20/20 BioLabs reported second-quarter OneTestTM revenue of $0.7 million, up 47.1% year over year. Gross margin expanded to 41.7% from 30.5%. The company secured a 12-month statewide program in Vermont to screen up to 4,500 firefighters for cancer, along with $520,000 awarded to Maryland fire departments. Management expects incremental testing volume to be absorbed across a largely fixed cost base and said it expects to have tested more than 35,000 firefighters by year-end.

U.S. equities ended lower on Friday after bond yields rose and Fed Chair Warsh reiterated a commitment to return inflation to target, lifting the perceived odds of a rate increase next month. The S&P 500 fell 0.25%, the Dow dipped 0.02%, and the Nasdaq 100 slid 0.70%. The 10-year Treasury yield rose 5 basis points to 4.72%. Chipmakers and AI infrastructure shares led declines, with Marvell Technology dropping 10% after issuing adjusted gross margin guidance below consensus.

OpenText reported fiscal 2026 fourth-quarter revenue of US$1.35 billion, up 2.9% year over year. Cloud revenue rose 6% to US$503 million, while enterprise cloud bookings increased 24.1%. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 37.6% and adjusted EPS rose 26.8% to US$1.23. The stock trades around C$33, about 41% below its 52-week high.

Avici confirmed it was hit by an authorization-bypass exploit, with the attacker stealing about $670K. On-chain data show the attacker created a wallet at 13:40 UTC and bridged in $190 of USDC from Ethereum to cover gas. Draining began at 16:49 UTC and has continued, with 8,857 transactions executed by submitting a signature bundle, calling AddCollateralAdmin to gain admin privileges, and then withdrawing. The data indicate a verification flaw in which the second signature check pointed back to instruction 0, and the protocol’s upgrade key has not been used since March 2025.

U.S. wheat futures rose across the board on Friday, with Chicago SRW, KC HRW and Minneapolis spring wheat contracts posting solid gains. The market continued to price in a risk premium tied to potential Black Sea export disruptions, even as U.S. export sales activity remained weak. Export sales for the current marketing year totaled 8.342 MMT, down 31% from the same week last year, according to Export Sales data. Ukraine’s agriculture minister also said the 2027 winter wheat crop is expected to be down from 4.7 million hectares 11.61 million acres, supporting tighter-supply expectations.

Gold prices fell more than 1% on August 28 after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh suggested the central bank could raise interest rates to curb inflation. Spot gold was down 0.8% at $4,563.05 an ounce, according to Reuters. In India, gold slipped to ₹1,56,780 per 10 grams, down 1.77%. The decline followed a three-month high earlier in the week that was driven by optimism after the U.S. Treasury’s support for long-term bonds.

Micron Technology shares have retreated from above $1,036 to around $935 even as the company’s fundamentals continue to improve. DRAM prices rose 58% to 63% sequentially in Q2, while HBM4E’s approaching 4:1 trade ratio could further constrain conventional DRAM supply by consuming more wafer capacity. Micron has secured $22 billion of commitments via strategic agreements, and major contracts extend through 2030 on take-or-pay terms.

Qatar has extended force majeure on its LNG deliveries into November as transits through the Strait of Hormuz remain blocked, lifting gas prices in both Asia and Europe. Asia’s spot LNG price rose to $23.388 per million British thermal units (MMBtu), while Europe’s Dutch TTF benchmark moved above $80 per megawatthour. Europe is approaching winter with gas storage only 63% full, well below the five-year average of about 80%, adding to supply concerns.