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UK & AU Stock Market Today: Live Updates 23.05.2026

UK & AU Stock Market Today: Live Updates 23.05.2026

Rolls-Royce shares have stayed flat for eight months, lagging behind tech stocks such as Nvidia and Alphabet, which gained over 20%. Higher oil prices and reduced airline flights have cut into Rolls-Royce’s engine servicing revenue. The company expects first-half results to meet, but not beat, forecasts. Momentum trading interest has faded after a steep rally from 2023 to 2025.
May 23, 2026
UK & AU Stock Market Today: Live Updates 22.05.2026
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UK & AU Stock Market Today: Live Updates 22.05.2026

LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: May 22, 2026, 4:00 AM EDTUpdated: May 23, 2026, 3:55 AM EDT Wesfarmers Ltd (ASX:WES) Share Price Analysis and Valuation May 23, 2026, 3:55 AM EDT. The Wesfarmers Ltd (ASX:WES) share price has declined 8.61% year-to-date. Wesfarmers is an Australian conglomerate with major interests in retail, chemicals, fertilisers, and industrial brands. Over 50% of its profits stem from Bunnings Warehouse, the market leader in home improvement in Australia. The company reported $44.19 billion revenue, growing at a 9.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over three years. Its gross margin is 34.0%, indicating profitability on core operations, with
May 22, 2026
NNDM Stock Jumps 6%: Nano Dimension’s Cash-Rich Reset Faces Its Next Test
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NNDM Stock Jumps 6%: Nano Dimension’s Cash-Rich Reset Faces Its Next Test

Nano Dimension’s U.S.-listed shares jumped 5.9% to $1.61 Thursday, outpacing the Nasdaq’s 0.1% gain, as investors watched the company’s strategic review. The Israeli firm’s market value reached about $334 million, still below its $441.6 million in reported cash and securities. Nano agreed in April to sell two product lines to Inspira Technologies for up to $12.5 million. First-quarter net loss widened to $69.7 million.
May 22, 2026
AIXC Stock Pops 7% as AIxCrypto’s Crypto-AI Bet Gets a Fresh Market Look
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AIXC Stock Pops 7% as AIxCrypto’s Crypto-AI Bet Gets a Fresh Market Look

AIxCrypto Holdings shares jumped nearly 7% Thursday, closing at $1.38 on double their average volume. The pre-revenue company reported a first-quarter net loss of $6.1 million and a $13.1 million drop in cash, mainly from a $10 million investment tied to Faraday Future. AIxCrypto’s tokenization plan uses Faraday Future stock as a test asset. Faraday Future shares also rose 6.4%.
May 22, 2026
Finward Bancorp falls 4.5% as small bank draws focus
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Finward Bancorp falls 4.5% as small bank draws focus

Finward Bancorp shares fell 4.5% to $32.17 Thursday, underperforming regional-bank peers as the company held its annual shareholder meeting. No new earnings were released; the bank remains under a regulatory memorandum and must seek approval before paying dividends. Non-performing loans rose to $12.4 million. Finward reported $2.0 billion in assets and $1.7 billion in deposits as of March 31.
May 22, 2026
WiMi Surges After Quantum AI News, Traders Watch Next Moves
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WiMi Surges After Quantum AI News, Traders Watch Next Moves

WiMi Hologram Cloud shares closed up 1.86% at $1.64 Thursday after announcing research into a quantum-computing optimization method. Trading volume was 275,550 shares, below average. The update came as quantum stocks rallied on news of a potential $100 million U.S. government investment in D-Wave Quantum. WiMi did not announce any commercial launch or customer deals.
May 22, 2026
Perion stock falls after Q1 miss, AI ad spend soars
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Perion stock falls after Q1 miss, AI ad spend soars

