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Stock Market Today: Live Updates 14.07.2026

LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: July 14, 2026, 4:00 AM EDTUpdated: July 14, 2026, 8:11 PM EDT Macquarie Puts Megaport, Nextdc in Focus as Cloud, AI Demand Grows July 14, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT. Macquarie points to Megaport Ltd (ASX: MP1) and Nextdc Ltd (ASX: NXT) as its Australian picks riding the wave of cloud computing and growing AI-related data centre demand. The broker says neoclouds, or specialised AI cloud providers, need to get the most from GPU capacity. Nextdc’s deal with Sharon AI for 50MW is cited as a sign of future demand while data centre space stays tight. For Megaport,
July 14, 2026
Fuji Media’s First Operating Loss Shows Sponsor Exodus Is Still Hurting Japan TV
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Fuji Media’s First Operating Loss Shows Sponsor Exodus Is Still Hurting Japan TV

Fuji Media Holdings reported an operating loss of 8.77 billion yen for the year ended March 2026, swinging from an 18.29 billion yen profit the previous year. The company blamed the downturn on the lingering impact of a sexual misconduct scandal that dented its mainstay TV ad revenues. Net sales came in at 551.87 billion yen, up just 0.2%. Net income landed at 6.50 billion yen, marking a recovery from last year’s 20.13 billion yen loss. The company’s full-year loss delivers more than just a blow to its image—it’s now showing up in the numbers. Jiji said Fuji Media just posted its first annual operating loss since 2008, the year it adopted a certified broadcast holding-company structure, a regulatory framework
May 12, 2026
Sensex Crash Today: Nifty Slides Below 23,400 As Oil Shock And Record-Low Rupee Hit Dalal Street
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Sensex Crash Today: Nifty Slides Below 23,400 As Oil Shock And Record-Low Rupee Hit Dalal Street

Indian equities tumbled on Tuesday. The BSE Sensex dropped 1,456.04 points, or 1.92%, ending at 74,559.24, while the NSE Nifty 50 slid 436.30 points, or 1.83%, to close at 23,379.55. Pressure came from climbing crude prices, the rupee touching a record low, and a wave of foreign selling that sapped risk appetite. According to NSE data, the Nifty’s indicative close was 23,379.55 at 15:30 IST. The selloff is significant because it links up three big stress points: oil, the rupee, and capital flows. Brent crude hovered near $107.23 a barrel late in Indian trading, according to Business Standard, with investors bracing for a prolonged disruption through the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial energy corridor.
May 12, 2026
HSBC’s $400 Million Private-Credit Hit Deepens as MFS Fraud Allegations Escalate
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HSBC’s $400 Million Private-Credit Hit Deepens as MFS Fraud Allegations Escalate

Administrators for the failed UK mortgage lender Market Financial Solutions are taking owner Paresh Raja to court in London, alleging he misappropriated at least £1.3 billion. The legal fight adds heat to investigations into the tangled exposures that triggered HSBC’s $400 million private-credit provision. Raja, currently in Dubai, rejects the claims, according to the Financial Times. The allegations arrive just days after HSBC Chair Brendan Nelson assured shareholders the bank had “substantially completed” its review of lending policies following the provision. Nelson noted HSBC examined similar facilities for lessons and, at this point, considers the issue a “one-off rather than anything systemic.”
May 12, 2026
Apple and Google Just Made iPhone-to-Android Texts Safer: What iOS 26.5 Changes
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Apple and Google Just Made iPhone-to-Android Texts Safer: What iOS 26.5 Changes

CUPERTINO, California, May 12, 2026, 03:06 Apple and Google have kicked off the beta launch of end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging, bringing more secure cross-platform texting to iPhones and Android devices—an area where iMessage has held the advantage on privacy. For now, iPhone users on iOS 26.5 with supported carriers and Android users running the current Google Messages app can access the upgrade.
May 12, 2026
HK Express ¥4,400 Japan Sale: Routes, Dates and the Fee Travelers Must Check
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HK Express ¥4,400 Japan Sale: Routes, Dates and the Fee Travelers Must Check

HK Express rolled out its “Express Sale” on Japan–Hong Kong routes Tuesday, dangling Ultra Lite one-way tickets from ¥4,400 and Lite fares starting at ¥5,400. The Cathay Group’s budget airline is aiming to pump up summer demand on the heavily traveled leisure corridor. This sale is notable largely due to its timing: tickets cover trips from May 26 through September 30, pulling in the start of summer and a big chunk of the high season for leisure travelers heading to Japan or Hong Kong. But there’s not much time to book. The offer wraps up Thursday night in Japan—unless the flights get snapped up before that.
May 12, 2026
DeNA Founder Tomoko Namba Returns as CEO as AI Bet Meets Profit Drop
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DeNA Founder Tomoko Namba Returns as CEO as AI Bet Meets Profit Drop

