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US markets, Friday 28 August 2026

The tape carried 1,152 headlines on Friday 28 August 2026; 25 carried a measured price move.

The largest measured move listed here is QNRX, +19.22% over 15 minutes.

38 economic releases printed an actual figure on this date.

Equities

06:03 ET

Quoin Pharmaceuticals Enters Securities Purchase Agreement With New and Existing Healthcare-focused Institutional Investors to Raise Up to Approximately $50M in Gross Proceeds QNRX · 7.44 → 8.87 · Volume 1.3M shares in 15 min

+19.22% over 15 minutes

09:00 ET

Lucas GC Limited to Implement 125-for-1 Share Consolidation LGCL · 0.053 → 0.0438 · Volume 14.3M shares in 15 min · 6004.2× normal

-17.36% over 15 minutes

16:51 ET

South32 reduces its stake in Trilogy Metals to 6% following a deal with the U.S. Department of War. TMQ · 3.89 → 3.65 · Volume 146.7K shares in 15 min

-6.17% over 15 minutes

09:30 ET

Cosmos Health pays off $8 million ATW convertible note a year early, enhancing its capital structure and reducing cash requirements by over 30%. COSM · 0.2195 → 0.2291 · Volume 909K shares in 15 min · 277.1× normal

+4.37% over 15 minutes

16:06 ET

Volato has reached a merger agreement with Alignment Engine, which is valued at approximately $500 million. SOAR · 0.2133 → 0.2204 · Volume 385.4K shares in 15 min

+3.33% over 15 minutes

09:15 ET

BioNTech (BNTX) has concluded its Phase 2 clinical trial for colorectal cancer. BNTX · 100.00 → 102.19 · Volume 277.4K shares in 15 min

+2.19% over 15 minutes

14:30 ET

Sensus Healthcare director Eric Sachetta purchases $65,929 worth of common shares, increasing his direct stake to 229,943 shares. SRTS · 3.45 → 3.52 · Volume 6.5K shares in 15 min

+2.03% over 15 minutes

13:00 ET

Kalshi's bid for injunction to block Nevada Gaming regulators' oversight of sports events contracts was denied by US appeals court. FLUT · 97.15 → 98.91 · Volume 83.5K shares in 15 min

+1.81% over 15 minutes

10:02 ET

Intrusion finalizes acquisition of the remaining 40% of OW Cyber for $1.3 million in cash. INTZ · 0.7993 → 0.788 · Volume 308.1K shares in 15 min · 89.3× normal

-1.41% over 15 minutes

08:00 ET

Rezolve Ai and Tech Mahindra Establish Global Partnership to Expand Agentic Commerce in Enterprises RZLV · 2.92 → 2.96 · Volume 96.3K shares in 15 min · 5.5× normal

+1.37% over 15 minutes

14:17 ET

Wellchange Holdings is offering up to 50 million Class A shares at $0.15 each, according to an SEC filing. WCT · 0.8591 → 0.868

+1.04% over 1 minute

11:00 ET

Perceptron AI introduces Isaac 0.5, surpassing top open robotics models like Physical Intelligence's 0.5 and NVIDIA's GR00T N1.7. NVDA · 226.74 → 224.45 · Volume 4M shares in 15 min · 143.2× normal

-1.01% over 15 minutes

11:44 ET

Bank of America reduces its Abivax ownership to 4.79% with 4,182,454 shares as of August 24, 2026. ABVX · 112.97 → 112.15 · Volume 27.6K shares in 15 min · 1.8× normal

-0.73% over 15 minutes

10:01 ET

CSA Group has reached a deal to sell its Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC) business to Kiwa Group for approximately C$2.1 billion. TIC · 9.98 → 9.92 · Volume 10.3K shares in 15 min · 0.3× normal

-0.60% over 15 minutes

05:38 ET

IREN (IREN) Fiscal Q4 earnings results IREN · 38.07 → 37.88 · Volume 31.8K shares in 15 min · 1.2× normal

-0.50% over 15 minutes

13:35 ET

'Blue Owl Leads $2.4 Billion Iren Debt Deal to Acquire Nvidia's Chips' - Bloomberg IREN · 34.91 → 35.06 · Volume 1.7M shares in 15 min · 3.0× normal

+0.44% over 15 minutes

16:00 ET

Pro-Dex grants CEO Richard L. Van Kirk a $140,000 cash bonus and CFO Alisha K. $60,000 for fiscal 2026 based on performance metrics. PDEX · 62.29 → 62.55

+0.42% over 15 minutes

10:57 ET

Solstice Stock Surges After Terminating Element Merger SOLS · 65.34 → 65.09

-0.38% over 1 minute

11:32 ET

Aristides P. Pittas, a director at Euroseas, purchases 750 common shares for $56,898.38, increasing his total holdings to 58,425 shares. ESEA · 76.18 → 76.44 · Volume 1.6K shares in 15 min

+0.34% over 15 minutes

Commodities

04:23 ET

Venezuela is contemplating an exit from OPEC, according to Bloomberg sources. CL · Oct26 (energy) · 82.92 → 82.64 · Volume 3.7K contracts in 15 min · 1.4× normal

-0.34% over 15 minutes

03:19 ET

Kazakhstan's oil production returns to stable levels following CPC attacks. CL · Oct26 (energy) · 83.06 → 82.81 · Volume 1.2K contracts in 15 min · 0.9× normal

