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Record Highs: Trade Deal Hopes Fuel Stock Market Surge to Fresh Peaks

Record Highs: Trade Deal Hopes Fuel Stock Market Surge to Fresh Peaks

Trade Deal Hopes Ignite Global Rally Global stock markets are surging on mere hopes of a U.S.-China trade peace. Over the weekend, high-level talks yielded “significant advances” toward an agreement to resolve the long-running trade war ts2.tech. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described a “very substantial framework” now in place, and China’s negotiator Li Chenggang said both sides reached a preliminary consensus toward a deal ts2.tech ts2.tech. While no agreement is signed yet, the prospect of a truce has been enough to send markets to new heights torre.news. Presidents Trump and Xi are slated to meet Thursday (Oct. 30) in
28 October 2025
UnitedHealth Group Stock Surges Amid Analyst Upgrades: Is Wall Street Turning Bullish on UNH in 2025?

UnitedHealth Stock Soars After Q3 Shock – Is a Bigger Rally Ahead?

UnitedHealth’s third-quarter report released Oct. 28 largely vindicated that turnaround strategy. Revenue climbed 12% year-over-year to $113.2 billion, helped by strong growth in both its insurance (UnitedHealthcare) and health-services (Optum) unitsbusinesswire.com. The company delivered adjusted EPS of $2.92, beating the $2.80 Wall Street averagemarketscreener.com, despite EPS plunging from $7.15 a year ago due to higher costs. On the call, Hemsley noted that results were on track with management’s plan: “We remain focused on strengthening performance and positioning for durable and accelerating growth in 2026 and beyond,” he saidmarketscreener.com. UnitedHealth also raised its full-year 2025 profit outlook to at least $16.25 per sharebusinesswire.comreuters.com,
28 October 2025
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CarTrade Tech Stock Skyrockets on Blowout Q2 Results – Can the Rally Keep Going?

CarTrade Tech Stock Skyrockets on Blowout Q2 Results – Can the Rally Keep Going?

Blowout Q2 Earnings Drive Rally CarTrade Tech (which operates CarWale, BikeWale, OLX India and other auto marketplaces) reported a stellar Q2 (July–Sept) that far outpaced a soft market. The Economic Times noted the company’s consolidated net profit more than doubled to ₹64.1 crore (up 109% YoY)economictimes.indiatimes.com. Revenue from operations grew ~25% to ₹193.4 croreeconomictimes.indiatimes.com. Even as sales surged, expense growth remained modest (only +5.3% YoY on a ₹142.2cr baseeconomictimes.indiatimes.com), reflecting operational leverage. These factors lifted EBITDA sharply (CarTrade reported a near-doubling of EBITDA YoY). CarTrade credited several drivers for the jump. The core Consumer Group (selling new and used vehicles
28 October 2025
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Helmet Maker Studds Launches ₹455 Cr IPO – Grey Market Predicts ~10% Listing Pop

Helmet Maker Studds Launches ₹455 Cr IPO – Grey Market Predicts ~10% Listing Pop

India’s busiest IPO week rolls on with Studds following Orkla and Lenskart to market. With the issue entirely an OFS, all ₹455+ crore will go to existing shareholders – primarily promoters Madhu and Sidhartha Khurana and family investorseconomictimes.indiatimes.comfreepressjournal.in. “Studds will offer 78 lakh equity shares in the primary market,” ETMarkets reportseconomictimes.indiatimes.com, and “all proceeds will go to the selling shareholders”economictimes.indiatimes.com. The IPO opens Thursday (Oct 30) and closes Nov 3, with a tentative Nov 7 listingeconomictimes.indiatimes.combusiness-standard.com. Investor buzz centers on the grey market pricing. Moneycontrol and Mint note a ₹55 GMP, implying a debut near ₹640 (≈9–10% above band)economictimes.indiatimes.comfinancialexpress.com. Business
28 October 2025
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Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

