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Europe
  • 🇬🇧 FTSE 100-0.19%
  • 🇩🇪 DAX+1.21%
  • 🇫🇷 CAC 40-0.16%

Germany did all the work in Europe today: the DAX added 1.2% to 30,686 while London and Paris finished slightly lower after the Bank of England left rates at 3.75%. The gains sat in euro-exposure.

IPO PRICED
Londian Wason New Energy Tech Inc.NYSE
$22 / share$94.3M raise4,285,714 shares

Londian Wason prices NYSE IPO at $22, opens at $26

The world's largest maker of lithium battery copper foil priced its NYSE debut at $22 a share, raising $94.3 million, and opened at $26. Cantor led a seven-bank syndicate, and the first trade already sits well above where new money got in.

Source: SEC filing
AAOIApplied Optoelectronics
Regular session
$148.13
+13.61%open $130.39

A 13.6% intraday jump to $148.13 puts Applied Optoelectronics near a $12.8 billion valuation in a single session. Moves this size rarely settle quietly, so keep an eye on the stock into the close.

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VLOValero Energy
Pre-market
$342.92
+3.85%open $330.21

A 3.8% pre-market jump adds roughly $3.7 billion to a $99 billion refiner, an outsized single-session move for a name this size. Whether the gain holds into the regular session is the thing to watch at $342.92.

TSLATesla
Pre-market
$339.96
+3.80%open $327.51

A 3.8% pre-market jump adds tens of billions in market value to a $1.3 trillion company before the bell even rings. Moves this size rarely hold through the open, so the first hour of trading is the tell.