Mid-America Apartment Communities (MAA) shares were down 1.3% in Thursday trading after Scotiabank downgraded the stock to sector underperform from sector perform and lowered the price target to $120 from $138.
Trading volume stood at more than 422,700 shares, compared with a daily average of about 943,000.
Price: $127.57, Change: $-1.78, Percent Change: -1.37%
Price: $8.15, Change: $-0.18, Percent Change: -2.10%
Major digital assets rose Thursday with Bitcoin (BTC-USD) topping $81,000.The CoinDesk Market Index, which tracks dozens of digital assets including Bitcoin, rose 3.4% in the past 24 hours. The Nasdaq 100 gained 0.9%, the S&P 500 climbed 0.8%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.7%.Bitcoin rose 2.4% to $81,399, according to CoinMarketCap data. The most popular cryptocurrency's 24-hour trading volume increased 28% to $43.3 billion.Ethereum (ETH-USD), the second-largest digital asset by market value, climbed 1.9% to $2,299.XRP (XRP-USD) surged 6.9%, BNB (BNB-USD) gained 1.4%, and Solana (SOL-USD) added 2.3%. Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) increased 2.9%, while Cardano (ADA-USD) rose 3.9%.The US 10-year Treasury yield stood at 4.459% at 3 p.m. ET Thursday, down from 4.478% Wednesday, while the five-year yield fell to 4.119% from 4.128%.The total market value of the cryptocurrency industry rose 2.5% in the past 24 hours to $2.71 trillion, with trading volume gaining 2.6% to $165.3 billion.Price: $81449.98, Change: $+2166.64, Percent Change: +2.73%
A2Z Cust2Mate Solutions (AZ) said Thursday it received approval from an Israeli commercial bank for a $30 million commercial line of credit to support the large-scale manufacturing and deployment of its smart shopping carts.The line of credit, which will be secured by purchase orders received by the company, is designated to fund the mass production and deployment of smart carts for existing orders.The approval follows a due diligence process by the bank evaluating the company's technology, purchase orders, and business model, according to A2Z.Shares of A2Z rose more than 4% in Thursday afternoon trading.Price: $6.76, Change: $+0.29, Percent Change: +4.48%