-- AeroVironment (AVAV) 周二宣布推出 Halo_Shield 反无人机系统，该系统旨在预测、探测、跟踪、识别并击败包括 1-5 类无人机系统、协同无人机群和亚音速巡航导弹在内的空中威胁。 该公司表示，目前正在进行性能演示，并已在部分关键地点部署了 Halo_Shield 系统组件。 AeroVironment 称，Halo_Shield 可作为便携式飞行套件部署，并可与客户现有的传感器、执行器和指挥控制系统集成。 该公司股价周二下跌 4.5%。
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Stifel Canada trimmed its price target on Air Canada (AC.TO) shares to $25.50 from $28.00 while maintaining its buy rating ahead of the company reporting its first-quarter results after market close on April 30.Analyst Daryl Young expects the results to be relatively strong, despite challenges related to winter storms, Cuba fuel crises, Mexico safety disruptions, and the Middle East conflict. "However, the key focus will be the durability of demand and pace of fuel price pass-through heading into the peak Q3 period (traditionally >40% of EBITDA)."Young believes demand has remained resilient. Air Canada is also well-positioned versus smaller Canadian peers given its scale, flexible fleet, and segmented offering, he points out."We expect AC to lower its full-year 2026 guidance alongside Q1/26 results or possibly withdraw it altogether, in favour of quarter-to-quarter guidance pending fuel price stability."Price: $18.30, Change: $-0.22, Percent Change: -1.19%
US consumer confidence unexpectedly rose in April amid an improvement in labor market perceptions, though there were concerns about elevated gasoline prices driven by the Middle East conflict, a survey by the Conference Board showed Tuesday.The consumer confidence index moved up to 92.8 this month from March's upwardly revised reading of 92.2. The consensus was for an 89 print in a Bloomberg survey. The Conference Board said its survey ran from April 1 through April 22, a period that included a temporary two-week ceasefire in the Middle East conflict starting April 8."Consumer confidence edged up in April, but was overall little changed, despite material concern about rising gasoline prices as the war in the Middle East prompted a surge in Brent crude oil prices," Conference Board Chief Economist Dana Peterson said.Consumer appraisals of current and expected business conditions fell this month, offset by "modest improvements" in perceptions of the labor market, both existing and projected, as well as income expectations, Peterson said.Energy prices have surged following the US-Israel war with Iran that started at the end of February, with the crucial Strait of Hormuz effectively closed. The narrow waterway is the world's most important chokepoint for crude flows. The conflict paused following a recent ceasefire between the US and Iran and later between Israel and Lebanon.US retail gasoline prices averaged $4.176 per gallon Tuesday, compared with $3.150 a year ago, according to data from AAA, a travel organization that tracks fuel prices in the country.The present situation measure dropped 0.3 points sequentially to 123.8 in April, while the expectations component increased 1.2 points to 72.2, the Conference Board said.Consumers' average and median one-year inflation expectations "ticked downward" this month, but remained elevated, according to the survey.On Friday, a survey by the University of Michigan showed that US consumer sentiment this month improved from an initial April estimate, but remained at a record low as near-term inflation expectations logged the biggest monthly increase in a year.
Energy stocks were higher Tuesday afternoon, with the NYSE Energy Sector Index rising 1.7% and the State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLE) climbing 1.8%.The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector Index was increasing 0.2%, and the Dow Jones US Utilities Index was up 0.1%.In sector news, the United Arab Emirates will leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its more expanded version, OPEC+, effective May 1, the Emirates News Agency reported.This comes as Iran's latest proposal to end the war in the Middle East has still not won President Donald Trump's backing, leaving the deadly conflict in a continuing state of deadlock, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing an unnamed US official.Front-month West Texas Intermediate crude oil jumped 4.1% to $100.32 a barrel, and the global benchmark Brent crude contract rose 2.7% to $111.16 a barrel. Henry Hub natural gas futures decreased 0.1% to $2.55 per 1 million BTU.In corporate news, BP (BP) shares gained 1.3%. The company reported Q1 underlying replacement cost profit Tuesday of $1.24 per American depositary share, up from $0.53 a year earlier. Sales and other operating revenue for the quarter totaled $52.26 billion, up from $46.91 billion a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $49.4 billion.