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Skydance (SKYD) closed at $9.51 on its NYSE debut as the $110B deal leaves it with about $80B in debt.

Constellation Energy (CEG) rose more than 12% after Google signed a 20-year nuclear power deal adding 890 MW for its AI buildout, with first power due by 2028.

Crude oil price fell below $89 a barrel for a third straight session as Middle East exports neared 98% of pre-war levels, pulling Treasury yields off 2002 highs.

Trent (TRENT) led Nifty gainers as Indian stocks rose on cheaper crude, with Zudio hitting 1,000 stores

Intel (INTC) fell about 4% after Elon Musk confirmed talks with TSMC to join the Terafab chip project, raising questions over Intel's foundry comeback.

Brent (BZ=F) is near $98 while Iran's oil minister quits and its exports sit at zero under a US blockade.

SpaceX (SPCX) closed at $171.09 on Nasdaq, its best finish since June, as a Morgan Stanley note, a first Starship orbit and TSMC chip talks lifted sentiment.

Cerebras (CBRS) closed at $181.55 after falling 20% last week when OpenAI chose Nvidia chips.

Cerebras shares rose 9% on October 5 after OpenAI's chief executive called the chipmaker a "close partner," erasing part of a slide tied to a GPT-6.1 hardware report.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) trades near $656 as Citi lifts its target to $800 and CEO Su vows more supply.

McKesson and CD&R will take Option Care Health private at $32.05 a share, a $5.8 billion deal, after the stock jumped 21% on reports of advanced talks.

Option Care Health (OPCH) agreed to a $32.05-a-share cash deal from CD&R and McKesson, a 37% premium.

Schneider Electric agreed to buy Boston software maker PTC for $205 a share in cash, its largest deal ever, as PTC surged 33% and Schneider fell over 8%.

Japan's Nikkei rose to about 70,340 as Asian shares tracked Wall Street's tech rally, while oil near $100 and 5.3% Treasury yields capped broader gains.

Morgan Stanley cut AutoNation (AN) to Equal Weight and its target to $175 from $250 on weaker car profits.

Japanese yen (USD/JPY) is soft as traders put a second BOJ hike in October at about one-in-four odds

Foxconn's record September revenue of about $36.5 billion and 47% third-quarter growth on AI server demand point to strength for Nvidia and AI stocks.

Brent crude (BZ=F) is steady as Aramco (2222.SR) says world stocks fell from 10 to under 6 billion barrels.

AstraZeneca completed its $2 billion equity investment in Summit Therapeutics, lifting SMMT about 17% premarket as the cancer-drug tie-up moves to trials.

Spain's IBEX 35 (^IBEX) held flat after Sánchez called a Nov. 29 vote, as France's debt woes weigh on bonds.

Saudi-backed Yemeni forces say they retook Mocha near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait; Houthis claim strikes on Rabigh and Riyadh, keeping Brent near $100 a barrel.

The euro (EUR/USD) is down four weeks in a row as France pays about 1.5 points more than Germany to borrow.

Citi upgraded Harley-Davidson (HOG) to Buy with a $33 target on stronger retail sales, cost savings and a 2027 launch, sending shares up about 5.7% on Monday.