Blackstone Mortgage Trust (BXMT) shares rose 2.4% on Tuesday after UBS upgraded the stock to buy from neutral and adjusted its price target to $21 per share from $20.
Trading volume stood at around 990,000 shares compared with a daily average of nearly 1.5 million.
Price: $18.37, Change: $+0.43, Percent Change: +2.43%
Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) expanded its partnership with CrowdStrike (CRWD) to help enterprises secure artificial intelligence across its lifecycle, from AI agents and models to underlying infrastructure, the company said Tuesday.Cognizant said it is integrating the CrowdStrike Falcon platform into its AI Factory and Managed Cybersecurity Services, covering AI-native security operations, governance across its AI Factory, and security for private, sovereign AI deployments in regulated industries.The expansion builds on a partnership established in 2025, according to a statement.Price: $54.75, Change: $-2.41, Percent Change: -4.22%
Broadcom (AVGO) shares were up 3% in Tuesday trading after the company showcased its broadband edge artificial intelligence portfolio, which includes 50G PON gateway SoC, a Wi-Fi 8 product family, and a joint 5G and Wi-Fi 8 fixed wireless access platform solution.Broadcom's offerings aim to deliver localized processing, low latency and reliability for next-generation connected AI applications, according to a late Monday statement.Price: $472.99, Change: $+13.02, Percent Change: +2.83%
Microsoft (MSFT) launched the GitHub Copilot app at its Build developer conference Tuesday, introducing a desktop experience designed to let developers coordinate multiple AI agents from a single interface.The app is available in technical preview for existing Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise users, the company said.Microsoft also introduced canvases, a shared workspace for developers and AI agents to view and edit work in progress, along with cloud and local sandbox environments that allow agents to run and test code in isolated settings without impacting production systems.Price: $442.42, Change: $-18.11, Percent Change: -3.93%