American Electric Power reported adjusted earnings of $1.36 per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ expectations of $1.50, while revenue rose to $5.45 billion, beating the $5.34 billion estimate. AEP Texas secured a U.S. Department of Energy loan of up to $3.3 billion to help finance nearly 100 transmission projects, which the company said could generate about $685 million in customer interest savings over the life of the loan. The company said it has now secured about $5 billion in DOE loans and nearly $400 million in DOE grants across its portfolio, programs it expects to deliver about $1.4 billion in total customer benefits over their lifetime.

Viking Therapeutics reported results for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, posting a net loss of $1.10 per share that beat expectations but widened from a year earlier. Research and development spending surged to $1.158 billion, up 92%, while cash fell to $502 million. The company is accelerating multiple clinical trials, increasing cash burn. Despite what it describes as a sufficient runway, the market is weighing pipeline execution risk and potential future financing pressure.

European equities rose on Thursday, with the pan-European STOXX 600 climbing 0.8% to its highest level since early July, supported by strong results in financials and industrials. BBVA gained nearly 5% after reporting an over 11% year-on-year rise in second-quarter net profit, while Spain’s bank-heavy indexes added 1.8%. Airbus fell 2.8% and Rentokil slumped 21%, partially offsetting broader gains. Energy stocks advanced 1.3% as Brent crude prices rose amid heightened Middle East tensions, according to agencies.

Ambev reported adjusted earnings of $0.04 per ADS, matching estimates, but revenue of $3.973 billion missed the $4.330 billion consensus. Net revenue totaled 20.15 billion Brazilian reais, up 0.3% as reported and 6.1% organically, alongside a midsingle-digit organic increase in beer volumes. Gross margin expanded 200 basis points to 51.9% and normalized EBITDA margin rose 80 basis points to 31.6%. The revenue shortfall was the key negative in the quarter.

Ferrari reported revenue of 1.94 billion euros ($2.25 billion), up 8% year over year and above expectations. Earnings per share came in at 2.62 euros ($3.05), also ahead of forecasts. Cars and spare-parts revenue rose on a richer sportscar mix and higher personalization, even as total shipments fell 3.7% to 3,366. EBITDA increased 7% to 755 million euros and net profit rose 9% to 463 million euros.

ARK Invest reduced roughly $4.4 million in crypto-related equities on Wednesday, trimming Bitmine, Block, Robinhood and Bullish. Over the previous three trading days, the firm accumulated about $43.5 million of Coinbase and Circle shares. The moves reflect portfolio rebalancing rather than any change in company fundamentals or a regulatory development. As a result, they are not viewed as a standalone market catalyst.

Triveni Engineering said its Q1 FY27 sugar sales rose 7.4% year on year to 27.7 lakh tonnes, with average realisation increasing to ₹41,525/tonne. The company said exports of 0.7 million tonnes and diversion of 3 million tonnes of sugar toward ethanol in the October 2025–September 2026 sugar season are expected to push India’s sugar stocks down to 4.1 million tonnes by end-September 2026, a 10-year low. The tighter supply-demand balance is supporting firmer domestic sugar prices in the near term, it said.

Intel released its second-quarter results on July 23, 2026, reporting revenue of $16.1 billion, up 25% year over year and its strongest quarterly growth in 15 years. The figure sharply exceeded the market expectation of $14.4 billion. Data Center and AI (DCAI) revenue rose 59% to $6.3 billion, while Client Computing revenue increased 13% to $8.9 billion. The results point to a marked improvement in the fundamentals of Intel’s core legacy asset, INTC stock.