Perion Network shares fell 1.9% to $8.84 Thursday, extending a 16% drop after first-quarter results missed revenue targets and showed a wider loss. Revenue rose 1% to $90.4 million, while adjusted EBITDA fell to $0.5 million from $1.8 million. Spending on the company’s Outmax AI agent jumped 316% year over year. The stock underperformed rivals as investors questioned profit growth.
May 22, 2026
GPCR Stock Jumps As Obesity-Drug Race Gets A New Twist
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GPCR Stock Jumps As Obesity-Drug Race Gets A New Twist

Structure Therapeutics shares climbed 5.3% to $38.79 in late New York trading Thursday, with no new company release in the past two days. The move followed Eli Lilly’s report of strong weight-loss data for its obesity drug, which kept focus on the sector. Structure’s aleniglipron showed 16.3% placebo-adjusted mean weight loss at 44 weeks in Phase 2. Monashee Investment Management trimmed its stake in the first quarter, SEC filings show.
May 21, 2026
Abivax Shares On the Move Again As Filing Catches Trader Interest Ahead of June
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Abivax Shares On the Move Again As Filing Catches Trader Interest Ahead of June

Abivax SA’s Nasdaq-listed shares rose 3.5% to $124.03 Thursday as investors awaited late-Q2 topline data from its Phase 3 trial of obefazimod for ulcerative colitis. A May 20 SEC filing showed shareholders approved capital-raising mandates and a U.S. ATM program with 78.2% support. The company recently repurchased royalty certificates for $90 million, partly in ADSs. Paris shares closed at 105.10 euros, up 2.14%.
May 21, 2026
InterDigital shares up after IoT payments patent agreement
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InterDigital shares up after IoT payments patent agreement

InterDigital shares edged up to $267.10 in after-hours trading Thursday after announcing a new Internet of Things licensing deal with an unnamed payments-technology company. The agreement covers point-of-sale devices under InterDigital’s global patent portfolio. Annualized recurring revenue rose 13% year-over-year to $567.2 million in the March quarter. Financial terms of the new deal were not disclosed.
May 21, 2026
CHRW Stock Pulls Back After Big Rally. The C.H. Robinson Test Just Got Harder
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CHRW Stock Pulls Back After Big Rally. The C.H. Robinson Test Just Got Harder

C.H. Robinson Worldwide shares fell 1.5% to $178.13 Thursday, reversing part of a four-day rally, as investors weighed a Wall Street upgrade against new legal risks. The decline came despite broader U.S. stock gains and followed a Supreme Court ruling allowing state negligent-hiring claims against freight brokers. Trading volume reached about 1.6 million shares.
May 21, 2026
PMEC Dips Below $1; Primech Contract Wins Don’t Halt Selloff
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PMEC Dips Below $1; Primech Contract Wins Don’t Halt Selloff

Primech Holdings shares fell 9% to $0.7001 Thursday, keeping the Singapore-based company’s Nasdaq listing below the $1 minimum bid price. The drop comes despite recent cleaning and robotics contracts, including a $24.8 million airport deal and a three-year robot deployment. Primech has until Aug. 24, 2026, to regain compliance or face possible delisting. Market capitalization stood at about $24.9 million.
May 21, 2026
Veritone shares pop 16% as traders look at small AI firm with funding issues
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Veritone shares pop 16% as traders look at small AI firm with funding issues

Veritone shares surged 16.3% to $2.28 on Thursday, with trading volume more than doubling from the previous day, despite no new company announcements. The move followed a recent earnings report showing first-quarter revenue down 9.8% to $20.3 million, but annual recurring revenue up 9.4% to $64.2 million. Market value reached about $212 million. The company reaffirmed its 2026 revenue forecast.
May 21, 2026
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  • UK Proposes Single Market for Goods with EU, Faces Brussels Rejection
    May 23, 2026, 4:45 AM EDT. The UK government has proposed forming a single market for goods with the European Union, aiming to reshape post-Brexit trade relations. British media report that the EU has rejected this ambitious reset, maintaining its current stance. The move reflects London's push for smoother trade in goods but faces resistance from Brussels, which seeks to preserve its regulatory standards and external borders.