Stock Market Today 28.10.2025

ENDEDLive coverage has endedEnded: October 29, 2025, 12:00 AM EDT Colgate-Palmolive (CL) Valuation After Recent Price Slide: Undervalued or Priced for Growth? October 28, 2025, 11:56 PM EDT. Colgate-Palmolive (CL) has drifted lower, down ~3% over the past month as investors weigh results and the macro backdrop. The stock remains a defensive staple, but sentiment has cooled with broader markets. The 1-year total shareholder return of -16.6% signals fading momentum despite steady revenue and earnings growth. With shares trading at a meaningful discount to analyst targets, the big question is whether CL is undervalued or if future gains are already
28 October 2025
CSL’s Vaccine Shock: Stock Plunges to 7-Year Low Amid Shareholder Revolt

CSL’s Vaccine Shock: Stock Plunges to 7-Year Low Amid Shareholder Revolt

Vaccine Slump Triggers Profit Downgrade and 7-Year Share Low CSL – Australia’s fourth-largest public company – stunned the market by cutting its profit outlook and delaying a major spinoff due to a steep and unexpected decline in flu vaccinations in the United States. In an AGM update on Oct. 28, the biotech revealed that U.S. influenza immunization rates are dropping far more than anticipated, undermining its Seqirus vaccine division’s performancereuters.com. CEO Paul McKenzie told shareholders that flu shot uptake in the U.S. was collapsing – a 12% decline in vaccination rates is now expected for the overall population (and 14% for seniors) this seasonmarketscreener.comreuters.com. “In our Seqirus
28 October 2025
BayWa Crisis: Cooperatives Take Over as Stock Soars on Rescue Plan

BayWa Crisis: Cooperatives Take Over as Stock Soars on Rescue Plan

Cooperatives Seize Control in BayWa’s Rescue Deal A dramatic power shift is underway at BayWa AG, as its long-time cooperative shareholders step in to take the reins of the struggling company. Bayerische Raiffeisen-Beteiligungs AG (the investment arm of Bavarian farming cooperatives) and Austria’s Raiffeisen Agrar Invest (RAI), together BayWa’s largest shareholders, have effectively secured control of the firm through a fresh capital injection Boerse Express Boerse Express. RAI – affiliated with farm supplier RWA in Austria – boosted its stake to about 37.9% earlier this year and “faktisch die Kontrolle… übernommen” (practically taken charge of the crisis-hit BayWa) Boerse Express.
28 October 2025
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Asia Stocks Rally as Gold Smashes Record Highs and IPO Frenzy Grips Markets

Wall Street Hits Record Highs as ASX Slumps – Gold Crashes, CSL Plunges 15% in Shock Divergence

ASX Sinks Amid Global Cheer Global markets are riding high on hopes of a U.S.–China trade truce and easier monetary policy, but Australia’s share market didn’t get the memo. On Tuesday (Oct 28), the S&P/ASX 200 index closed down 0.5%, surrendering about 43 points to finish near 9,012abc.net.au. This retreat stands in stark contrast to Wall Street’s overnight rally – U.S. indices surged to record peaks on Monday, buoyed by optimism that President Trump and China’s President Xi will strike a trade deal at an upcoming summitwdio.com. The S&P 500 jumped 1.2% to a historic 6,875, the Dow hit 47,544 (+0.7%) and Nasdaq 23,637 (+1.9%)wdio.com. So
28 October 2025
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Nordex Stock Skyrockets on Surprise Profit Upgrade – Wind Turbine Maker Defies Industry Woes

Nordex Stock Skyrockets on Surprise Profit Upgrade – Wind Turbine Maker Defies Industry Woes

Strong Q3 Drives Upbeat Forecast Nordex SE delivered a positive surprise in Q3 2025, nearly doubling its operating profit from a year earlier. Preliminary EBITDA for the quarter hit €136 million, yielding an 8.0% margin – up sharply from €72 million and a 4.3% margin in Q3 2024deraktionaer.de. Buoyed by this result, Nordex’s management announced an upward revision to its full-year EBITDA margin forecast on October 27. The company now projects a 7.5–8.5% EBITDA margin for 2025 (vs. 5.0–7.0% prior)tradingview.com, while leaving other guidance (e.g. revenue of €7.4–7.9 billion) unchangedderaktionaer.de. Nordex credited strong operational execution across both its turbine projects and service segments, aided
28 October 2025
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IAG Share Price Skyrockets 360% from Lows – Near Record Highs, What’s Next?

