Halliburton slumps on Middle East sales drop, Novo Nordisk sues Eli Lilly over weight-loss ads

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Wall Street's major averages rose on Tuesday after several earnings beats, while Halliburton shares slumped 6.3% on a sharp decline in Middle East sales and Novo Nordisk sued Eli Lilly over allegedly misleading weight-loss drug ads. Halliburton's second-quarter revenue from the Middle East dropped nearly 11% to $1.3 billion, impacted by lower oilfield activity in Kuwait, Iraq, and Qatar, even as the company topped adjusted earnings estimates by a penny with total revenue rising 3.7% year-over-year to $5.71 billion. Novo Nordisk filed a lawsuit in a New Jersey federal court accusing Eli Lilly of running ads for its GLP-1 weight-loss drugs that compare Lilly's highest-dose medications to Novo's lowest-dose ones, failing to consider a higher dose of Wegovy that became available in March. General Motors raised its full-year adjusted EBIT guidance to between $14.0 billion and $16.0 billion and adjusted EPS to $12 to $14 after reporting better-than-expected second-quarter results, but shares surrendered early gains after the automaker again lowered its net income guidance to a range of $8.4 billion to $9.8 billion due to ongoing EV-related costs. Amazon's regional cloud datacenter facilities in Bahrain were reportedly struck by Iranian cruise missiles, according to Al Jazeera citing a statement from Fars, a media outlet linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard, though neither Amazon nor Bahrain's National Communication Center has confirmed the strike.

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Biotech & Genomic Medicine± Mixed · 2 stocks
Eli Lilly and Company
LLY
▼ NegativeRegulationrelevance

Novo Nordisk sued Eli Lilly over allegedly misleading weight-loss drug ads

Novo Nordisk A/S
NOV
▲ PositiveRegulationrelevance

Filed lawsuit against Eli Lilly for misleading ads comparing highest-dose Lilly drugs to lowest-dose Novo drugs

Energy▼ · 1 stocks
Halliburton Company
HAL
▼ NegativeDemandrelevance

Middle East sales dropped nearly 11% due to lower oilfield activity in Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar

Electrification & Mobility▲ · 1 stocks
General Motors Company
GM
± MixedCapitalrelevance

Raised adjusted EBIT and EPS guidance but lowered net income guidance due to EV costs

Cloud & Digital Infrastructure▲ · 1 stocks
Amazon.com Inc
AMZN
± MixedGeopoliticsrelevance

Unconfirmed report of Iranian missile strike on Amazon datacenter in Bahrain

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