Stock Movers

On this episode of Stock Movers:
-Microsoft (MSFT) shares fall. Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox plans to eliminate 3,200 jobs, or around 20% of its staff over the next year, as part of a massive reorganization to spur growth in the struggling gaming division.
-JetBlue Airways (JBLU) shares fall after Raymond James downgraded the company to underperform from market perform. Savanthi Syth sees “limited upside” in the stock following recent strength, with the stock up more than 30% off a June low.
-Strategy (MSTR) shares fall. Michael Saylor’s Strategy Inc. sold $216 million of Bitcoin last week, marking the first major step in the financing overhaul the company unveiled in recent days.
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Today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market.
On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Korean-listed shares of SK Hynix (000660 KS) declined after the chipmaker kicked off the formal marketing process for its US listing on Friday. The company is seeking to sell American depositary receipts representing about 17.79 million common shares, which would be valued at about $28 billion based on Friday’s closing price in Seoul. The offering of ADRs comes after the firm’s Seoul-traded stock rallied about 260% this year, propelling the company’s market capitalization above $1 trillion.
- Shares of Broadcom (AVGO) moved lower ahead of the US market open after the company said that it will provide custom chips for Apple Inc. (AAPL) in an expanded deal that runs through 2031. The companies have signed a new multi-year agreement, through which Broadcom will develop custom ASIC chips, short for application-specific integrated circuit. That means they were designed for a particular purpose. The chips will be used in “multiple generations of Apple products,” Broadcom said in a filing.
- Shares of Honeywell spinoff Solstice Advanced Materials (SOL) and Element Solutions (ESI) rose in premarket trading after the Financial Times reported that the firms are in talks to merge, citing people familiar with the matter. Discussions between the two companies over a merger are ongoing; a deal could come together as soon as this week.
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Today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market.
On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Shares of SanDisk (SNDK), along with other chipmakers and AI-related firms, are moving higher in premarket trading ahead of Samsung’s June quarter earnings and updates to SK Hynix Inc.’s massive ADR listing.
- Shares of Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) are edging higher ahead of the US market open after British broadcaster ITV agreed to sell its Media and Entertainment arm to Comcast-owned Sky Group Ltd. in a deal worth as much as £1.6 billion ($2.1 billion) including debt, reshaping the UK television industry. The agreement to sell ITV’s free-to-air TV channel operations and the ITVX streaming platform includes £1.2 billion in cash, the transfer of the producer of hit TV show The Great British Bake Off and as much as £200 million in additional contingent payments tied to advertising performance, the companies said in a statement Monday.
- Shares of EasyJet (EZJ LN) rallied to the highest level since February 2022 after the budget airline accepted a takeover offer from US private equity firm Castlelake at 690p a share. Castlelake swooped in as the UK budget carrier was reeling from soaring jet fuel prices and suppressed demand after the Iran war.
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Today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market.
On this episode of Stock Movers:
- EasyJet has agreed to a takeover offer of more than £5 billion from Castlelake, signalling a potential wave of deal-making in the airline sector. EasyJet shares soared as much as 11.4%
- Italy may raise defence spending by €17 billion over two years to meet a NATO target. Leonardo shares rose as much as 5.6%.
- BE Semiconductor shares slip as much as 7.7% on Monday after South Korea news outlet ZDNet reported that chipmakers may further delay the full adoption of an advanced chip packaging technology.
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Today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market.
On this episode of Stock Movers:
- EasyJet has agreed to a takeover offer of more than £5 billion from Castlelake, signalling a potential wave of deal-making in the airline sector. EasyJet shares soared to more than 11%.
- Thales has agreed to buy the Gorgé family’s 35.51% stake in Exail Technologies and plans to acquire the rest of the maritime robotics company via a mandatory tender offer.
- Continental has agreed to sell its industrial unit to Lone Star Funds, completing the German manufacturer’s shift to focus on its tires business. Continental shares dipped as much as 3.2%.
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