
Oil Jumps to $104 After Iran Strike Options Report
Brent crude (BZ=F) rose 3.7% as stock futures slid and Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $83,000 on Iran war fears.
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Brent crude (BZ=F) rose 3.7% as stock futures slid and Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $83,000 on Iran war fears.

Micron (MU) trades near 6x expected earnings as D.A. Davidson lifts its target 43% to $3,000 from $2,100.

Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) forecast a record $80B quarterly profit, up 783%, on AI memory demand

Palantir (PLTR) trades near $190 after its best quarter in a year, as AI demand lifted sales 93%.
TAIEX (^TWII) closed up 0.22% as Taipei received its first two F-16V jets ahead of National Day on Oct. 10.
EU trade chief Sefcovic meets China's commerce minister Oct. 8–9, days after a new chemical dumping probe.

Caterpillar (CAT) fell to $813.83, dragging the Dow down 0.66% as a farm-equipment inquiry also hit peers.

Bitcoin (BTC) slid as Ethereum dropped 5.4% and over $500M in leveraged bets were wiped out

Moderna (MRNA) is up more than 540% in 2026 as investors await Phase 3 cancer vaccine data on Oct. 24.

PepsiCo (PEP) is expected to earn $2.30 a share, with soft North American snack sales in focus.
Nike (NKE) sits near 13-year lows after Berenberg cut its target to $27.50 from $49 on lost market share.
Priced June 23, 2026 in five tranches with coupons of 5.35% to 6.65%, the upsized deal drew roughly $90B of orders. This is a dated retrospective, not breaking news.

August's gap grew 13.7% from July, the widest since March 2025, as record imports of AI gear outpaced exports.

Trump's 150–300% tariff warning follows a Trump–Xi summit; the S&P 500 (SPX) edged down 0.22% to 7,801.77.
Webull (BULL) dropped as much as 29% intraday as lawmakers questioned its China-linked ownership and data.
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