Among companies with at least $10 billion in capitalization, the largest growth last week was recorded by Exact Sciences Corporation, which operates in oncological diagnostics and testing. The company’s shares rose by 50.53% in one week (share price: $100.90). Next is Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc, which develops medicines for rare neurological and oncological diseases, with 25.42% growth ($176.93 per share). This top three is rounded out by Natera, Inc., a leader in non-invasive genetic testing, with 12.90% growth ($230.63 per share).

The top three large-cap companies with the biggest losses last week is led by AECOM, which provides infrastructure engineering and construction services; its shares fell by 22.47% in one week ($103.52 per share). Next is SanDisk Corporation, engaged in developing new data-storage solutions, with a 21.20% decline ($200.27 per share). And this trio is completed by Bloom Energy Corporation, operating in the clean-energy and electrolysis technologies sector, with a 19.57% decline ($89.99 per share).

US markets ended last week lower: the Dow Jones fell by 1.9%, the S&P 500 by about 2%, and the Nasdaq by 2.7%. The main reason was concerns about the overvaluation of technology stocks and uncertainty surrounding a potential refinancing rate cut by the US Federal Reserve in December.

Eli Lilly company’s value exceeded $1 trillion last week. Thus, driven by strong demand for its weight-loss drugs, Eli Lilly has become the first pharmaceutical company to join the club of companies with a market value above $1 trillion, a group largely dominated by tech giants.

Bitcoin fell to a seven-month low of around $80,000, declining by 12% over the past week. The drop is due to investors beginning to avoid risky assets amid the high prices of technology companies’ stocks and uncertainty over interest-rate cuts.

Global equity funds registered their ninth consecutive week of inflows, totaling $4.43 billion. Bond funds attracted $10.55 billion, continuing 31 straight weeks of growth, while gold and precious-metal funds brought in $5.2 billion. Meanwhile, money-market funds saw outflows for the second consecutive week, this time amounting to $7.51 billion.

Tech companies’ stocks continue their march toward a record $75-billion inflow so far in 2025, according to Bank of America. Tech funds recorded $4.4 billion of inflows during the week, while $2.2 billion was withdrawn from crypto funds. US Treasury bonds saw $8.8 billion in inflows, the largest since April.

Nvidia reported that its revenue for the previous quarter totaled $57 billion, which is 62% higher than in the same period last year and exceeds analysts’ forecasts. The main driver of this growth has been strong demand for chips designed for AI data centers, with sales reaching $51 billion. Although Nvidia is now the world’s most valuable company, some investors have concerns that AI-sector stock prices are overstretched.

Alphabet’s shares rose by about 6% and reached a record high after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway purchased nearly $4.9 billion worth of the company’s shares. This investment is seen as a sign of confidence in Alphabet’s AI strategy. Alphabet’s shares are already up 46% so far this year.

Armenia’s stock market on Monday saw the placement of 3 billion drams’ worth of government bonds, which will mature on August 2, 2026. The public auction had four participants, whose total submitted bids amounted to 12.3 billion drams. The weighted average price of the placed government bonds was 98.0514 drams, and the yield was 7.4%.

A total of 119,000 new jobs were created in the US in September; a slightly better figure compared to August, but the country’s labor market remains unstable. The unemployment rate rose from 4.3% to 4.4%, the highest level in four years.

The US Congressional Budget Office announced that if President Donald Trump’s higher import tariffs remain in place until 2035, the US budget deficit will decrease by about $3 trillion, not $4 trillion as previously forecast. The revision is due to new data and recent tariff changes. Trump claims that the new rates have brought significant revenue into the budget, while critics argue that these tariffs make imported goods more expensive for consumers.

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