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Gainers Kiora Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KPRX) jumped 91% to $0.2530 after Ladenburg Thalmann initiated coverage on the stock with a Buy rating and announced a price target of $6.50.

Kunal Girotra, the former head of energy products at Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA), has launched a new company to take on the electric vehicle manufacturer and one of its products.

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bullish stance on Nutrien (NYSE:NTR). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

One of the biggest changes since the pandemic has been the record growth seen in several U.S. real estate markets. Many of these regions are in the sunbelt, which is defined as the American South and Southwest.

Over the last year, unique natural phenomena — including record heat waves in Europe — have contributed to high gas prices. Heat waves brought about droughts, which have reduced the supply of water and farmland.

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Salesforce, Inc (NYSE:CRM) clocked 22% revenue growth to $7.72 billion in Q2, beating consensus. The EPS of $1.19 topped the consensus.  The board approved a buyback of up to $10 billion.  The Q3 and FY guidance were below the consensus. Mizuho analyst Gregg Moskowitz reiterated a Buy and cut the price target from $245 to $235.…

Gold futures traded higher this morning on Thursday. Investors, meanwhile, focused on some notable insider trades.

U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Dow Jones gaining more than 100 points on Thursday.

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Salesforce Inc (NYSE: CRM) reported upbeat results for its second quarter, but lowered its annual projections.