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Stock Movers: ConocoPhillips Falls, AMD Rises, Meta Gains on WhatsApp Ads

Bloomberg PodcastsJune 16, 20253 min481 views
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ConocoPhillips Stock Decline

  • 🛢️ ConocoPhillips (COP) shares experienced a decline, leading energy sector losses, with WTI crude down over 3%.
  • 🌍 This downturn is linked to developments in the Iran-Israel conflict, including reports of Iran signaling a desire to de-escalate hostilities and seeking a ceasefire.

AMD's Stock Surge

  • 📈 AMD (AMD) shares led gains in the semiconductor sector, rising over 8%.
  • 🎯 Piper Sandler increased AMD's price target to $140 from $125, citing positive product unveilings and an expected snapback for the GPU business in Q4.

Meta's WhatsApp Monetization

  • 💬 Meta (META) shares gained following the announcement that WhatsApp will introduce ads in its Updates tab, which has 1.5 billion daily visitors.
  • 💰 In addition to ads, WhatsApp will allow channel operators to sell subscriptions for exclusive content, with Meta planning to take a 10% cut eventually.
  • ⏳ This marks a significant monetization effort for WhatsApp, acquired over 10 years ago, after a long period of growth without direct revenue generation from the platform itself.
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