Month: April 2026
Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Exxon Mobil, Carnival, Delta, General Motors and more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Oil stocks — Shares of energy companies jumped alongside the move higher in oil prices , which surged more than 7% after President Donald Trump’s speech Wednesday night indicated the war in Iran would continue. APA gained 4.3%, while Diamondback Energy , ConocoPhillips , […]
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Novo Nordisk says Wegovy pill outperforms Lilly’s oral GLP-1 in cross-trial comparison
Wegovy semaglutide tablets. Michael Siluk | Universal Images Group | Getty Images The Wegovy pill showed more pronounced weight loss and less cumbersome side effects than Eli Lilly‘s rival pill that was approved this week, Novo Nordisk said Thursday. Oral Wegovy demonstrated “significantly greater mean weight loss” than orforglipron, which Lilly will sell under the […]
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Iran’s war propaganda homes in on Trump with Lego memes
Young Iranian women walk past a state building covered with a giant anti-U.S. billboard depicting a symbolic image of the destroyed USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, in downtown Tehran, Iran, on Feb. 26, 2026, the final day of Iran-U.S. talks that take place in Geneva. Morteza Nikoubazl | Nurphoto | Getty Images Wartime propaganda has […]
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Thorne is on pace for $650 million in sales as Gen Z fuels a supplement boom — despite subscription fatigue
Supplement brand Thorne is on pace to reach $650 million in annual revenue this year, fueled by Gen Z and millennial shoppers who are increasingly focused on improving their health, CNBC has learned. The 42-year-old supplement brand, which L Catterton took private in 2023, has sustained a compound annual growth rate of over 30% since […]
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Trump’s Iran timeline may not be short enough to avoid oil demand destruction
Vehicles have their gasoline tanks filled at a Costco Wholesale store on March 21, 2026, in Bayonne, New Jersey. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump says he’ll end the war within weeks, but fears for oil supply and demand destruction are set to linger. In an address on Wednesday […]
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Macquarie: India could emerge as an ‘AI powerhouse’ and names top stocks to watch
Despite being a global software powerhouse, India has been perceived as a laggard in the artificial intelligence space, with no current domestic chip industry or full-scale foundational AI model . But that narrative is set to change, according to Macquarie. The narrative of India as an AI bystander could shift to it being an “AI […]
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Why Deutsche Bank sees a ‘sharp reversal’ for luxury stocks if the Middle East conflict subsides
A recovery in European luxury stocks has been upended by the Iran war, but they could see a “sharp reversal” if the geopolitical situation improves, Deutsche Bank said on Wednesday. Shares of major players like LVMH , Kering , Richemont and Hermes are down between 10% and 20% since the first attacks on Iran on […]
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European stocks plunge after Trump vows to hit Iran ‘extremely hard’
City workers in the La Defense business district of Paris, France, on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images Europe-listed shares opened sharply lower on Thursday, as concerns about the trajectory of the U.S.-Iran war gripped global markets once again. Shortly after the opening bell, the pan-European Stoxx 600 was 1.2% […]
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Singapore charges one more individual with AI chip fraud
Singapore prosecutors charged one more person with fraud on Thursday for making false representations to U.S. server supplier Dell Technologies, linking her to two other individuals charged with similar offences in February last year. Jenny Lim was charged with conspiring with Alan Wei Zhaolun and Aaron Woon Guo Jie in 2024 to commit fraud by misleading Dell that Aperia International would be the end-user of the […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump threatens to put Iran in ‘stone ages,’ dampening ceasefire hopes
U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledges those in attendance after speaking from the Cross Hall of the White House on April 1, 2026 in Washington, DC. Alex Brandon | Getty Images Hello, this is Dylan Butts writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open. U.S. President Donald Trump gave his highly […]
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