil Search and Santos are sliding more than 1 percent each. Beach energy is declining almost 1 percent. Among tech stocks, WiseTech Global and Afterpay are gaining almost 2 percent each, while Xero is adding more than 2 percent and Appen is up more than 1 percent. Gold miners are lower. Evolution Mining, Gold Road Resources and Resolute Mining are flat, while Newcrest Mining and Northern Star Resources are losing almost 1 percent each. Among the big four banks, Commonwealth Bank and Westpac are losing more than 1 percent each, while ANZ Banking is declining more than 2 percent and National Australia Bank is down almost 2 percent. Among travel stocks are plunging after warnings of border closures again from some countries, Flight Centre is losing m...
TL;DR: Intel's new Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" CPUs feature the upgraded Arc B390 integrated GPU, delivering up to 77% better gaming performance and surpassing NVIDIA's RTX 4050 Laptop GPU by 10%. Built on the Intel 18A process, these CPUs offer significant CPU and GPU advancements for next-gen laptops. Intel has launched its new Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" CPUs at CES 2026, packed w...
TL;DR: Intel's new Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" CPUs feature the upgraded Arc B390 integrated GPU, delivering up to 77% better gaming performance and surpassing NVIDIA's RTX 4050 Laptop GPU by 10%. Built on the Intel 18A process, these CPUs offer significant CPU and GPU advancements for next-gen laptops. Intel has launched its new Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" CPUs at CES 2026, packed with its heavily upgraded Arc B390 integrated GPU that provides RTX 4050 levels of gaming performance. 14 14 VIEW GALLERY - 14 IMAGES The new Arc B390 inside of the new Panther Lake CPUs is providing up to 77% more gaming performance over the integrated GPU inside of the Core Ultra 9 288V "Lunar Lake" CPU, and up to 53% faster AI versus the 288V. The first foray for Intel's new GPU architecture is the Arc B390 inside Panther Lake, with the flagship Arc B390 providing some rather kick ass performance over its predecessors, and more importantly, its competitors. Intel is using 12 Xe3 GPU cores on its flagship Arc B390 GPU in the higher-end tiers of Panther Lake CPUs, which is a 50% upgrade in GPU cores over the Arc 140V on Lunar Lake. Intel is promising up to 77% more performance in graphics and up to 76% more performance over the Xe+ based Arc 140T on Arrow Lake. That's with 2x upscaling and 1080p. 14 14 In native performance, the flagship Core Ultra X9 388H processor with the full Arc B390 GPU is compared against the AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 "Strix Point" APU with the Radeon 390M, with the new Panther Lake CPU reigning supreme with an 82% performance increase. That's at native 1080p with the Core Ultra Series 3 processor sitting at just 45W, compared to the Strix Point APU with 53W. 14 14 Intel takes a huge swipe at Qualcomm with its new Arc B390 GPU on Panther Lake, comparing it to the Snapdragon X Elite 84-100 processor with a 50W sustained TDP, with the Arc B390 absolutely thrashing it with a gigantic 2.6x performance increase. 14 14 Intel even compares its new integrated GP...
(RTTNews) - The Hong Kong stock market has moved higher in two straight sessions, improving almost 720 points or 2.8 percent along the way. The Hang Seng Index now sits just shy of the 26,350-point plateau and it's expected to move higher again on Tuesday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is positive, with oil companies expected to lead the way - although profit-taking may creep in late i...
(RTTNews) - The Hong Kong stock market has moved higher in two straight sessions, improving almost 720 points or 2.8 percent along the way. The Hang Seng Index now sits just shy of the 26,350-point plateau and it's expected to move higher again on Tuesday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is positive, with oil companies expected to lead the way - although profit-taking may creep in late in the day. The European and U.S. markets were up and the Asian bourses figure to at least open in similar fashion. The Hang Seng finished slightly higher on Monday following mixed performances from the financial shares, property stocks and technology companies. For the day, the index perked 8.77 points or 0.03 percent to finish at 26,347.24 after trading between 26,256.00 and 26,445.50. Among the actives, Alibaba Group jumped 2.55 percent, while Alibaba Health Info climbed 2.11 percent, ANTA Sports slumped 1.89 percent, China Life Insurance spiked 3.40 percent, China Mengniu Dairy strengthened 2.41 percent, China Resources Land surged 5.05 percent, CITIC stumbled 2.34 percent, CNOOC plunged 3.29 percent, CSPC Pharmaceutical soared 4.83 percent, Galaxy Entertainment retreated 1.97 percent, Haier Smart Home dipped 0.24 percent, Hang Lung Properties and Hengan International both sank 0.92 percent, Henderson Land skidded 1.80 percent, Hong Kong & China Gas fell 0.42 percent, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China cratered 2.05 percent, JD.com dropped 1.22 percent, Li Auto tanked 2.50 percent, Li Ning expanded 2.69 percent, Meituan added 0.76 percent, New World Development lost 0.54 percent, Nongfu Spring declined 1.95 percent, Techtronic Industries shed 0.76 percent, Xiaomi Corporation tumbled 2.33 percent, WuXi Biologics vaulted 3.01 percent and Lenovo was unchanged. The lead from Wall Street is firm as the major averages opened higher on Monday and remained in the green throughout the trading day. The Dow rallied 594.79 points or 1.23 percent to finish at 48,977.18, while th...
Investing in a few of these players could increase the diversification of your portfolio. A new investing year is here, and if you have cash to deploy, now is a great time to get started. Here, I'll highlight several stocks that offer one or more of the following: an interesting valuation, a recovery story, a solid track record of earnings success, and leadership in a growth market. If you invest ...
Investing in a few of these players could increase the diversification of your portfolio. A new investing year is here, and if you have cash to deploy, now is a great time to get started. Here, I'll highlight several stocks that offer one or more of the following: an interesting valuation, a recovery story, a solid track record of earnings success, and leadership in a growth market. If you invest in a handful of these players, you'll offer yourself diversification -- and potentially a long-term investing win. Let's check out my 10 top stocks to buy to start the new year off right. 1. Palantir Technologies Palantir Technologies (PLTR +3.64%) is winning in the growth market of artificial intelligence (AI). The company's AI-driven software platform, Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP), helps customers make better use of their data, and this has spurred enormous earnings growth over the past several quarters. Palantir's revenue, once driven by government customers, today is driven by both government and commercial customers. They've flocked to AIP as it allows them to easily and immediately apply AI to their needs. The company has seen high demand quarter after quarter, and this may continue as the AI boom marches on. 2. IonQ IonQ (IONQ +4.15%) is an innovator in the hot growth area of quantum computing. These computers offer the opportunity to solve problems that are impossible for classical computers. Though it may take several years for quantum computers to become generally useful, progress is being made -- and IonQ is one of the promising players. Advertisement Expand NYSE : IONQ IonQ Today's Change ( 4.15 %) $ 1.94 Current Price $ 48.71 Key Data Points Market Cap $17B Day's Range $ 46.52 - $ 50.32 52wk Range $ 17.88 - $ 84.64 Volume 20M Avg Vol 26M Gross Margin -747.41 % IonQ uses trapped ions for computation, and this system has several key advantages, such as lower error rates and long coherence times (this allows more time for computation). The company curren...