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Latest close on July 30, 2026: $351.69 (+2.0% on the latest daily bar). HMA21 / HMA55: $354.79 / $352.89. 200DMA: $311.64. Relative volume: 0.34x the 20-day average. Latest comparable filing period: 2025 FY ending 2025-12-31; filed 2026-02-13. Comparable growt…
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L3Harris Technologies reported second-quarter orders of $7.3 billion. Revenue was $5.9 billion, up 8%. Operating margin increased 60 basis points to 11.1%. Diluted earnings per share (EPS) were $3.13, up 28%.
After the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that it would keep rates unchanged, Citi still expects the Fed to cut rates later this year. Economists Andrew Hollenhorst and Veronica Clark said in a note to clients that Powell’s press conference sent two dovish s…
Microsoft Corp. is poised to set the record for the largest single-day increase in market value ever for any stock. The Redmond, Washington-based company’s shares surged as much as 17% intraday. As of 12:55 p.m. in New York, its market capitalization had incre…
According to people familiar with the matter, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) plans to begin publishing daily summary data on trading in British stocks starting this Friday, as part of its effort to improve market transparency. The regulator will al…
According to people familiar with the matter, Equinix is expected to reach its latest data center deal and could raise $3 billion through the sale of investment-grade bonds. (Bloomberg)
Microsoft is expected to spend $175 billion in capital expenditures in 2026, after accounting adjustments, down from a previous estimate of $190 billion. Microsoft’s U.S.-listed shares extended gains in after-hours trading to 8%.
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said smartphone demand remains strong, but rising manufacturing costs are weighing on market performance. He said higher memory costs and supply constraints have already hit the handset industry. “Consumer demand for phones is there…
A Morgan Stanley-led banking syndicate is in talks to lend $15 billion for an Anthropic data center. The data center has support from Alphabet’s Google, which is guaranteeing Anthropic’s lease and power payments. Nexus is also in talks to borrow $15 billion fo…
Latest close on July 30, 2026: $351.69 (+2.0% on the latest daily bar). HMA21 / HMA55: $354.79 / $352.89. 200DMA: $311.64. Relative volume: 0.34x the 20-day average. Latest comparable filing period: 2025 FY ending 2025-12-31; filed 2026-02-13. Comparable growt…
Latest close on July 30, 2026: $156.49 (-0.2% on the latest daily bar). HMA21 / HMA55: $158.72 / $148.20. 200DMA: $138.94. Relative volume: 0.37x the 20-day average. Latest comparable filing period: latest period. Valuation snapshot: trailing P/E 26.3x; forwar…
Put/call volume ratio: 1.81; put/call OI ratio: 3.28. Calls traded 818 contracts versus 1,479 puts. Near-OTM IV skew proxy: puts above calls by 3.3 volatility points. Read-through: put volume is materially heavier than call volume. This describes positioning,…
Put/call volume ratio: 1.79; put/call OI ratio: 1.07. Calls traded 1,850 contracts versus 3,315 puts. The nearest ATM straddle around $805.00 prices an approximate ±$20.65 move, or 2.6% of spot, through expiry. Near-OTM IV skew proxy: puts above calls by 2.5 v…
Put/call volume ratio: 0.51; put/call OI ratio: 0.67. Calls traded 8,858 contracts versus 4,535 puts. The nearest ATM straddle around $220.00 prices an approximate ±$3.92 move, or 1.8% of spot, through expiry. Near-OTM IV skew proxy: puts above calls by 1.8 vo…
Put/call volume ratio: 1.08; put/call OI ratio: 0.27. Calls traded 2,376 contracts versus 2,562 puts. The nearest ATM straddle around $192.50 prices an approximate ±$5.37 move, or 2.8% of spot, through expiry. Near-OTM IV skew proxy: puts above calls by 2.1 vo…
Put/call volume ratio: 0.49; put/call OI ratio: 0.37. Calls traded 9,708 contracts versus 4,772 puts. The nearest ATM straddle around $157.50 prices an approximate ±$3.79 move, or 2.4% of spot, through expiry. Near-OTM IV skew proxy: puts above calls by 5.9 vo…
Put/call volume ratio: 0.46; put/call OI ratio: 2.48. Calls traded 13,964 contracts versus 6,475 puts. The nearest ATM straddle around $1,020.00 prices an approximate ±$19.43 move, or 1.9% of spot, through expiry. Near-OTM IV skew proxy: puts above calls by 2.…
Put/call volume ratio: 1.20; put/call OI ratio: 0.70. Calls traded 8,829 contracts versus 10,636 puts. The nearest ATM straddle around $62.00 prices an approximate ±$0.67 move, or 1.1% of spot, through expiry. Near-OTM IV skew proxy: puts above calls by 9.6 vo…