Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Biomed, Communication and Technology sectors led shares higher.At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 0.09% to hit a new 1-month high.The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA), which rose 10.65% or 584.00 points to trade at 6,069.00 at the close. Meanwh ...
(Reuters) -Australia’s Westpac Banking (NYSE:WBK) Corp recorded a marginal 1% drop in its first-half net profit on Monday, as a rise in operating costs due to technology investments offset growth in total loans. Westpac recorded growth in home, business and institutional lending volumes, but its operating expenses rose nearly 6% to A$5.70 billion, driven by costs tied to its UNITE simplificat ...
Investing.com -- Citi analysts are standing by their preference for growth stocks heading into 2025, favoring the Nasdaq-100 (NDX) over the Russell 2000 (RTY) based on a combination of technical and fundamental metrics. “We continue to view Growth as defensive in the short to intermediate term,” Citi wrote, adding that “this aligns with favoring the NASDAQ-100 over Russell 2000.” ...
By Jonathan Stempel OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people are in Omaha, Nebraska, to attend the annual shareholder weekend for billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKa). Buffett, 94, is expected to answer shareholder questions over four and a half hours at Berkshire’s annual meeting on Saturday. Vice Chairman Greg Abel, 62, who is expected to succeed Buffett ...