IAG Share Price Soars Near 5-Year High Amid Travel Boom – Will It Break Records?

Shares Rally to Multi-Year High IAG’s stock – the parent of British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus and other carriers – has staged a remarkable comeback in 2025. As of Tuesday, October 28, shares hovered around 410p, territory not seen since before the pandemic. The price is up roughly 90% year-on-year and has more than quadrupled from its 2020 crash lowsuk.investing.com. This rebound makes IAG one of the FTSE 100’s top performers of the past two yearsuk.investing.com. It now boasts a market capitalization near £19 billionuk.investing.com, reflecting renewed investor confidence in air travel. What’s driving the surge? A sustained travel boom and
28 October 2025
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HSBC Shares Jump as Bank Lifts Outlook Despite $1.1 B Madoff Hit

HSBC Shares Jump as Bank Lifts Outlook Despite $1.1 B Madoff Hit

Shares Rally After Earnings Beat Expectations HSBC’s share price is on the rise after the bank’s latest earnings came in with surprisingly robust signals for future growth. In London trading Tuesday, HSBC shares jumped roughly 3% by mid-morning following the results, outperforming a flat FTSE 100 indexlse.co.uk. The rally reflects investor relief that HSBC managed to absorb a large legal charge yet still boost its outlook. In Hong Kong, where the earnings were released at midday local time, HSBC’s stock similarly rose over 2% in an otherwise subdued marketreuters.com. The gains indicate that markets have looked past the profit decline
28 October 2025
London Stock Exchange at Record Highs – Inside the Historic Market’s Brexit Battle and 2025 Revival

FTSE 100 Near Record High as Oil Boom and Bank Earnings Ignite London Rally

London’s Blue-Chip Index Flirts with Records London’s flagship FTSE 100 index is trading near record territory, extending a dramatic October rally. The FTSE closed last week at an all-time high of 9,645.62 pointsts2.tech and has barely budged from that pinnacle in recent sessions. After six consecutive days of gains through Monday, the index inched up another ~0.1% on 28 October to around 9,654 – essentially flat but enough to mark a fresh record closemorningstar.com. The domestically focused FTSE 250 mid-cap index has also climbed, reaching ~22,500 (its highest since 2022) before easing slightlyts2.tech. This steady performance signals investors holding onto
28 October 2025
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Tesla vs Ford Stock Showdown: One Soars, One Stumbles – Here’s Why

Tesla vs Ford Stock Showdown: One Soars, One Stumbles – Here’s Why

Stock Price Rollercoaster: Tesla Soars as Ford Slips It’s been a tale of two stocks in the final days of October 2025. On Monday, Oct. 27, Tesla’s shares rallied while Ford’s retreated, highlighting a divergence in market sentiment. Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) jumped about 4.3% on the dayreuters.com, buoyed by optimism around a potential U.S.-China trade deal and enthusiasm for Tesla’s tech prospects. In fact, Tesla was the top gainer in the S&P 500’s consumer discretionary sector Mondayreuters.com. By mid-day, TSLA neared the mid-$440s, and it closed around $449, not far from its 52-week highs. One catalyst: reports that White House
27 October 2025
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Dow Dips as Fed Fears Slam Tech Stocks – Hot Economic Data Rattles Wall Street (Sept 25, 2025)

Stocks Surge to Record Highs as AI Boom Meets Trade Deal Hopes – Boom or Bubble?

