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USO

The U.S. Energy Department has announced the purchase of 1.5 million barrels of oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, with delivery scheduled for January.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

August 15, 2024 | 6:07 pm

HNRA

HNR Acquisition Corp (NYSE:HNRA) announces key infrastructure improvements and upgrades to well testing capabilities at satellite stations, along with the purchase of two portable well testing units. These enhancements aim to improve well performance testing and troubleshooting.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

August 15, 2024 | 6:03 pm

CMRX

GOVX

MRNA

NVAX

Shares of vaccine companies are trading higher after Sweden reported the first Mpox Clade 1 case outside Africa.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

August 15, 2024 | 5:59 pm

VXRT

Oppenheimer initiated coverage on Vaxart Inc. (NASDAQ:VXRT) with an Outperform rating and a price target of $4, citing the company's unique position in developing oral vaccines for COVID-19 and norovirus. The analyst sees an 83% upside potential, supported by a $453M BARDA-funded project and the unmet need for a norovirus vaccine.

Portfolio Pulse from Vandana Singh

August 15, 2024 | 5:57 pm

BVNRY

EBS

GOVX

SIGA

Several healthcare stocks related to mpox are experiencing significant movements after the WHO declared a public health emergency due to an mpox outbreak in Africa. Emergent Biosolutions, Bavarian Nordic, GeoVax Labs, and SIGA Technologies are among the companies affected.

Portfolio Pulse from Adam Eckert

August 15, 2024 | 5:53 pm

ABT

EWC

Abbott's AVEIR DR, the world's first dual chamber leadless pacemaker system, is now available in Canada.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

August 15, 2024 | 5:46 pm

BA

UAL

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby expressed confidence that Boeing is on the right path, indicating a positive outlook for Boeing's future performance.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

August 15, 2024 | 5:38 pm

AMD

AVGO

BTDR

CLS

CRWD

GLW

IREN

MRVL

NVDA

SMCI

The article highlights significant options activity in the Information Technology sector, focusing on trades involving companies like NVDA, SMCI, BTDR, GLW, AVGO, CRWD, IREN, AMD, MRVL, and CLS. These trades, tracked by Benzinga's options activity scanner, indicate varying sentiments from bullish to bearish, potentially impacting the stock prices of these companies in the short term.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Insights

August 15, 2024 | 5:35 pm

TM

Toyota Motor Corp (NYSE:TM) plans to transition most of its Toyota and Lexus lineup to hybrid-only models, potentially phasing out gasoline-only cars. This move reflects Toyota's strategy to focus on hybrids rather than fully electric vehicles. The company has already discontinued the gasoline-only Camry and plans to eliminate the gasoline-only RAV4 for the North American market. Toyota shares are trading higher by 2.53% following this news.

Portfolio Pulse from Nabaparna Bhattacharya

August 15, 2024 | 5:31 pm

NNE

NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:NNE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Rwanda Atomic Energy Board to develop a nuclear energy ecosystem in Rwanda. The collaboration will focus on educational, regulatory, and physical development, including the introduction of small modular reactors and microreactors.

Portfolio Pulse from Benzinga Newsdesk

August 15, 2024 | 5:26 pm