Shares of memory and AI-related stocks fell premarket on Wednesday after stock index futures were lower as U.S. President Donald Trump said the truce between the U.S. and Iran is over after renewed strikes. Dow futures ( INDU ) fell about 1.10%, S&P 500 futures ( SPX ) declined around 0.92%, and Nasdaq 100 futures ( US100:IND ) fell nearly 1.61%. Trump said he believes the memorandum of understand...
Shares of memory and AI-related stocks fell premarket on Wednesday after stock index futures were lower as U.S. President Donald Trump said the truce between the U.S. and Iran is over after renewed strikes. Dow futures ( INDU ) fell about 1.10%, S&P 500 futures ( SPX ) declined around 0.92%, and Nasdaq 100 futures ( US100:IND ) fell nearly 1.61%. Trump said he believes the memorandum of understanding with Tehran "is over," but that negotiators can "keep talking if they want," after the U.S. and Iran exchanged strikes across the Middle East. Oil prices climbed after his comments, which were made at the NATO summit in Turkey, CNN reported . South Korea's Kospi Index slumped about 5.3%. Samsung Electronics ( SSNLF ) and South Korean rival memory chip giant SK Hynix ( HXSCL ) each declined about 6% on the Korea Exchange. On Wednesday, Samsung said it has started mass production of its next-generation enterprise data center storage drive, which will be integrated into Nvidia's ( NVDA ) upcoming Vera Rubin AI platform. Shares of AI chipmakers Nvidia ( NVDA ) and Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD ) each fell nearly 2% premarket on Wednesday. Reportedly, Nvidia's shares are trading at their cheapest valuation since before the AI boom despite the chipmaker's strong growth outlook. Qualcomm ( QCOM ) and Cerebras ( CBRS ) each fell around 2%, while Broadcom ( AVGO ) dipped about 1%. Apple ( AAPL ) said on Wednesday that its new multiyear agreement with Broadcom is expected to exceed $30B and will lead to the production of over 15B U.S.-made chips. American memory giant Micron Technology ( MU ) — which competes with Samsung and SK Hynix to provide High-Bandwidth Memory, or HBM, chips to Nvidia — tumbled nearly 5%. Western Digital ( WDC ) slumped about 5%, Seagate Technology ( STX ) fell nearly 4%, and Sandisk ( SNDK ) declined about 6%. Other AI and networking-related stocks were also in the red premarket on Wednesday. Applied Optoelectronics ( AAOI ) slumped about 5%, while Coheren...
Father of boy refused entry to pool says case is reminder that some Dutch do not acknowledge reality of racism When Henri Duiker went to check whether his 12-year-old son and his friend were enjoying their first “disco” swim evening alone, he was baffled. Instead of being in the water, Henri’s son was standing alone by the desk at the Watergeus pool, in Zoetermeer in the Netherlands. He did not ha...
Father of boy refused entry to pool says case is reminder that some Dutch do not acknowledge reality of racism When Henri Duiker went to check whether his 12-year-old son and his friend were enjoying their first “disco” swim evening alone, he was baffled. Instead of being in the water, Henri’s son was standing alone by the desk at the Watergeus pool, in Zoetermeer in the Netherlands. He did not have any ID to prove he was under 13 and pool attendants had told him he could not swim – although his friend of the same age and size had not been not asked for his documents. Continue reading...
Trevor Williams/DigitalVision via Getty Images Thesis My view of ASE Technology is that it's an extremely compelling company currently in a really exciting inflection point where the operational drivers are pointing in the right direction but investors have already overpaid for a future that hasn't really fully arrived. My call is a Hold with a slight positive tilt. ASE has just emerged from a cyc...
Trevor Williams/DigitalVision via Getty Images Thesis My view of ASE Technology is that it's an extremely compelling company currently in a really exciting inflection point where the operational drivers are pointing in the right direction but investors have already overpaid for a future that hasn't really fully arrived. My call is a Hold with a slight positive tilt. ASE has just emerged from a cyclical trough. It is making bold investments into the most attractive part of the semiconductor value chain (state-of-the-art package design for AI) and has enough balance sheet firepower to make the investments. What stops me from calling a Buy is valuation as the richly priced earnings multiple leaves little room for any operational misses, while the very margin expansion which makes the price justified is anything but assured. Company Overview ASE sits at a unique and ever more important part of the supply chain. The company is one of the world’s largest OSAT (outsourced semiconductor assembly and test) providers. It is also situated at the back of the manufacturing chain - the stage when completed silicon is interconnected and tested, ahead of delivery to customers. Once seen as a commoditized low-margin business, innovation in AI and high-performance computing has changed the nature of the industry. The latest, most sophisticated AI accelerators require sophisticated packaging for them to function, giving the segment increased strategic focus. Operationally today, what is happening is a broad-based recovery overlaid on the super cycle of structural investment. After a sector-wide correction from 2022 to 2024, revenues are rising again and the company is recovering a significant part of its business from legacy/commoditized assembly work to the leading front end. Financial Analysis The first line quite plainly states the rebound story. Revenues shot back up again to somewhere in the neighborhood of $21.0bn trailing against $18.1bn in 2024. Still down on the high-water ma...
President calls Iranian leadership ‘scum’, rails against alliance, repeats demand for Greenland and threatens Spain Middle East crisis live – latest updates Europe live – latest updates Donald Trump has declared that the ceasefire with Iran is over as he arrived at the Nato summit in Ankara, launching an angry broadside in which he complained about the military alliance and repeated his demand for...