-0.30% over 15 minutes

Central Bank

10:20 ET

FED Warsh: Business investment is increasing rapidly NQ · Sep26 (index) · 29,605.00 → 29,682.50 · Volume 30.2K contracts in 15 min

+0.26% over 15 minutes

10:00 ET

Warsh of the Fed expresses growing concerns about price stability metrics. EURUSD (FX) · 1.16 → 1.16

-0.22% over 15 minutes

Equities

13:13 ET

Blue Owl secures $2.4 billion in debt to acquire Nvidia chips. OWL · 12.01 → 12.04 · Volume 384.5K shares in 15 min · 1.1× normal

+0.25% over 15 minutes

08:34 ET

Critical Metals Corp Announces Deal To Acquire European Lithium; Draft Scheme Booklet Lodged With ASIC On August 26, First Court Hearing September 15, Implementation Expected Early November 2026 CRML · 8.02 → 8.04 · Volume 11.5K shares in 15 min · 0.9× normal

+0.25% over 15 minutes

Economic releases

Figures as released, with the survey forecast and the prior reading where one was published.

Time	Release	Actual	Forecast	Previous
12:30 AM ET	🇳🇱 Dutch Manufacturing Confidence	3.7	—	2.4
2:00 AM ET	🇸🇪 Swedish GDP YoY Revised	3.3%	—	2.8%
2:00 AM ET	🇳🇴 Norwegian Unemployment Rate NSA	2.1%	—	2.1%
2:00 AM ET	🇩🇪 German Imports Prices MoM	0.2%	0.3%	-0.7%
2:00 AM ET	🇸🇪 Swedish GDP QoQ Revised	1.6%	—	1.4%
2:00 AM ET	🇩🇪 German Import Prices YoY	6.8%	6.9%	6.1%
2:45 AM ET	🇫🇷 French CPI YoY NSA Prelim	2.4%	2.4%	2.1%
2:45 AM ET	🇫🇷 French Consumer Spending MoM	0.5%	0.0%	0.4%
2:45 AM ET	🇫🇷 French CPI MoM NSA Prelim	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%
2:45 AM ET	🇫🇷 French HICP YoY Prelim	2.7%	2.6%	2.4%
2:45 AM ET	🇫🇷 French HICP MoM Prelim	0.8%	0.7%	0.6%
2:45 AM ET	🇫🇷 French GDP QoQ Final	0.0%	0.2%	0.2%
2:45 AM ET	🇫🇷 French Non-Farm Payrolls Revised	-0.1%	—	-0.1%
3:00 AM ET	🇨🇭 Swiss KOF Indicator	106.7	103.0	103.5
3:00 AM ET	🇪🇸 Spanish HICP MoM Flash	0.6%	0.8%	0.0%
3:00 AM ET	🇪🇸 Spanish HICP YoY Flash	4.5%	4.6%	3.9%
3:00 AM ET	🇪🇸 Spanish Retail Sales YoY SA	-0.3%	—	0.5%
3:00 AM ET	🇪🇸 Spanish CPI MoM Flash	0.70%	0.60%	0.30%
3:00 AM ET	🇪🇸 Spanish CPI YoY Flash	4.3%	4.2%	3.6%
3:55 AM ET	🇩🇪 German Unemployment Total NSA	3.061M	—	3.007M
3:55 AM ET	🇩🇪 German Unemployment Total SA	2.996M	—	2.993M
3:55 AM ET	🇩🇪 German Unemployment Change SA	4.0k	4.8k	6.0k
3:55 AM ET	🇩🇪 German Unemployment Rate	6.4%	6.4%	6.4%
4:00 AM ET	🇮🇹 Italian Industrial Sales MoM	-1.0%	—	0.6%
5:00 AM ET	🇮🇹 Italian Consumer Confidence	94.5	94.6	94.2
5:00 AM ET	🇮🇹 Italian Mfg Business Confidence	89.9	90.0	89.6
8:30 AM ET	🇨🇦 Canadian GDP MoM	0.3%	0.2%	0.3%
8:30 AM ET	🇨🇦 Canadian GDP QoQ	0.8%	—	0.0%
8:30 AM ET	🇨🇦 Canadian GDP QoQ Annualized	3.3%	3.4%	-0.1%
10:00 AM ET	🇺🇸 US Prelim Benchmark Payrolls Revision	-79K	183K	-911K
10:00 AM ET	🇺🇸 US University Michigan Sentiment Final	51.7	51.0	51.0
10:00 AM ET	🇺🇸 US University Michigan 5 Yr Inflation Final	3.3%	3.3%	3.3%
10:00 AM ET	🇺🇸 US University Michigan 1 Yr Inflation Final	4.0%	4.4%	4.3%
10:00 AM ET	🇺🇸 US University Michigan Conditions Final	51.9	52.0	51.8
10:00 AM ET	🇺🇸 US University Michigan Expectations Final	51.5	51.4	50.6
11:00 AM ET	🇨🇦 Canadian Budget Balance	0.99B	—	-0.31B
1:00 PM ET	🇺🇸 US Baker Hughes Total Rig Count	588	—	588
1:00 PM ET	🇺🇸 US Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count	447	—	452

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