Record Highs on Trade Optimism and Fed Hopes Wall Street’s euphoria to start the week was driven in large part by hopes of a U.S.-China trade truce and a friendlier Fed. On Monday, the S&P 500 notched its second straight record close, and the Dow and Nasdaq also finished at new all-time highstriblive.com. Investors cheered news that U.S. President Donald Trump will meet China’s President Xi Jinping on Thursday, aiming to finalize a deal framework that could pause new U.S. tariffs and roll back China’s export curbs on rare-earth mineralstriblive.com. After two days of talks in Malaysia, U.S. officials signaled China may boost purchases of
27 October 2025
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Intel Stock Soars on AI Hype and $15B Lifeline – Can the Rally Last?

Intel Stock Hits 18-Month High as AI Hype and $15 B Deals Fuel Stunning Rally

Shares Soar on AI Buzz and “Rescue” Deals Intel’s stock price has rallied dramatically in 2025, recently reaching its highest level since early 2024 on the back of AI optimism and hefty strategic investments. Intel Corporation’s stock price has been on a tear, hitting levels not seen in over a year and a half. Shares of the Silicon Valley semiconductor icon jumped as much as 7–8% after its latest earnings report, briefly reaching an 18-month high (around $39–$40)reuters.com. The stock is now trading near a two-year peak, marking a dramatic turnaround from its struggles in 2022–2024. Year-to-date, INTC has nearly
27 October 2025
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NVIDIA 2025: Dominating the AI Boom – Company Overview, Key Segments, Competition, and Future Outlook

Nvidia (NVDA) Stock Rallies on AI Boom, Trade Optimism – Analysts Weigh Competition & Outlook

NVDA Stock Surges Amid AI Optimism Nvidia’s stock rallied at the start of this week, gaining nearly 3% on Monday to ~$190.7investopedia.com. The jump outpaced broader indexes, as optimism about a potential U.S.-China trade deal and cooling inflation lifted tech shares to record highsinvestopedia.comreuters.com. Nvidia’s Monday gain helped extend its year-to-date climb to about +30%, vastly outperforming the S&P 500’s returnsts2.tech. Shares are only a few points shy of the all-time intraday peak (~$195.62) reached in early Octoberts2.tech. Back then, euphoric buying amid the AI boom briefly boosted Nvidia’s market capitalization above $4 trillion – even surpassing Apple to be
27 October 2025
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Co-Diagnostics (CODX) Stock Skyrockets 200% on Saudi JV – Is This Just the Beginning?

Co-Diagnostics (CODX) Stock Skyrockets 200% on Saudi JV – Is This Just the Beginning?

Stock Skyrockets on Saudi Arabia Deal Announcement Co-Diagnostics’ stock price erupted on Monday after the company unveiled a strategic joint venture in the Middle East. Shares of the small-cap diagnostics firm opened around $0.59 and quickly soared, at one point up 133% to about $0.82 by mid-morningbenzinga.com. The surge only intensified as trading progressed – by late morning the stock was up 148% and still climbing, prompting a wave of retail trader excitement onlinemenafn.com. CODX ultimately closed at $1.07, marking a stunning +206% one-day gainfinance.yahoo.com. For context, the stock had ended the prior trading day at roughly $0.35nasdaq.com, and was down over 70% in the past year before
27 October 2025
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NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) Stock Shakes Off Chip Gloom – AI & Auto Hopes Fuel Rebound

NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) Stock Shakes Off Chip Gloom – AI & Auto Hopes Fuel Rebound

Stock Price & Recent Trading Activity NXP’s stock has seen choppy trading in recent days amid mixed signals from the semiconductor sector. Early last week, NXPI shares slid into the mid-$210s after peer Texas Instruments spooked the market with a dour outlook. TI reported soft demand for its chips and high customer inventories, sending its stock down ~7.5% and dragging NXP ~2–3% lower in sympathyts2.tech. On October 22, NXP closed around $217.16 – a multi-week low – on heavy volume, as investors reacted to signs of an industry slowdownstatmuse.com. This sector-wide selloff (which also hit names like Microchip and Qualcomm)
27 October 2025
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Cadence’s AI-Fueled Q3 Surprise: Earnings Beat, Big Deals, and Bold Forecasts Ignite CDNS Stock

