U.S.-Venezuela Oil Deal Targets 65 Billion Barrels, but Supply Ramp Will Take Years
A U.S.-backed plan to develop 17 Venezuelan oilfields targets enormous reserves. Yet it promises little immediate relief for a market paying nearly $96 for Brent.
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A U.S.-backed plan to develop 17 Venezuelan oilfields targets enormous reserves. Yet it promises little immediate relief for a market paying nearly $96 for Brent.
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Woolworths Group Limited is expanding its cost reset strategy to New Zealand, where food margins are significantly lower than in Australia. A new proposal…
ASX closes, Australian dollars per share
Source: Woolworths Group F26 result, released August 26, 2026.
Fiscal 2026 EBIT margin by trading segment
Scale: 0% to 6%. Source: Woolworths Group F26 result.
The Russell 2000 rose 1.29% to 2,957.79 on Wednesday, outperforming the S&P 500 by 0.83 percentage point as Wall Street recovered.
Full regular-session volume versus the mean of the prior five sessions
As of 16:00 EDT on September 2, 2026. Source: Yahoo Finance market data; TS2 calculations.
Regular-session change and the immediately preceding 60 minutes
Selected S&P 500 sector ETF returns at the regular-session close
As of 16:00 EDT on September 2, 2026. Source: Yahoo Finance sector ETF data; TS2 calculations.
Shares of Palantir Technologies Inc. dropped 5.9% to $169.31 on Wednesday, with losses deepening following the introduction of a cyber model for governments and…
Nasdaq price in U.S. dollars; previous close was $179.92.
As of . Source: Yahoo Finance. Five-minute observations are sampled hourly for display.
Quarter ended June 30, 2026. Bar scale tops at 160%. Source: Palantir's SEC-filed results.
Based on 23 analysts over the prior three months; price at . Source: Google Finance.
RIO DE JANEIRO, September 2, 2026, 16:38 — American depositary receipts of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras advanced 3.1% to $20.96 with Brent crude…
Banco Bradesco S.A. American depositary receipts climbed 3.9% to $3.45 on Wednesday. The appreciation of the Brazilian real boosted gains in local shares when…
NYSE:BBD, U.S. dollars; $3.45, +3.9% at
Source: Yahoo Finance five-minute delayed market data. Values sampled hourly; no live streaming implied.
Latest available: BBD and FX at 15:29 EDT; delayed BBDC4 at 15:14 EDT. Parity translates the local return through USD/BRL.
The remaining gap reflects asynchronous closes, depositary-market friction and quote timing. Sources: Yahoo Finance; Bradesco ADR program. Percentages are TS2 calculations.
Private subscription approved July 29, 2026
Source: Banco Bradesco Form 6-K filed with the U.S. SEC.
Second quarter of 2026; year-on-year changes unless noted
Source: Banco Bradesco second-quarter 2026 results filed with the U.S. SEC.
Pfizer Inc. rose 1.7% to $29.04 on Wednesday. The stock hit a 52-week high of $29.09. Trading volume was 24.4 million shares as of…
As of . Source: Yahoo Finance. Delayed market data.
Publicly disclosed terms; confidential provisions are excluded.
Sources: Pfizer and its annual report.
Year-over-year operational revenue change; bar length shows absolute change.
Quarter ended June 28, 2026. Source: Pfizer.
Session change at about 15:15 EDT; bar height is scaled to percentage gain.
As of September 2, 2026, about 15:15 EDT. Source: Yahoo Finance quote data for PFE, JNJ, MRK, LLY and ABBV.
The iShares Russell 2000 ETF climbed 1.18% to $294.01 by 15:00 EDT. That was nearly three times the S&P 500's 0.42% gain.
Session change and 14:00–15:00 EDT change
As of . Source: Yahoo Finance intraday data; TS2 calculations. IWM is the Russell 2000 proxy.
As of September 2, 2026, 15:00 EDT. Source: Yahoo Finance sector ETF prices; TS2 calculations.
Market figures at September 2, 2026, 15:00 EDT or latest delayed reading before that cutoff. Sources: ADP, Yahoo Finance, and EIA.
Shares traded by 15:00 EDT as a percentage of the prior 22-session full-day average
Raw volume: IWM 14.75 million, QQQ 17.32 million, SPY 17.44 million. Source: Yahoo Finance historical and intraday data; TS2 calculations.
