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Morgan Stanley raised the price target on Affirm to $80 from $79 and kept an ‘Equal Weight’ rating on the shares, implying an upside of about 4.6% from its last close.

South32 (LON:S32) reported higher earnings and cash flow for FY26 as its base-metals operations benefited from commodity prices and operating performance, while the miner outlined plans to sharpen its focus on copper and zinc following the proposed sale of its aluminium value chain assets. Chief Ex

Japanese stocks rose after Nvidia’s strong quarterly results alleviated concerns about the sustainability of AI-related spending.

Veeva Systems (NYSE:VEEV) reported fiscal 2027 second-quarter revenue of $928 million and non-GAAP operating income of $416 million, with Chief Executive Officer Peter Gassner saying results exceeded the company’s guidance. Management highlighted record CRM performance, broad commercial-cloud moment

Synopsys (NASDAQ:SNPS) reported third-quarter fiscal 2026 results above the high end of its guidance, citing broad-based strength in electronic design automation, its Ansys business and design IP. The company raised its full-year revenue, non-GAAP operating margin, earnings and cash-flow outlook. R

Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) reported fiscal 2027 second-quarter revenue of $11.35 billion, up 11% from a year earlier and above the high end of its constant-currency guidance, while highlighting growing demand for its AI products and raising its full-year revenue outlook. Chief Operating and Financial Of

Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN) reported record second-quarter sales and earnings for fiscal 2027, extending what CEO and Chairman Dick Hayne described as the company’s eighth consecutive quarter of record sales and profits. Net sales rose 10% to $1.7 billion in the quarter ended July 31, 2026. Oper

Okta (NASDAQ:OKTA) said its second-quarter fiscal 2027 performance was supported by broad-based demand across its workforce and customer identity platforms, with particular strength among large enterprises, channel partners and newer products. Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder Todd McKinnon sa

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) reported record second-quarter results for fiscal 2027, with revenue more than doubling from a year earlier to $96 billion, as demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure continued to expand across hyperscalers, cloud providers, enterprises and sovereign customers. Chief

Nutanix (NASDAQ:NTNX) reported fourth-quarter fiscal 2026 results above its guided ranges, citing broad-based demand for its hybrid multicloud platform, external storage support, public-cloud offering and portfolio products despite continued server supply constraints. Fourth-quarter revenue reached

Stock-index futures edged higher in after-hours trading Wednesday after Nvidia crushed another round of earnings. The company's strong report offered relief to the major indexes, which saw muted moves earlier in the day.

Salesforce is trying its hardest to avoid being left in the pile of software names affected by fear of AI disruption. Its own push might be winning.

The cybersecurity company has had a monster 2026, up nearly 68% year-to-date. It might be able to keep the streak running after these results.

Ooma (OOMA) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +6.06% and +1.90%, respectively, for the quarter ended July 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Nvidia (NVDA) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +6.22% and +4.82%, respectively, for the quarter ended July 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

HP (HPQ) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +10.67% and +5.59%, respectively, for the quarter ended July 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

The headline numbers for Okta (OKTA) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended July 2026, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.

After a tepid inital reaction, investors like what they're hearing on Nvidia's earnings call. CFO Colette Kress told analysts that the chip-maker projects 70% revenue growth in fiscal-year 2028, and that Amazon's AWS is deploying an additional 2 million Nvidia GPUs in the coming years.

Synopsys (SNPS) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +6.54% and +1.68%, respectively, for the quarter ended July 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Nutanix (NTNX) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +25.00% and +2.60%, respectively, for the quarter ended July 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Okta (OKTA) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +9.38% and +1.62%, respectively, for the quarter ended July 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Salesforce (CRM) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +80.43% and +0.25%, respectively, for the quarter ended July 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

Yahoo Finance's Josh Lipton runs down the earnings reports as prices soar for CrowdStrike CRWD) and Okta (OKTA), while HP Inc. (HPQ) stock drops.

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Okta reported Q2 earnings and revenue that topped estimates while the cybersecurity firm's sales outlook came in above views.

Nvidia (NVDA) reported another strong earnings report on Wednesday after the closing bell. Adjusted earnings per share (EPS) came in at $2.22 (compared to analyst estimates of $2.09), and revenue came in at $96.2B billion (compared to analyst estimates of $92.38 billion). Yahoo Finance's Josh Lipton and Breaking Business News Reporter Jake Conley take a closer look at the breaking numbers.

Dollar General, the larger of the two main dollar stores, has traditionally sold more essentials than discretionary items, and has struggled the most in the postpandemic years.

The main stock indexes failed to make big moves on Wednesday ahead of Nvidia's earnings report, while Meta settled a landmark social media case.

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