-- Wedbush Securities週四在一份報告中指出，AppLovin (APP) 預計將在後續季度穩步增長，並保持強勁的利潤率，這得益於其擴張計劃。 該券商表示，AppLovin在行動遊戲廣告領域保持著強大的競爭優勢，其向電子商務以及最終進軍連網電視(CTV)領域的擴張預計將有助於抵禦長期競爭壓力。 Wedbush還表示，AppLovin的“核心遊戲業務持續受益於用戶獲取(UA)的強勁勢頭”，其“人工智能集成飛輪效應仍然極難被競爭對手大規模複製”。 該券商指出，AppLovin的股價經受住了近期的做空報告和美國證券交易委員會(SEC)的調查，並未受到基本面的影響，並表示對該公司在擴大規模之前完善其電子商務業務的長期戰略充滿信心。 Wedbush維持對AppLovin股票的「跑贏大盤」評級，目標價為640美元。 AppLovin股價週四下跌1.6%。
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The Toronto Stock Exchange on Thursday posted its first wining session in six, recovered all the 630 points and more lost over the prior five sessions, on some bargain hunting and a first-quarter rebound for the Canadian economy.The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 645.94 points, or 1.9% to close at 33,964.33, with most sectors higher, led by Base Metals, up near 3%, even with gold prices deflated. Even Energy was up 0.8%, despite lower oil prices.The Battery Metals Index lost 2.7%.On the economy, Derek Holt, Head of Capital Markets Economics at Scotiabank noted Canada's economy rebounded in Q1 and "might be performing a smidge better" than the Bank of Canada's published forecast yesterday. "Still," Holt said, "it's backward data that settles nothing much other than to reject gloomier consensus views on the underlying performance of the economy coming into the start of the year."Holt noted the economy grew by 0.17% month over month seasonally-adjusted, rounded up to 0.2% on screens. Statcan's preliminary guidance for March was that GDP was unchanged, absent any details. What this translates into is Q1 GDP tracking growth of 1.7% on a quarter over quarter SAAR (Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate), a rebound from the 0.3% q/q SAAR contraction in Q4, "with an asterisk beside both readings", Holt added.That asterisk speaks to the fact that we're using monthly, production-side GDP accounts, Holt said. The BoC and the street focuses upon more complete quarterly GDP accounts that also consider how activity was generated, such as by considering swings in inventory investment, he added.Holt said the difference may be material. Q4 GDP in expenditure-based terms shrank by -0.6% q/q SAAR because inventory depletion drove a 4.2 percentage point weighted drag against GDP economy. Final domestic demand excludes inventory effects and it grew by 2.3% q/q SAAR in Q4. "We don't have the complete inventory and trade picture for Q1 yet and so there continues to be some tracking risk," Holt added.Holt cited a chart that shows what drove February GDP. Manufacturing punched above its weight while the rest was an evenly distributed mixture of small growth additions and drags, he said. Some of the drags were weather oriented in his view, like construction, and maybe some of the leisure categories, he added.So, while GDP rebounded, it likely outpaced the supply side of the economy which will probably translate into a narrower output gap when we get the full set of Q1 GDP accounts, according to Holt.Of commodities, gold traded higher by midafternoon Thursday as the dollar dropped after a report showed a key U.S. inflation measure rose last month, while first-quarter gross domestic product rose less than expected. Gold for June delivery was up US$71.30 to US$4,632.80 per ounce, remaining within the US$200 range it has traded within for the past month.But West Texas Intermediate crude oil closed lower, falling off four-year highs touched overnight during Asian trade on a report the U.S. may end the ceasefire with Iran as the largest-ever supply shock hits hardest for the continent that relies on Persian Gulf supplies now trapped behind the closed Strait of Hormuz. WTI crude oil for June delivery closed down US$1.81 to settle at US$105.07 per barrel after touching US$110.93 overnight, while June Brent oil was last seen down US$4.12 to US$113.91, after it reached US$126.34 overnight, the highest since 2022.
The European Commission on Thursday cleared an Itochu-Peninsula joint venture for ammonia fuel trading, citing limited market share and negligible activity in the European Economic Area.The Commission approved the joint venture between Japan-based Itochu and Peninsula Petroleum, based in Ireland, under the EU Merger Regulation.The companies will focus on marketing services for ammonia bunkering and trading ammonia as a marine fuel, according to the Commission.The Commission found no competition concerns due to the venture's minimal presence in the European Economic Area and the companies' limited combined market positions, following a simplified review process.