Chevron Corporation

Exxon Mobil Corporation

Shell plc

TotalEnergies SE

ConocoPhillips

BP p.l.c.

SLB N.V.

Valero Energy Corporation

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The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

U.S. Bancorp

Citizens Bancorp

KeyCorp

M&T Bank Corporation

Regions Financial Corporation

The eight largest regional banks in America, traded on the stock exchange, increased profits for the first quarter of this year by an average of about 22% year on year, according to a <a href="https://know.creditsights.com/regional-banks-1q26-earnings-round-up-pdf/?utm_campaign=34118523-Gated%20Content%20Download%20-%202026&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8XE6G3FCNmvnX2Zj1SzalHDSq7rSgdT95VlQrlYVjQMOytYcn4WdquVA_aavwqO-4SHLzxpOSQ1MZoXN77fhSuqo19Hg&amp;_hsmi=414679993&amp;utm_content=414679993&amp;utm_source=hs_automation">review of</a> CreditSights. At the same time, the growth of some players reached 39-40% - in particular, Citizens Financial and Fifth Third Bancorp.

U.S. regional banks have increased profits. Which ones do analysts advise investors to buy?

Microsoft Corporation

NIKE, Inc.

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Meta Platforms and Nike are also planning large-scale layoffs

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Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.

Paramount Skydance Corporation

Israel and Lebanon extend a U.S.-brokered truce. Nike will cut staff for the sake of automation. And SpaceX attracted $20 billion as a loan before potentially the largest IPO in history. About these and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of April 24.

Top story for the morning: SpaceX borrowed $20 billion, Nike to lay off 1,400 people for automation

Avis Budget Group, Inc.

Tesla, Inc.

Palantir Technologies Inc.

IonQ, Inc.

Myseum, Inc.

Opendoor Technologies Inc.

Allbirds, Inc.

Retail investors' demand for meme stocks has returned to levels last seen a year ago, when the stock market was recovering from Donald Trump's increased duties, according to an analysis by JPMorgan. "Overweight positions in meme stocks have increased sharply," MarketWatch <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-meme-stock-craze-is-getting-close-to-its-post-liberation-day-extremes-according-to-jpmorgan-e189fb77">quoted the</a> bank's strategist Arun Jain as saying in a note.

Interest in meme stocks at yearly high, says JPMorgan. What's going on?

Apple Inc.

Alphabet Inc.

NVIDIA Corporation

Norway's state pension fund, considered the largest sovereign wealth fund in the world, lost 1.9% in the first quarter. That's the worst result since the third quarter of 2023, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-23/norway-2-2-trillion-fund-lost-1-9-in-quarter-led-by-tech-slide?embedded-checkout=true">notes</a>. The fund's value fell by NOK1.27 trillion ($137 billion). It was pulled down by investments in U.S. technology stocks and market turbulence due to war in the Middle East, fund manager Norges Bank Investment Management <a href="https://www.nbim.no/en/news-and-insights/the-press/press-releases/2026/negative-return-in-the-first-quarter/">said</a>.

The world's largest sovereign fund has lost almost 2% of its value. What is the reason?

International Business Machines Corporation

Software and server company IBM reported revenues and profits above market expectations, but the company's shares fell sharply. Neither a stable outlook nor growth in key segments could dispel investors' concerns about the possible impact of artificial intelligence on its business, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-22/ibm-posts-in-line-software-sales-that-fail-to-shake-ai-concerns?embedded-checkout=true">notes</a>.

IBM's quarterly results beat market expectations. Why did the stock collapse?

Israel and Lebanon will extend the ceasefire for another three weeks, US President Donald Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116456113408853958">said </a>on Truth Social. The parties reached <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/izrail-i-livan-soglasovali-10-dnevnoe-prekrasenie-ogna-tramp">an</a> initial agreement on April 16, at which time it was a truce for 10 days.

Israel and Lebanon will extend truce, Trump announced. This is important for negotiations with Iran

Data

Astec Industries, Inc.

Trilogy Metals Inc.

Taylor Devices, Inc.

Aeluma, Inc.

Northeast Community Bancorp, Inc.

Since the start of the year, the small- and mid-cap segment has shown a notable recovery: the Russell 2000 index has gained more than 12%, while the broader S&amp;P 500 is up less than 5%. Volatility remains elevated amid geopolitical uncertainty and turbulence in commodity markets. In this environment, Freedom Finance Global analyst Georgy Timoshin suggests viewing the market through a balance of two factors: economic growth and inflationary pressure. Based on this approach, he has come up with five stocks with solid upside over the next 12 months.

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Elmet Group

Premarket trading in Elmet Group (ELMT), a&nbsp; has started on the Freedom trading platform. Later on Thursday, the company’s shares will debut on the Nasdaq under the symbol ELMT (Freedom clients: to trade, click on <a href="https://tap.freedom24.com/to/quote/ELMT.US?utm_source=stocks&amp;utm_medium=ELMT.US&amp;utm_campaign=pfu17895694">ELMT</a>).

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Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

Qorvo, Inc.

Barclays has <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/22/buy-these-two-chip-stocks-primed-to-benefit-from-a-foldable-iphone-says-barclays.html">upgraded</a>&nbsp;to "buy" shares of mid-cap semiconductor manufacturers Skyworks Solutions and Qorvo, which could benefit from the release of a foldable iPhone <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-07/apple-s-foldable-iphone-remains-on-track-for-september-debut">expected</a>&nbsp;to go on sale in September, the analysts said.

Barclays upgrades two chipmakers on Apple's potential release of foldable iPhone

Canopy Growth Corporation

Tilray Brands, Inc.

Cannabis stocks surged after Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/04/22/trump-marijuana-rule-change">reported </a>that the U.S. Department of Justice could soon move marijuana into a less restrictive classification. An unnamed administration official told the outlet that the shift could come as soon as Wednesday. MarketWatch <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/tilray-and-other-cannabis-stocks-soar-as-trump-is-reportedly-ready-to-reclassify-the-substance-b4e1458d">described</a>&nbsp;the expected decision as the most significant federal reform in the space in decades.

Pot stocks soar as Axios reports imminent U.S. reclassification of cannabis

GitLab Inc.

Now may be the time to buy stock of GitLab, a mid-cap provider of software development tools, <a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/04/22/everyones-nervous-about-gitlab-thats-exactly-why-y/">argues</a>&nbsp;Motley Fool contributor Geoffrey Seiler. The shares have <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/GTLB/">fallen</a>&nbsp;more than 40% year to date and are now trading at what he calls “insanely low” valuations.

Motley Fool analyst says software maker GitLab 'too cheap to ignore'

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