British American Tobacco (UK: BATS): The tobacco giant and maker of Dunhill cigarettes saw its London-listed shares drop more than 1% after it announced plans to cut 5,500 jobs and outsource a further 3,500 roles.
Palantir Technologies (PLTR): Shares of the data-analytics company edged up 2% premarket, further recovering from a multi-day losing streak driven by fears about the sustainability of the artificial-intelligence rally. Other stocks tied to the AI trade, such as Nvidia Corp (NVDA), Intel Corp $(INTC)$ and Micron Technology $(MU)$, also notched premarket gains.
Samsung Electronics (KR: 005930), SK Hynix (KR: 000660): Shares in the South Korean chipmakers ended the day lower, but pared losses after they committed massive new investments in building chip production facilities in the country.
Verizon Communications $(VZ)$: BT, a London-listed telecommunications operator, said it would form a joint venture with the U.S. telecommunications provider.
Ipsen (FR: IPN): The French drugmaker said it agreed to buy U.S.-based clinical stage biopharmaceutical company Kartos Therapeutics to add to its pipeline of cancer medicines. Its shares rose.
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