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Stocks rebounded from one-month lows on Thursday as gains for chip producers offset risks of higher interest rates. AI infrastructure stocks continued to carry the momentum ahead of the SpaceX IPO tomorrow. Retail investors are said to have submitted more than $100B for the offering, due to be the largest in history. While the producer prices index pointed to accelerating price increases in May, bets on whether the Fed will raise rates this year were also influenced by President Trump calling off planned strikes against Iran and claiming that final points on a deal "have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved."Get caught up quickly on the top news and calls moving stocks with these five Top Five lists.1. STOCK NEWS:Oracleshares fell after the cloud giant's higher-than-expectedovershadowed strong quarterly resultsEatonannouncedits Mobility Group with Danain a Reverse Morris Trust transaction creating a combined company valued at over $10BMicrosoft'sXbox business planning significant layoffs next month,Humanaannounced anto divest its minority interest in end-of-life services provider GentivaNavanshares advanced after the AI-powered travel and expenses platform2. WALL STREET CALLS:Oppenheimerof SpaceXwith an Outperform rating and $195 price target ahead of tomorrow's initial public offeringIntelto Buy at BofA on increased foundry visibilityJefferiesGeneral Dynamicsto Buy on marine segment growthMoffettNathansonChewyafter Q1 reportAlexandria Real Estateto Underweight at Morgan Stanley3. AROUND THE WEB:Microsoftis restricting employees from using Claude Fable 5 because of Anthropic's new 30-day data retention requirements, The Verge saysA German regional court has ruled that Googleis directly liable for false claims in its AI-generated search overviews, The Decoder reportsSea'sShopee is cutting hundreds of developer jobs globally, Bloomberg saysOpenAI is considering significant price cuts for its AI services to compete with rival Anthropic, which it expects to make similar moves, WSJ reportsSoftBank'sdiscussions with potential creditors to raise $6B from a margin loan backed by its stake in OpenAI have stalled, Bloomberg says4. MOVERS:Stitch Fixgained after reporting, with EPS and revenue beating consensusVirgin Galacticincreased afterEvlivenfinished higher afterfrom the Phase 1 ENABLE trial of ELVN-001PureCycle Technologiesclosed lower after announcing aEnsign Groupfell after being targeted inthis week5. EARNINGS/GUIDANCE:Vera Bradleyreportedand backed its guidance for FY27Driven Brandsreportedand reaffirmed its outlook for FY26McGraw Hillreported Q4 results, with CEO Philip Moyeron "the strength of our strategy, the speed of our innovation and the depth of trust that we have from the education community"Lovesacprovidedand narrowed its outlook for FY27DXC Technologyits outlook for FY27 and FY29INDEXES:The Dow rose 929.97, or 1.86%, to 50,848.75, the Nasdaq gained 640.16, or 2.54%, to 25,809.66, and the S&P 500 advanced 127.31, or 1.75%, to 7,394.30.

In a recently published report, Muddy Waters said it is short Ensign as it concluded that the company engages in "a systematic scheme at an estimated 20% of Skilled Nursing Facilities to rent the licenses of Administrators who are not generally present at, nor actually managing, the facilities. Ensign enters into consulting agreements with these nominal Administrators that appear to cause Ensign to state the facilities have licensed Administrators when in fact these administrators are seldom on premise and do not substantively manage facilities. We believe this scheme, which could amount to fraud against states, Medicare, and Medicaid, is the pillar upon which Ensign's acquisition strategy and margins is built." Muddy Waters further states that, "Unfortunately, we believe Ensign's margin premium comes at the expense of resident care, as Ensign facilities received 85% more severe-harm citations per occupied bed than PACS over the last three years." Shares of Ensign are down more than 2% at $148.38 in Thursday trading.

Ensign Group down 4% after Muddy Waters short report