European stocks declined on Friday, April 24, amid uncertainty in the Middle East, losing their previous advantage over the U.S. stock market since the beginning of the year. Investors fear the impact of high oil prices on global economic growth, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-24/european-stock-returns-are-now-losing-against-the-us-this-year">writes</a>.

'US leadership returns': EU stocks lose ground to US yields

Intel Corporation

SAP SE

Arm Holdings plc

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Alphabet Inc.

MaxLinear, Inc.

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

Coursera, Inc.

Microsoft Corporation

Mobileye Global Inc.

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.

Hasbro, Inc.

Dover Corporation

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Capital Markets Research, Freedom Broker.

Morning in New York: Intel and SAP reports will set the tone for trading

Amazon.com, Inc.

X-Energy

Nuclear energy company raises more than $1 billion in initial public offering

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SMC Corporation

Hua Hong Semiconductor Limited

The Chinese leader in artificial intelligence has adapted its flagship AI model to Huawei chips and issued a new challenge to Silicon Valley rivals

DeepSeek has released a new "competitor to ChatGPT and Claude". A year ago, it crashed the market

Europe's largest software vendor is now severely undervalued, Morningstar points out 

SAP shares have rebounded from the latest drop after a sell-off in the software sector. Should we buy them?

Chevron Corporation

Exxon Mobil Corporation

Shell plc

TotalEnergies SE

ConocoPhillips

BP p.l.c.

SLB N.V.

Valero Energy Corporation

The analysis of investment guru portfolios showed that Ken Fisher, Jeremy Grantham and Stephen Ken bet on the oil sector more often than others, but Warren Buffett formed the largest position

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The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

U.S. Bancorp

Citizens Bancorp

KeyCorp

M&T Bank Corporation

Regions Financial Corporation

The eight largest regional banks in America, traded on the stock exchange, increased profits for the first quarter of this year by an average of about 22% year on year, according to a <a href="https://know.creditsights.com/regional-banks-1q26-earnings-round-up-pdf/?utm_campaign=34118523-Gated%20Content%20Download%20-%202026&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8XE6G3FCNmvnX2Zj1SzalHDSq7rSgdT95VlQrlYVjQMOytYcn4WdquVA_aavwqO-4SHLzxpOSQ1MZoXN77fhSuqo19Hg&amp;_hsmi=414679993&amp;utm_content=414679993&amp;utm_source=hs_automation">review of</a> CreditSights. At the same time, the growth of some players reached 39-40% - in particular, Citizens Financial and Fifth Third Bancorp.

U.S. regional banks have increased profits. Which ones do analysts advise investors to buy?

NIKE, Inc.

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Meta Platforms and Nike are also planning large-scale layoffs

Microsoft offered early retirement to 9,000 employees for the sake of AI investment - Media

Data

Astec Industries, Inc.

Trilogy Metals Inc.

Taylor Devices, Inc.

Aeluma, Inc.

Northeast Community Bancorp, Inc.

Since the start of the year, the small- and mid-cap segment has shown a notable recovery: the Russell 2000 index has gained more than 12%, while the broader S&amp;P 500 is up less than 5%. Volatility remains elevated amid geopolitical uncertainty and turbulence in commodity markets. In this environment, Freedom Finance Global analyst Georgy Timoshin suggests viewing the market through a balance of two factors: economic growth and inflationary pressure. Based on this approach, he has come up with five stocks with solid upside over the next 12 months.

Where to invest $1,000 right now: Five small caps set to rise in next 12 months

Elmet Group

Premarket trading in Elmet Group (ELMT), a&nbsp; has started on the Freedom trading platform. Later on Thursday, the company’s shares will debut on the Nasdaq under the symbol ELMT (Freedom clients: to trade, click on <a href="https://tap.freedom24.com/to/quote/ELMT.US?utm_source=stocks&amp;utm_medium=ELMT.US&amp;utm_campaign=pfu17895694">ELMT</a>).

Elmet Group IPO: Precision components manufacturer debuts on the Nasdaq

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

Qorvo, Inc.

Barclays has <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/22/buy-these-two-chip-stocks-primed-to-benefit-from-a-foldable-iphone-says-barclays.html">upgraded</a>&nbsp;to "buy" shares of mid-cap semiconductor manufacturers Skyworks Solutions and Qorvo, which could benefit from the release of a foldable iPhone <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-07/apple-s-foldable-iphone-remains-on-track-for-september-debut">expected</a>&nbsp;to go on sale in September, the analysts said.

Barclays upgrades two chipmakers on Apple's potential release of foldable iPhone

Canopy Growth Corporation

Tilray Brands, Inc.

Cannabis stocks surged after Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/04/22/trump-marijuana-rule-change">reported </a>that the U.S. Department of Justice could soon move marijuana into a less restrictive classification. An unnamed administration official told the outlet that the shift could come as soon as Wednesday. MarketWatch <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/tilray-and-other-cannabis-stocks-soar-as-trump-is-reportedly-ready-to-reclassify-the-substance-b4e1458d">described</a>&nbsp;the expected decision as the most significant federal reform in the space in decades.

Pot stocks soar as Axios reports imminent U.S. reclassification of cannabis

GitLab Inc.

Now may be the time to buy stock of GitLab, a mid-cap provider of software development tools, <a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/04/22/everyones-nervous-about-gitlab-thats-exactly-why-y/">argues</a>&nbsp;Motley Fool contributor Geoffrey Seiler. The shares have <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/GTLB/">fallen</a>&nbsp;more than 40% year to date and are now trading at what he calls “insanely low” valuations.

Motley Fool analyst says software maker GitLab 'too cheap to ignore'

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