Stock Movers

Today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market.
On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Meta Platforms (META) sees a drop of over 8% after a jury found the company (along with Google) liable for a 20-year-old woman's mental health struggles, which she said were caused by her addiction to social media, and ordered them to pay damages.
- Valero Energy (VLO) is up over 5.7% after the announcement that their refinery in Port Arthur, Texas will attempt to introduce steam tomorrow to some units after a fire in a unit on Monday.
- Brown-Forman (BF/B) sees a 2% jump after a report that French beverage company, Pernod Ricard SA, is exploring a potential acquisition of the Kentucky-based owner of Jack Daniel’s whiskey, as alcoholic drink companies look at ways to consolidate amid an industry downturn.
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On this episode of Stock Movers:
-Venture Global (VG) shares rose as attacks in the Middle East continued and US President Donald Trump warned Iran to get serious about discussions “before it is too late.”
-Sandisk (SNDK) shares fell. Shares of memory and storage companies sank on Wednesday after Google researchers touted a new compression technique for large language models and vector search engines.
-JBS (JBS) shares rise. The company reported EPS below estimates and sales above estimates. JBS also sees 2026 Brazil beef results in line with 2025.
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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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