President calls Iranian leadership ‘scum’, rails against alliance, repeats demand for Greenland and threatens Spain Middle East crisis live – latest updates Europe live – latest updates Donald Trump has declared that the ceasefire with Iran is over as he arrived at the Nato summit in Ankara, launching an angry broadside in which he complained about the military alliance and repeated his demand for Greenland. The US president, sitting alongside the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, called Iran’s leadership scum and “sick people”, and added that he was “very upset” with the alliance and even threatened to cut off all trade with Spain in a row over defence spending. Continue reading...
ilbusca/E+ via Getty Images There is one overarching development that is driving the capital markets today - war. Hostilities between the US and Iran have intensified. At the NATO summit in Türkiye, President Trump has said the ceasefire is over. Oil prices have jumped. Benchmark bond yields have risen, and stocks sold. The dollar itself is mixed in the G10 but is mostly stronger against emerging ...
ilbusca/E+ via Getty Images There is one overarching development that is driving the capital markets today - war. Hostilities between the US and Iran have intensified. At the NATO summit in Türkiye, President Trump has said the ceasefire is over. Oil prices have jumped. Benchmark bond yields have risen, and stocks sold. The dollar itself is mixed in the G10 but is mostly stronger against emerging market currencies. As widely anticipated, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand hiked its overnight cash rate target 25 bp to 2.50%. The New Zealand dollar is the strongest among the major currencies (~0.35%), followed closely by the oil-sensitive Norwegian krone. The Japanese yen is the weakest, off about 0.2% to approach last week’s 40-year high. President Trump expressed frustration with NATO members over not supporting his desire for Greenland and renewed his call to end trade with Spain for its lack of sufficient military spending and its lack of support for the war on Iran. The US runs a trade surplus with Spain. Prices G10 • The euro ground lower in yesterday’s North American session and slipped below Monday’s low near $1.1410. It slipped slightly below $1.14 in the European turnover after recovering to a little more than $1.1430. The single currency remains within the range recorded on July 3 when the US June employment data were released (~$1.1375-$1.1475) but still looks vulnerable. There are ~2.2 bln euros in options struck at $1.14 that expire today. • After jumping almost 0.5% against the yen on Monday, the most since the end of April, the dollar recorded an inside day yesterday, confined to about a JPY161.65-JPY162.20 range. The greenback only briefly traded above JPY162 in North America. The upside has been extended to about JPY162.55 today. The 40-year high set earlier this month was near JPY162.85. • Sterling poked above $1.34 yesterday in the Asia-Pacific session for the first time since June 17, when the FOMC meeting concluded. However, it trended lower and rea...
Chinese artificial-intelligence model maker Zhipu is seeking to raise about $4 billion from a share sale after its stock soared almost 1,500% since a January listing in Hong Kong. Zhipu, which trades as Knowledge Atlas Technology , is offering 19.8 million shares at HK$1,588 to HK$1,698 each, according to terms of the deal that confirmed a previous Bloomberg News report . That represents a discoun...
Chinese artificial-intelligence model maker Zhipu is seeking to raise about $4 billion from a share sale after its stock soared almost 1,500% since a January listing in Hong Kong. Zhipu, which trades as Knowledge Atlas Technology , is offering 19.8 million shares at HK$1,588 to HK$1,698 each, according to terms of the deal that confirmed a previous Bloomberg News report . That represents a discount of as much as 13% to the close on Wednesday. The company plans to use the proceeds for research and development, business expansion, investments, and mergers and acquisitions, according to the terms. It also seeks to optimize its capital structure, working capital and other general corporate purposes. China International Capital Corp. is the sole overall coordinator on the deal. Issuing shares in Hong Kong soon after listing has echoes of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.’s $5 billion placement in April, which followed a share sale of a similar size by the battery maker in May 2025 — one of the biggest in the world that year. Shanghai Iluvatar CoreX Semiconductor Co. is also seeking to raise about $850 million from a share sale in Hong Kong, according to terms seen by Bloomberg News Wednesday, while Shanghai Biren Technology Co. raised about $900 million from a recent share placement . Zhipu recently launched its GLM-5.2 AI model and is making the technology free and open for anyone to build upon, expecting to attract developers to its platform and embed its tools into the global market.
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Joa_Souza/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images Petrobras ( PBR ) said late Tuesday it signed an agreement with Brazilian regulator ANP committing to bring 335 temporarily abandoned offshore wells into compliance with safety and environmental rules. Under the deal terms, Petrobras ( PBR ) will pay 300M reais (~$58M) to ANP and has until the end of 2030 to comply with the rules. The company said...
Joa_Souza/iStock Unreleased via Getty Images Petrobras ( PBR ) said late Tuesday it signed an agreement with Brazilian regulator ANP committing to bring 335 temporarily abandoned offshore wells into compliance with safety and environmental rules. Under the deal terms, Petrobras ( PBR ) will pay 300M reais (~$58M) to ANP and has until the end of 2030 to comply with the rules. The company said it has already brought 233 of the 335 wells into compliance. Separately, Oceaneering International ( OII ) said it has expanded its collaboration with Petrobras ( PBR ) via a four-year contract for remotely operated vehicle services. The scope covers the supply of two work-class ROVs and specialized tooling packages in addition to carrying out monitoring and positioning support operations. More on Petrobras Petrobras: Buy This Bargain As Dividends Will Soar Petrobras: We're Adding Hundreds Of Shares On The Dips Petrobras: Why I Disagree With Wall Street
(RTTNews) - BiomX Inc. (PHGE), a holding company for defense, security, and critical infrastructure technologies, Wednesday announced that its subsidiary BiomX Israel Defense and Security Ltd, has signed a non-binding letter of Intent or LoI to acquire a 60 percent controlling in
(RTTNews) - BiomX Inc. (PHGE), a holding company for defense, security, and critical infrastructure technologies, Wednesday announced that its subsidiary BiomX Israel Defense and Security Ltd, has signed a non-binding letter of Intent or LoI to acquire a 60 percent controlling in