Stock Movers

Today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market.

On this episode of Stock Movers:

- Corebridge Financial and Equitable Holdings to combine in an all-stock merger, valuing the combined company at approximately $22 billion.

- Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google must pay damages to a 20-year-old woman who said her addiction to social media caused her mental health struggles, a jury concluded in a landmark decision that could signal hefty risks for the companies as they fight thousands of similar claims.

- Pony AI Inc. delivered its first profitable quarter ever, bolstered by a windfall from an early investment, rather than its main robotaxi business.

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Today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market.
On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Swedish fast-fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz AB’s first-quarter sales fell short of expectations in a period plagued by weak consumption and large currency effects.
- Pony AI (PONY) delivered its first profitable quarter ever, bolstered by a windfall from an early investment, rather than its main robotaxi business.
- Henkel AG has agreed buy Olaplex Holdings, the hair-care brand that developed a cult following for its shampoos and other treatments, in a $1.4 billion deal.

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Today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market.
On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Boliden drops as much as 15%, the most since July 2023, after providing an update on the abnormally high seismic activity that has impacted production at its key Garpenberg mine.
- Next said the conflict in the Middle East will add £15 million ($20 million) of costs and warned it will raise prices if the war persists, taking some of the shine off another upward nudge to the UK retailer’s profit guidance.
- European companies with exposure to private credit may be in focus after Jefferies’ results missed Wall Street estimates, dragged down by losses on wayward credit bets. Watch European companies including AXA, Allianz, Aviva, Legal & General, Prudential, Aegon and NN Group.

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Today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market.

On this episode of Stock Movers:

- Arm Holdings Plc (ARM) shares rose by the most in almost a year after the company announced plans to sell its own chips for the first time — a move forecast to generate about $15 billion annually within five years. Meta Platforms Inc. will be the first major customer for the company’s chip, called an AGI CPU, Arm said Tuesday at an event in San Francisco. The product will have as many as 136 cores — a measure of processing power — and draw 300 watts of electricity, according to the UK-based company. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. will produce the chips.

- Driven Brands (DRVN) rose in extended trading after a Wall Street Journal report that activist ADW Capital is encouraging the automotive services firm to explore a sale or breakup.

- Navan (NAVN) shares are up after the business travel platform reported earnings and revenue for the fourth quarter that beat the average analyst estimate.

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Today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market.

On this episode of Stock Movers:

- Arm Holdings Plc (ARM) shares rose by the most in almost a year after the company announced plans to sell its own chips for the first time — a move forecast to generate about $15 billion annually within five years. Meta Platforms Inc. will be the first major customer for the company’s chip, called an AGI CPU, Arm said Tuesday at an event in San Francisco. The product will have as many as 136 cores — a measure of processing power — and draw 300 watts of electricity, according to the UK-based company. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. will produce the chips.

- JetBlue (JBLU) shares surge after reports from Semafor saying the airline is considering the option of selling itself to a competitor. The US airline has hired advisers to explore the viability of a deal, and is considering scenarios of a tie-up with United Airlines Holdings Inc., Alaska Air Group Inc. or Southwest Airlines Co., and how such a combination would sit in the political and regulatory environment, the publication said.

- Energy and Chemical stocks fell today as investors weighed Iran rejecting a US ceasefire proposal.

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Today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market.

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JetBlue Airways (JBLU) is considering the option of selling itself to a competitor, Semafor reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The US airline has hired advisers to explore the viability of a deal, and is considering scenarios of a tie-up with United Airlines Holdings Inc., Alaska Air Group Inc. or Southwest Airlines Co., and how such a combination would sit in the political and regulatory environment, the publication said.

Meta Platforms (META) is cutting several hundred jobs as part of a restructuring effort that’s impacting several teams at the company, including sales, recruiting and the Reality Labs hardware division.

Arm Holdings (ARM) which made its name licensing technology to semiconductor makers, said it will sell its own chips for the first time — a move forecast to generate about $15 billion annually within five years.

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On this episode of Stock Movers:

- KB Home (KBH) shares fell after the single-family home builder reported forecast deliveries for the second quarter that missed the average analyst estimate.

- Sarepta Therapeutics (SRPT) shares jump after the biotech released early clinical data from its siRNA pipeline. Oppenheimer (outperform) analyst Kostas Biliouris says “early DM1/FSHD data appear promising, but full dataset & more markers needed for conclusions”

- ARM (ARM) shares rise after news it will sell its own chips for the first time, with Meta Platforms Inc. as the first major customer, and expects to generate about $15 billion annually within five years. The company's new chip, called an AGI CPU, will have as many as 136 cores and draw 300 watts of electricity, and will be produced by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.

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On this episode of Stock Movers:

- ARM (ARM) shares rise after news it will sell its own chips for the first time, with Meta Platforms Inc. as the first major customer, and expects to generate about $15 billion annually within five years. The company's new chip, called an AGI CPU, will have as many as 136 cores and draw 300 watts of electricity, and will be produced by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.

- Chewy (CHWY) shares gain after the online retailer of pet products gave a net sales forecast for the fiscal year 2027 that beat the average analyst estimate. This suggests the online pet retailer expects strong demand to more than make up for headwinds including inflation and tariff uncertainty.

- Echostar (SATS) shares are up. EchoStar, Rocket Lab and AST SpaceMobile rally on Wednesday as the Information reports that SpaceX aims to file a prospectus for an initial public offering 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:

- Merck (MRK) agreed to buy Terns Pharmaceuticals Inc. for $6.7 billion, giving the multinational company access to a promising new leukemia treatment as it faces the patent expiration of its bestselling cancer drug.

- The Pentagon has agreed with major defense contractors on a series of framework agreements meant to accelerate production of key missile systems that have seen heavy use during the initial phases of the US and Israeli war against Iran. Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems agreed with the Defense Department on plans to “quadruple the production of seekers for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor,” according to a Pentagon announcement.

- Chewy (CHWY) shares rise after the online retailer of pet products gave a net sales forecast for the fiscal year 2027 that beat the average analyst estimate.

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Today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market.
On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Merck & Co (MRK) to buy Terns Pharmaceuticals (TERN) for $53/share in cash for an approximate equity value of $6.7 billion.
- Shares of Arm Holdings (ARM), which made its name licensing technology to semiconductor makers, rose in premarket trading after it said it will sell its own chips for the first time, in a move forecast to generate about $15 billion annually within five years.
- Braze shares rise after the software company forecast revenue for the first quarter that was higher than the average analyst estimate.

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