-- 据彭博社援引知情人士消息报道，沃尔玛（WMT）计划于周一分五期发行投资级债券。 报道称，此次发行的以美元计价的债券中期限最长的为10年期，收益率可能比美国国债高出0.7个百分点。 彭博社报道称，债券募集资金将用于一般公司用途，可能包括再融资。 沃尔玛尚未回复的置评请求。 （市场动态新闻来源于与全球市场专业人士的对话。我们认为这些信息来自可靠来源，但可能包含传闻和猜测。准确性无法保证。）
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Tech stocks declined late Monday afternoon, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) fractionally lower and the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) falling 3.2%.The Philadelphia Semiconductor index dropped 1.4%.In corporate news, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) shares fell 3.2% after Northland downgraded the company's stock to market perform from outperform.
(Updates with Google's comment in 5th, 6th and 7th paragraph.)The European Commission on Monday proposed measures that would require Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google to open its Android ecosystem to rival AI services and launched a public consultation under the Digital Markets Act.The commission said its preliminary findings outline steps Google should take to ensure third-party AI services can access key Android capabilities and interact with applications on users' devices.The measures would allow competing AI tools to perform tasks such as sending emails, ordering services or sharing photos, which are functions currently largely reserved for Google's own AI offerings, the commission said in a statement."Today's proposed measures will give more choice to Android users about the AI services they use and integrate in their phone," Teresa Ribera, an EU executive vice president, said in the statement.Clare Kelly, Senior Competition Counsel at Google, said Android's ecosystem allows AI assistants to grow, as device makers can freely integrate and tailor AI experiences for their users."This unwarranted intervention would strip away that autonomy, mandate access to sensitive hardware and device permissions; unnecessarily driving up costs while undermining critical privacy and security protections for European users." Kelly added in an emailed statement to.Kelly also said the EC's proposals and the current memory crisis will drive up device prices by 50 euros to 100 euros this year.The commission invited interested parties to submit feedback by May 13.Price: $349.84, Change: $+7.52, Percent Change: +2.20%
Consumer stocks fell late Monday afternoon with the State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP) declining 1% and the State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLY) shedding 0.6%.In corporate news, United Airlines (UAL) CEO Scott Kirby confirmed he approached rival American Airlines (AAL) about a possible merger, and American declined to engage, closing the door on a deal. Separately, American is selling $1.14 billion of bonds financing a group of planes, Bloomberg reported. United shares fell 1.5%, and American dropped 3.1%.