Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

SK hynix Inc.

South Korea's benchmark stock market index Kospi added almost 31% in April, showing the strongest monthly growth since January 1998. In trading on April 30, the index fell by 1.38% under the pressure of a sharp jump in oil prices amid fears of renewed U.S. military action against Iran and continuing uncertainty after the <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/frs-v-tretij-raz-podrad-sohranila-stavku-vozmozno-eto-poslednee-resenie-pri-pauelle">decision of the</a> Federal Reserve to keep rates unchanged. Since the beginning of the year, the Kospi is up 56%.

South Korean stocks posted their biggest gain in 28 years. Kospi soared 31% in April

Novo Nordisk A/S

Avalyn Pharma

Avalyn Pharma IPO: Novo Nordisk-backed biotech goes public

On Ma 18 Uzbekistan is putting on the stock exchanges in London (LSE) and Tashkent a national investment fund (UzNIF) with an asset value of <a href="https://franklintempletonprod.widen.net/content/teoudrwn5h/pdf/Registration-Document-En-gb.pdf">about $2.4 billion</a>. The placement could be part of a large-scale privatization and a test of the country's attractiveness to international capital.

Restarting Uzbekistan: which companies are going IPO and whether to buy them

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Amazon.com, Inc.

This year, Amazon stock is one of the top yielders among the "Magnificent Seven" securities

Amazon fell after the report due to AI costs, but demand for chips sent the stock back to the upside

The country wants to attract wealthy individuals, including those from the UAE and the UK

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Microsoft Corporation

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Alphabet Inc.

SoftBank Corp.

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

Alphabet was the winner in the cloud segment out of the four "Magnificent Seven" companies that reported at the same time. The U.S. Federal Reserve did not change its key rate amid steady inflation. The price of Brent crude oil broke through the $126 per barrel mark amid reports that the U.S. military is preparing options for action against Iran. About these and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of April 30.

Highlights for the morning: Alphabet in the lead, Samsung's profits up 8x, $100 billion IPO

The market is playing down the risks that the Strait of Hormuz may now remain closed for months rather than days

Oil breaks through $126 after Trump signals Hormuz blockade will drag on

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First Trust Small Cap Value AlphaDEX Fund

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Avantis U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF

Dimensional US Small Cap Value ETF

APA Corporation

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

Kosmos Energy Ltd.

The escalating conflict in the Middle East <a href="https://oninvest.com/article/sboj-v-postavkah-nefti-s-bliznego-vostoka-prevzosel-po-poteram-krizisy-1970-h-mea">has caused the</a> largest disruption in oil supplies in the history of the global market. Against this background, oil prices held near $100 per barrel, and the energy sector in the S&amp;P 500 <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/energy/articles/energy-stocks-surged-38-q1-200000694.html">added</a> about 38% at the end of the first quarter, while the index itself <a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/03/25/the-sp-500-is-on-track-to-finish-q1-in-negative-te/#:~:text=S%26P%20500%20slid%20roughly%204.6%25%20in%20the%20first%20quarter.">declined</a> by 4.6%.

First quarter small-cap ETF results: who benefited from the energy shock

Organon & Co.

Shares of Organon, the mid-cap maker of women’s health drugs, surged nearly 17% on Monday to mark a one-year high. The company <a href="https://s27.q4cdn.com/703211477/files/doc_news/Organon-s-11-75Bn-Sale-to-Sun-Pharma-04-26-2026-v34.pdf">announced</a>&nbsp;it will be acquired at a premium by India’s Sun Pharmaceutical Industries.

Mid-cap biotech Organon to be acquired by Sun Pharma; shares soar to one-year high

Spotify Technology S.A.

Peloton Interactive, Inc.

Shares of Peloton Interactive, the small-cap fitness equipment maker and creator of fitness content, <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/PTON/">climbed</a>&nbsp;2.5% on Monday to reach a two-month high. Markets were reacting to the company’s <a href="https://investor.onepeloton.com/news-releases/news-release-details/pelotons-world-class-content-fuel-spotifys-new-fitness-category">announcement</a>&nbsp;of a partnership with Spotify. Wall Street analysts <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/pton/analystestimates?mod=mw_quote_tab">see room</a> for Peloton stock to rise another 48% from here.

Peloton hits two-month high on Spotify partnership announcement

Frontline plc

Freedom Broker now sees about 15% near-term upside in shares of Frontline, arguing that investors are underestimating the pace at which geopolitical tensions are tightening the crude shipping market.

Freedom Broker issues short-term trade idea to buy stock of oil shipper Frontline

Rigetti Computing, Inc.

Until the financial condition of&nbsp;Rigetti Computing "improves significantly," investors should limit themselves to speculative buys or avoid the stock completely, Motley Fool contributor Will Healy <a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/04/27/rigetti-computing-down-70-from-high-time-to-buy/">argues</a>&nbsp;in a new article.

Motley Fool says limit or avoid buying Rigetti stock, citing financial condition

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