The knowledge know-how sector superior 1% at noon Friday. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite index climbed 0.4% on Wall Avenue, whereas the Dow Jones and S&P 500 indices have been up 0.3% and 0.1%, respectively. The US authorities shutdown delayed the weekly jobless claims figures.
Stakk (ASX:SKK) requested a buying and selling halt from the open of buying and selling on Friday pending a disclosure concerning a capital elevating to help its US enterprise enlargement and the event of its embedded finance infrastructure. It requested that the halt stay in place till the sooner of both the beginning of regular buying and selling on Oct. 7 or the discharge of the announcement.
On the flip facet, the utilities sector fell 0.7%.
AGL Vitality (ASX:AGL) Chair Miles George stated the agency’s fiscal 2026 steerage represents a “important ongoing funding” the agency is making to ship its long-term technique, which is anticipated to create long-term worth for its shareholders. George acknowledged that the agency’s share worth fell by round 10% to fifteen% because it introduced its fiscal 2025 leads to the wake of the fiscal 2026 steerage and outlook commentary.
