LITE, NOW, SNDK & more

LITE, NOW, SNDK & more

Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Lumentum Holdings , Coherent — Lumentum shares jumped 5% after its CEO told Bloomberg that the optical and photonic producer’s products are booked through 2027, amid the artificial intelligence buildout. Shares of Coherent, another photonics company, were up 4%. Both companies have investments from Nvidia ….

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BlackRock rips page from hedge fund playbook, applies it to ETFs

BlackRock rips page from hedge fund playbook, applies it to ETFs

BlackRock is applying hedge fund strategies to its exchange-traded fund business. Jeffrey Rosenberg, the firm’s senior portfolio manager on the systemic fixed income team, has a leading role in the firm’s liquid alternatives ETFs — which use a long-short strategy in ETF wrappers. He contends the strategy provides valuable diversification amid the recent breakdown in…

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Behind China's 'active efforts' for an Iran ceasefire: Business trumps politics

Behind China’s ‘active efforts’ for an Iran ceasefire: Business trumps politics

BEIJING — China’s ties with countries such as Iran and Russia have raised expectations of a bigger diplomatic role, but Beijing remains focused on protecting its own domestic interests, including global exports. That stance underpins Beijing’s circumspect acknowledgment of reports that it pushed Iran toward this week’s temporary ceasefire. A New York Times report cited…

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AI threat plagues software stocks after latest updates from Anthropic

AI threat plagues software stocks after latest updates from Anthropic

Software’s artificial intelligence troubles don’t appear as though they will let up anytime soon, following the sector’s slide after Anthropic’s latest product and revenue updates. Software is down again this week, with the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV) falling Wednesday — when most of the market participated in a sharp rally following President Donald…

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DAL, LEVI, XOM & more

DAL, LEVI, XOM & more

Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Delta Air Lines — Shares traded 12% higher, boosted by the steep declines in oil prices after the U.S. agreed to a ceasefire. The airline also posted better-than-expected results for the first quarter, though it issued second-quarter guidance that was below analyst estimates. Levi Strauss —…

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