5 things to know before the stock exchange is opened on Friday, July 18th

Here are five important things that investors need to know to start the trading day:

Netflix After Bell on Thursday, it failed to impress investors with his winning report in the second quarter. The streaming giant led the expectations of Wall Street and increased the instructions of the year, but the shares went back more than 2% in front of the bell. The decline came when Netflix signaled lower operating margins in the second half, which were bound to marketing costs and the amortization of content. Netflix is preparing for a busy content slate in the back half of 2025, which includes the last season of “Stranger Things” and “Happy Gilmore 2” and the second season of “Wednesday”. It was the second quarter in which Netflix had stopped subscription data.

Chevron The shares rose in front of the bell on Friday after the oil giant won a large arbitration battle Exxon mobile. Darren Woods, CEO of Exxon Hess Corporation Offshore oil goods in Guyana. The victory paves the way for Chevron's 53 -billion dollar -takeover of Hess and cleans up the uncertainty that has stimulated its shares in the past few months. Exxon and China National Offshore Oil Corporation had submitted an arbitration through Hess' assets and claims that the right has the right to buy its 30% participation in the offshore oil development called Stabroek Block. A victory for Exxon would have led Chevron to concern the deal.

AmazonThe cloud unit is the latest business segment of the e-commerce giant, which reaches chacking. The Tech -Riese confirmed on Thursday that he brought in some roles in his cloud computing division after cutting hundreds of positions last April because he rationalized the company. The business of Amazon, communication as well as devices and services were also affected by layoffs at the beginning of this year. CEO Andy Jassy has made an ambitious plan to reduce costs and to tighten operations with artificial intelligence for years. AI has changed business operations since the start of Chatgpt, and Jassy said he expects Amazon to minimize his workforce as a result.

Fighting British fashion brand Burberry Shows healthy signs of appetite in American markets. The turnover of the Trench Coat Maker in America, which is about a fifth of the business out of the previous year by 4%, the company reported on Friday in its results of the first quarter. The stocks rose by more than 7%on the London stock exchange, on which the Heritage fashion brand brand is listed. In the last financial year, Burberry recorded 9% sales in the fourth quarter for the year and a decrease of 4%. Luxury companies have been hit hard by President Donald Trump's aggressive tariff plans in the past few months, which threatens to extinguish a jump in the US consumer expenditure. Burberry is located in the middle of a cost reduction, which led to 1,700 job cuts in May.

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