Cadence Stock Skyrockets on AI Chip Boom: CDNS Hits New Highs Amid Earnings Beat and $3B Deal

CDNS Stock Performance: Near Highs After Steady Climb Cadence’s stock has been on a steady upward trajectory throughout 2025, riding the broader tech wave. After starting the year around the high-$200s, CDNS surged over the summer amid the AI-driven market rally, peaking around $370 in Julyfinviz.com. A mid-September pullback – triggered by Synopsys’s China-related warning – saw Cadence briefly dip into the low $330sfinviz.comfinviz.com, but the stock quickly rebounded. By late October, CDNS was trading near $350and hitting fresh multi-month highs ahead of earningsasktraders.com. In fact, the stock jumped ~6.6% in the five sessions leading up to the Q3 earnings releaseasktraders.com, reflecting bullish anticipation from
27 October 2025
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Trash to Cash: Waste Management (WM) Stock Shines on Cash Flow and Sustainability Drive

Trash to Cash: Waste Management (WM) Stock Shines on Cash Flow and Sustainability Drive

Stock Performance and Recent Trends Waste Management’s stock has been relatively steady in recent weeks, moving only modestly amid a volatile broader market. On October 27, WM shares closed around $213.77 (down just –0.4% for the day) ahead of its earnings releasestockanalysis.com. In after-hours trading following the results, the stock dipped roughly 2% to about $209 as investors digested the slight revenue miss and cautious guidance update. Overall, WM’s price has fallen about 0.8% over the past week and ~1.8% in the past monthtradingview.com, a mild pullback largely in line with its sector. Year-to-date, WM is up approximately 6–7%tickernerd.com – a respectable gain though lagging the S&P 500’s
27 October 2025
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AbbVie stock price: ABBV ends week near $223 after earnings swing — what to watch next

AbbVie stock price: ABBV ends week near $223 after earnings swing — what to watch next

7 February 2026
AbbVie shares rose 2% to $223.43 Friday, capping a volatile week marked by earnings and drug sales scrutiny. Moody’s upgraded AbbVie’s credit rating to A2, citing strong performance in immunology and neuroscience. Investors remain focused on Skyrizi and Rinvoq growth amid rising competition and recent regulatory filings. Trading volume stayed below average, with the stock still 9% off its 52-week high.
SK hynix stock price slips into Monday after S&P upgrade, tech selloff

SK hynix stock price slips into Monday after S&P upgrade, tech selloff

7 February 2026
SK hynix shares closed at 839,000 won, down 0.36% Friday and 8% for the week, as tech stocks retreated across Asia. S&P Global Ratings upgraded the chipmaker to “BBB+” with a positive outlook, citing strong HBM sales. The KOSPI fell 1.4% Friday, ending a six-week winning streak. Traders await Monday’s Seoul open for signs of further tech weakness.
Bank of America stock jumps 3% into the weekend — what to watch before Monday’s trade

Bank of America stock jumps 3% into the weekend — what to watch before Monday’s trade

7 February 2026
Bank of America shares rose 2.89% Friday to $56.53, tracking a rally in U.S. financial stocks as the Dow closed above 50,000. The bank will redeem its Series DD preferred stock and related depositary shares on March 10 at $1,000 per share. CEO Brian Moynihan donated 100,000 shares on Feb. 4, a regulatory filing showed. Key U.S. jobs and inflation data are due next week after delays.
Oracle stock rebounds from eight-day skid as $20 billion share-sale plan looms

Oracle stock rebounds from eight-day skid as $20 billion share-sale plan looms

7 February 2026
Oracle shares jumped 4.65% to $142.82 Friday, ending an eight-day slide but remaining down 22% since Jan. 27. The company has set up a $20 billion at-the-market stock program and completed a $25 billion senior notes sale to fund cloud expansion. Oracle’s liabilities stood at $174.5 billion as of Nov. 30, 2025, before the new financing. Investors remain focused on dilution risks and the pace of capacity growth.
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