DeNA on Tuesday announced founder Tomoko Namba is set to take over as president and CEO on June 27, bringing her back to lead the company as it pushes to ramp up efforts in gaming, AI, and new business areas. Shingo Okamura, who currently holds both roles, will step into the chairman position if shareholders sign off at the upcoming annual meeting. No subtlety in the numbers. DeNA posted a weaker outlook for the year to March 2026: revenue slipped 9.9% to 147.7 billion yen, operating profit tumbled 35.5% to 18.69 billion yen, and profit attributable to owners dropped 21.3% to 19.05 billion yen. Slower momentum in its games segment, as the initial rush for “Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket”
May 12, 2026
Siemens Energy Raises Buyback to €3 Billion as AI Data Center Demand Turns Into Cash
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Siemens Energy Raises Buyback to €3 Billion as AI Data Center Demand Turns Into Cash

Siemens Energy is bumping up its share buyback target for 2026 to as much as 3 billion euros, up from the previous 2 billion, after reporting a 42% jump in pre-tax free cash flow, the company announced Tuesday. The overall buyback initiative, which could reach up to 6 billion euros by 2028, stays the same. What’s changed: the rush for power gear is no longer just bookings on paper—Siemens Energy is finally seeing cash flow. The company locked in record orders at 17.7 billion euros, with its backlog swelling to a record 154 billion, fuelled by U.S. projects, gas services, and grid tech. German outlet Maschinenmarkt highlighted the impact of AI data centers gulping electricity.
May 12, 2026
Google Down Today: Search Users Hit By 500 Error As Reports Spike In India And Beyond
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Google Down Today: Search Users Hit By 500 Error As Reports Spike In India And Beyond

Google Search came back online for much of its user base Tuesday, following a morning outage. Earlier, some users had run into blank pages, server errors, or search results that wouldn’t load. This outage is significant. Search is still a primary access point to the internet, and even brief downtime can disrupt users, publishers, and advertisers almost instantly. The impact is especially sharp in places like India, where most people rely on Google as their go-to search engine.
May 12, 2026
Bitcoin ATM Ban Wave Hits Spokane Valley After Scam Losses, Minnesota Crackdown Widens
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Bitcoin ATM Ban Wave Hits Spokane Valley After Scam Losses, Minnesota Crackdown Widens

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash., May 12, 2026, 01:20 PDT Spokane Valley’s city council voted unanimously to ban virtual currency kiosks, adding the city to a rising tally of municipalities cracking down on crypto ATMs in retail spaces. The move follows police reports linking the machines to fraud, major financial losses, and one investigation that led to a suicide.
May 12, 2026
Munich Re Profit Jumps 57%, But Shares Slide As Reinsurer Cuts New Business
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Munich Re Profit Jumps 57%, But Shares Slide As Reinsurer Cuts New Business

Shares in Munich Re slipped Tuesday, even as the German reinsurer posted a jump in first-quarter profit. Net profit climbed to €1.714 billion—up from €1.094 billion the year before—matching what analysts had projected. The company stuck with its full-year outlook, but has scaled back new business activity amid a less favorable reinsurance market. Investors weren’t worried about the quarter itself. Instead, the focus was on what April renewals revealed about reinsurers’ grip on pricing, following several years of strong gains driven by heavy catastrophe losses and tight capacity. Munich Re reported that business written in April dropped to €2.0 billion, an 18.5% slide, and said risk-adjusted prices—which factor in shifts in loss risk and inflation—fell 3.1%.
May 12, 2026
Indane, HP Gas, Bharat Gas Alert: LPG Subsidy Could Stop In 7 Days After Tax Check
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Indane, HP Gas, Bharat Gas Alert: LPG Subsidy Could Stop In 7 Days After Tax Check

Some state-run oil marketing firms are now sending out alerts to certain LPG customers, warning that their cooking-gas subsidy may be cut off if income-tax records show they earned more than Rs 10 lakh and don’t reply within a week. The move signals a stepped-up effort to verify and potentially remove subsidy access for domestic cylinder users. Why now? After years of relying on self-reported income caps, the checks are shifting toward actual data matching. According to Oil Ministry officials quoted by Business Today, Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum, and Hindustan Petroleum have started cross-checking LPG subscriber lists with Income Tax Department records. Consumers flagged in this process are receiving official SMS notifications.
May 12, 2026
Vodafone Share Price Slips After Earnings: Three UK Deal and UBS Sell Call Raise the Stakes
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Vodafone Share Price Slips After Earnings: Three UK Deal and UBS Sell Call Raise the Stakes

