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The Dow Jones jumped by around 150 points on Monday. Investors, meanwhile, focused on some notable insider trades. When insiders purchase or sell shares, it indicates their confidence or concern around the company's prospects. Investors and traders interested in penny stocks can consider this a factor in their overall investment…

Gainers IZEA Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: IZEA) shares rose 30.8% to $1.19 in pre-market trading after the company reported a second-quarter revenue increase of 96% year-over-year to $12.58 million, beating the consensus of $9.75 million.

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Gainers Magic Empire Global Limited (NASDAQ: MEGL) shares jumped 115.7% to close at $17.73 on volatility following the company's IPO earlier this month.

Energy companies have generated record-breaking profits not seen since the last cycle, largely due to geopolitical conflict and supply concerns, sending prices skyrocketing.

Activist investor Dan Loeb issued a letter to The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) CEO Bob Chapek and the company’s Board of Directors Monday.

Mizuho analyst Gregg Moskowitz recently hosted a conference call with a senior account executive at a large tech transformation vendor.  The expert cited a generally softer demand environment in April and May due to macro challenges. He became bullish in recent months, characterized by solid demand in June and July. 

U.S. stocks traded higher toward the end of trading, with the Dow Jones around 170 points on Monday.

  Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW). 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.

On average, software companies beat Q2 revenue estimates by 2% and profitability expectations by 5%, RBC analyst Matthew Hedberg said.  Q3 was guided lower for both revenue and profitability while stocks moved on average 2.1% higher the day following earnings.