Macquarie Group, Goodman Group and Suncorp-Metway were among companies that took advantage of the shorting ban to sell shares while shielded from “bear raids,” where successive short sales drive stock prices lower.
The Trump administration plans to announce the shift into the second stage of its Gaza peace initiative within roughly two weeks, aiming to preserve the fragile ceasefire Washington brokered between Israel and Hamas nearly two months ago, media reports have said.
Streaming giant Netflix will acquire film and television studio Warner Bros. Discovery for nearly $83 billion, the two US companies announced in a joint statement Friday.
Jhon Duran scored with a powerful header in the final moments of second-half stoppage time to salvage a 1-1 draw for Fenerbahçe against league leader Galatasaray in a fiercely contested Intercontinental Derby on Dec. 1, preventing the visiting side from increasing its lead at the top of the Turkish Süper Lig table.