Vodafone slipped 3.0% to 116.80 pence in London morning action on Tuesday, despite the telecoms company projecting improved earnings for the coming year and pointing to a streamlined business after a three-year shakeup. On Monday, the shares hit their highest mark since August 2022. The stakes are rising as investors look to see if Vodafone’s rapid share-price surge holds up through CEO Margherita Della Valle’s next act: taking full command of VodafoneThree in the UK, turning things around in Germany, and keeping cash returns flowing. The company has already shed weaker businesses in Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands—now, it’s doubling down on Germany, the UK, and Africa.
May 12, 2026
UK & AU Stock Market Today: Live Updates 12.05.2026
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UK & AU Stock Market Today: Live Updates 12.05.2026

LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: May 12, 2026, 12:00 AM EDTUpdated: May 12, 2026, 11:56 PM EDT Stelar Metals to Acquire Hill of Leaders Tungsten Project in NT May 12, 2026, 11:56 PM EDT. Stelar Metals (ASX: SLB) has signed a binding earn-in agreement to acquire 100% of the Hill of Leaders tungsten project in Northern Territory's Tennant Creek Inlier, a region known for copper-gold and tungsten deposits. The deal includes an initial $80,000 cash payment and 3 million shares to F&H Brothers Metals, with plans for $500,000 in drilling or expenditure within 12 months. Stelar can fully acquire the project by
May 12, 2026
Woodside Energy’s $35 Billion Browse LNG Cost Puts Australia Gas Approval in Focus
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Woodside Energy’s $35 Billion Browse LNG Cost Puts Australia Gas Approval in Focus

Woodside Energy Group’s Browse LNG project, years behind schedule, is now pegged at a price tag of A$48.7 billion, based on a Deloitte Access Economics report prepared for the company. LNG, or liquefied natural gas, is regular gas cooled into a liquid to allow transport by ship. The cost is back in focus as Browse approaches a regulatory hurdle, ending a stretch of setbacks. Long stalled by environmental sign-offs and talks over processing arrangements, the project targets Australia’s top undeveloped offshore gas field.
May 12, 2026
Northern Star Resources Shares Drop as $500 Million Buyback Faces Gold Price Test
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Northern Star Resources Shares Drop as $500 Million Buyback Faces Gold Price Test

Northern Star Resources Ltd ended Monday’s session in Sydney at A$20.75, sinking 1.9% and closing right at its low for the day. Shares started the morning at A$21.03, briefly reached A$21.42, but slid as investors showed little enthusiasm for the miner’s A$500 million buyback, despite gold’s strength. Market value stood at roughly A$29.67 billion, according to Google Finance. Northern Star is supposed to be the straightforward gold bet for ASX investors—a big producer, hefty Western Australian projects, plus notable capital returns. Yet shares slipped at the end, even though bullion prices stayed high and swung around. Looks like just promising a buyback isn’t cutting it for the market.
May 12, 2026
Why Sony Stock Jumped 5.7% Today Despite Its Bungie Problem
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Why Sony Stock Jumped 5.7% Today Despite Its Bungie Problem

Sony Group’s U.S.-listed shares jumped 5.66% to close at $21.29 on Monday, drawing unusually heavy trading as investors reassessed the company after a large buyback plan, a music-rights push and fresh chip-sector moves. The ADR — an American depositary receipt, a U.S.-traded certificate for a foreign share — traded about 16.2 million shares, far above its 50-day average of about 5.7 million. The timing matters because the rally followed a choppy read on Sony’s story. TipRanks said recent pressure centered on a $765 million impairment tied to Bungie, the U.S. game studio, even as BofA lifted its Sony price target to $34 from $30.67 and kept a Buy rating, citing solid core businesses.
May 12, 2026
Blue Zones’ 38th Record Profit Plan Puts Yaoko’s Tokyo Expansion in Focus
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Blue Zones’ 38th Record Profit Plan Puts Yaoko’s Tokyo Expansion in Focus

Blue Zones Holdings, which owns Japanese supermarket Yaoko, expects its ordinary profit to hit a record for the 38th consecutive year, citing steady food demand and an expanding network of stores across Tokyo and surrounding areas. The forecast is under scrutiny now with Blue Zones fresh on the market—formed just last October 2025 after a share swap that folded Yaoko in as a full subsidiary. Its debut annual results arrive as Japanese food retailers deal with inflation, climbing wages, steeper construction costs, and stepped-up cross-format competition.
May 12, 2026
Alphabet’s Nvidia Chase Hits A $660 Billion Wall As AI Chip Rally Returns
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Alphabet’s Nvidia Chase Hits A $660 Billion Wall As AI Chip Rally Returns

Nvidia pulled further ahead of Alphabet on Monday, tamping down speculation that Google’s parent might overtake it as the world’s most valuable company. Shares of Nvidia changed hands at $219.44, giving the chipmaker a market cap of roughly $5.37 trillion. Alphabet’s Class A stock sat at $388.64, valuing the company around $4.71 trillion. This shift matters as the AI trade divides into two groups. Nvidia keeps its grip on the hardware core. Alphabet, on the other hand, is betting that controlling search, the cloud, AI models, plus its own chips, could unlock the bigger payoff.
May 12, 2026
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