Shares of Block, Inc. rose 5.68% to $82.30 on Wednesday. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust, which tracks the S&P 500, increased 0.39% simultaneously.
NYSE price in U.S. dollars. Last point: $82.30, up 5.68%.
As of . Source: Yahoo Finance; five-minute observations rounded to cents.
Second-quarter segment gross profit, billions of dollars.
Quarter ended June 30, 2026. Source: Block Form 10-Q.
Company guidance is non-GAAP. Price multiple calculated from the September 2 quote. Sources: Block shareholder letter and Yahoo Finance.
Shares of BitMine Immersion Technologies, Inc. rose 0.2% on Wednesday. The decline in ether, though, lowered the asset buffer supporting the stock.
Change from each asset's first regular-session five-minute close.
As of . Source: Yahoo Finance intraday data. Five-minute closes; not live streaming.
Sources: BitMine August 31 release and May 31 Form 10-Q. Estimate uses 603.23 million shares, the $280 million preferred liquidation claim and $30.1 million of May 31 liabilities. Rounded figures may not add.
Per-share estimates hold all non-Ether marks, liabilities and share count constant. Sources: company filings, Nasdaq and Yahoo Finance. Values are scenarios, not forecasts.
Applications for U.S. home-purchase mortgages increased by 2% last week, despite the primary contract rate rising to 6.79%. The Mortgage Bankers Association reported the…
· national averages
Unit: interest rate, excluding APR. Source: Bankrate national survey.
Seasonally adjusted change, week ended August 28
Source: MBA Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey, released September 2, 2026.
$400,000 principal, 30-year fixed loan; principal and interest only
Calculated using standard amortization. Rate anchors: MBA and Freddie Mac. Taxes, insurance and fees excluded.
Grab shares gained slightly on Wednesday, but the gap from post-earnings persisted. The stock was up 0.9% at $3.49 as of 14:15 EDT, still…
Source: Yahoo Finance five-minute data. Labels show observed prices, not a live stream.
Year-over-year change; common scale runs from 0% to 200%
Source: Grab Q2 2026 results, reported August 4. Measures have different bases.
Q2 2026, USD millions; bars share a $320 million scale
Source: Grab Q2 2026 results. These are reported measures, not a reconciliation.
Source: S&P Global consensus via StockAnalysis, retrieved September 2. Targets are estimates, not outcomes.
Small-cap shares held a 1% gain on Wednesday afternoon. That was more than twice the broader market's advance. The iShares Russell 2000 ETF traded…
Percentage change through
Source: Yahoo Finance one-minute prints; changes calculated from prior close and 13:00 EDT. Values are delayed snapshots, not live streaming.
59.9% advanced among 491 tracked members.
Versus 19.86 million by the same time Tuesday, down 30.6%.
Sources: MarketsFN constituent screen and Yahoo Finance one-minute SPY volume, captured through 14:00 EDT.
Source: Yahoo Finance; Select Sector SPDR ETF changes from Tuesday's close to 14:00 EDT.
Sources: Yahoo Finance delayed market prints and ADP.
Source: Yahoo Finance; change from Tuesday's close to the 14:00 EDT one-minute print.
Shares of Transocean Ltd. rose 4.4% on Wednesday, tracking offshore-drilling peers higher as oil prices strengthened. The stock traded at $6.18 at 13:59 EDT,…
NYSE price in U.S. dollars; previous close shown as a dashed line. As of .
Source: Yahoo Finance. Five-minute closes; final point is the latest reported trade.
Billions of dollars, except quarterly free cash flow. Backlog is as of August 5; balance-sheet figures are as of June 30.
Source: Transocean Q2 2026 results. Free cash flow is the company's non-GAAP measure.
Second quarter of 2026 versus the second quarter of 2025.
Source: Transocean Form 10-Q, filed August 7, 2026.
Shares of Farmmi, Inc. surged 41.4% on Wednesday, with trading volume far surpassing the company’s typical financial activity. According to Yahoo Finance, the stock…
Source: Yahoo Finance. Intraday one-minute data; figures are not streaming.
Six months ended March 31 · USD millions
Source: Farmmi management discussion and financial statements, filed August 27, 2026.
Share of $6.4 million half-year revenue
Source: Farmmi August 27 SEC filing. Percentages may not total 100 because of rounding.