Alphabet Inc.

Intel Corporation

US President Donald Trump has escalated relations with Canada, halting trade talks in the wake of the Ronald Reagan "fake" voiceover ad scandal. Intel reported revenue and profit growth with multi-billion dollar US support and investment from Nvidia, while OpenAI continues to expand with the purchase of Mac AI developer Sky. These and other topics are covered in our review of key events for the morning of October 24.

Oil soared 5% after new US sanctions. They will affect crude exports from Russia

Barron Trump, the 19-year-old son of the American president, <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/barron-trump-tiktok-job-trump-advent-b2842539.html">may take a position</a> on the board of directors of the social network TikTok. The news broke in mid-October in the British media after a comment by Donald Trump's former SMM manager to the Daily Mail. Jack Advent, 23, who in the past helped the White House chief of staff make hype content for the video platform, said that now that the social network <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/09/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-saves-tiktok-while-protecting-national-security/">had avoided</a> closure thanks to the president, he should have put more young people, including Barron, on the board. The readiness with which the media picked up on this insignificant occasion is not so much about trust in the speaker, but more about confidence that the American president, who has never been shy about combining political and business interests, is quite capable of taking such a step. Oninvest continues its series of publications about how the president's children are capitalizing on their father's name. In the new material - about the youngest child of Donald Trump

Trump Family Corp.: Barron Trump is a boy worth $150 million

Meta Platforms, Inc.

International Business Machines Corporation

Reddit, Inc.

Brent crude oil futures soared almost 6% after new US sanctions affected Russia's largest crude producers. Meta laid off about 600 employees from its AI division. IBM posted gains: beating Wall Street forecasts, raising its full-year revenue guidance and reporting a record $9.5 billion in AI orders in its portfolio, while shares plummeted. These and other topics - in the review of key events for the morning of October 23.

Highlights for the morning: new US sanctions, Meta cuts AI staff, IBM grows, Reddit sues

China's stock market is close to shifting from recovery to sustained fundamental growth, bank says

Goldman Sachs has bet on Chinese stocks rising 30% in two years. What will make it happen?

No decision has been made yet on whether the announced meeting between the US and Russian presidents in Budapest will take place, Donald Trump <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM_CtA2VLFc">said </a>in response to questions from reporters.

'Don't want to waste time': Trump says decision on meeting with Putin not yet made

At the same time, it became known that Trump has no plans to meet with Putin "in the near future"

Europe and Ukraine are preparing a proposal to end the war. It contains 12 points

Oracle Corporation

NVIDIA Corporation

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Energy Transfer LP

Chevron Corporation

Lockheed Martin Corporation

General Dynamics Corporation

Northrop Grumman Corporation

RTX Corporation

Apple Inc.

The Boeing Company

Exxon Mobil Corporation

MP Materials Corp.

Lithium Americas Corp.

Micron Technology, Inc.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited

The first nine months of U.S. President Donald Trump's second term have been a driver for a new investment cycle in the U.S. - focusing on AI infrastructure, defense, energy and critical minerals. The result is a select group of companies - informally referred to as "MAGA stocks." Vadim Merkulov, Director of Research at Freedom Finance Global, believes that despite major announcements and stock movements against this backdrop throughout 2025, some key structural drivers remain undervalued by the markets.

MAGA companies: where to look for growth potential

Asian indices rose in anticipation of political changes in Japan and in hope for the recovery of the Chinese economy, while in Europe the mood worsened after the unexpected downgrade of France's rating by S&amp;P. These and other topics are covered in our review of key events for the morning of October 20.

BP p.l.c.

A reduction in the intensity of Russia's conflict against Ukraine could send oil prices down to $50 a barrel, Eric Lee, senior commodities strategist at Citigroup, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-17/oil-risks-drop-to-50-on-russia-ukraine-de-escalation-citi-says">said</a> in an interview with Bloomberg.

Oil may fall to $50 if Russia-Ukraine conflict de-escalates - Citigroup

Wall Street has stood up for bank stocks, CNBC writes

The S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq 100 are down at the open of trading after a morning selloff

Stellantis N.V.

Ford Motor Company

General Motors Company

U.S. auto giants face rising costs due to duties on automobiles, parts and metals