🆕 Newsmakers — 11:30a ET, 2026-07-10 — new since last alert

📰 NEW MARKET THEMES: • German automakers hit by sharp China sales drop in second quarter German carmakers' sales collapsed further in China during the second quarter, as a protracted ‌slowdown in the world's biggest auto market cranked up the pressure on legacy brands in a bruising battle with local competitors. — reuters.com · 07/10 10:54a https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/german-automakers-hit-by-sharp-china-sales-drop-second-quarter-2026-07-10/ • U.S. Natural Gas Futures Extend Decline U.S. natural gas futures were still reeling from Thursday's bigger-than-expected inventory build and news of Freeport LNG's planned maintenance. — wsj.com · 07/10 10:42a https://www.wsj.com/finance/commodities-futures/u-s-natural-gas-futures-extend-decline-9658b5fc

🐘 NEW BIG-CAP MOVERS:

1. META +7% $674.91 (1714B cap) Should You Buy The Meta Stock Dip Or Trust The Market's Fear? This article was written by Doug Nathman, with research by his team at Trefis. — forbes.com · 07/10 10:30a https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2026/07/10/should-you-buy-the-meta-stock-dip-or-trust-the-markets-fear/

2. CRCL +6% $66.67 (18B cap) Circle Internet Group shares rise as company receives approval to establish national trust bank Circle Internet Group (NYSE:CRCL) shares rose 7% after the company announced it received approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish its own national trust bank, a move aimed at strengthening the infrastructure supporting its USDC stableco… — proactiveinvestors.com · 07/10 11:02a https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1095272

3. F +3% $14.04 (55B cap) Carmakers broadly win first round in huge UK lawsuits over diesel emissions Some of the world's biggest carmakers ​on Friday broadly won ‌the first stage of a mammoth legal battle over ​whether some of ​their diesel vehicles contained prohibited "defeat ⁠devices" which limited ​emissions control systems. — reuters.com · 07/10 10:32a https://www.reuters.com/world/carmakers-broadly-win-first-round-huge-uk-lawsuits-over-diesel-emissions-2026-07-10/

4. NVDA +3% $208.62 (5052B cap) Why Nvidia stock is up around 2% on Friday Nvidia stock (NVDA) traded higher on Friday as investors looked past reports that one of the company's largest customers is stepping up development of its own artificial intelligence processors. The stock was up about 2.3% at around $207 at the time of writing after trading lowe… — invezz.com · 07/10 10:58a https://invezz.com/news/2026/07/10/why-nvidia-stock-is-up-around-2-on-friday/

📈 NEW GAINERS:

1. FBRX +18% $43.46 (603M cap) FBRX Stock Rallies 78% on Positive Early-Stage Vitiligo Study Data Forte Biosciences stock soars after early-stage data show FB102 significantly improves facial depigmentation in vitiligo with a favorable safety profile. — zacks.com · 07/10 11:22a https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/2951677/fbrx-stock-rallies-78-on-positive-early-stage-vitiligo-study-data?cid=CS-STOCKNEWSAPI-FT-analyst_blog|company_news_medical_sector-2951677

2. RXT +15% $5.01 (1.3B cap) Rackspace: Worth Buying The Dip As AI Partnerships Turn Growth Trajectory Around Rackspace is rated a buy, benefiting from AI-driven partnerships and a revived growth narrative in 2026. Recent deals with Palantir and AMD enhance RXT's credibility, access to high-performance compute, and enterprise sales channels. Q1 marked a return to positive y/y growth, wi… — seekingalpha.com · 07/09 8:52p https://seekingalpha.com/article/4921051-rackspace-stock-worth-buying-dip-ai-partnerships-turn-growth-trajectory-around

3. BNED +13% $12.86 (441M cap) Barnes & Noble Education Reports Full-Year Fiscal 2026 Financial Results Results Consistent with Preliminary Ranges  $16.9 million of Net Income and $76.5 million of Adjusted EBITDA Reported for Fiscal 2026 BNC First Day Program Revenue Increases 28% to $760.1 million Total Net Debt Decreases 33% Year-Over-Year to $62.6 million Company Reiterates Fis… — globenewswire.com · 07/09 4:05p https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/07/09/3325199/0/en/barnes-noble-education-reports-full-year-fiscal-2026-financial-results.html

4. PLBL +10% $7.09 (2.6B cap) (no fresh news today — likely technical / low-coverage move)

5. SECZ +9% $8.13 (1.2B cap) (no fresh news today — likely technical / low-coverage move)

— new items only (already-sent headlines filtered). Full list in the 10am/3pm digest.