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META Jun 2026 450.000 call
| Previous close | 127.75 |
| Open | 127.75 |
| Bid | 0.00 |
| Ask | 0.00 |
| Strike | 450.00 |
| Expiry date | 2026-06-18 |
| Day's range | 127.75 - 127.75 |
| Contract range | N/A |
| Volume | |
| Open interest | 1.25k |
Barrons.comDividends Hit a Record. Thank Disney and Meta Platforms.
Corporate America is showing investors the money. Dividend payments from U.S. companies hit a new record of $164.3 billion in the first quarter, up 7% from a year ago, according to the latest Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index released Thursday morning. Tech giants Microsoft and Apple are big dividend payers, as are fellow components JPMorgan Chase Chevron Johnson & Johnson and Verizon Costco Wholesale was also a dividend darling, thanks to a one-time special dividend of $15 a share (about $6.7 billion in total) that it paid in January, in addition to its regular payout.
Yahoo FinanceWhat Nvidia says about AI chip demand could matter for more than just the tech trade
Other sectors have rallied on AI demand, raising the stakes for the chipmaker's latest quarterly update.
ReutersMeta deleted Facebook account of Slovak PM's shooter after attack
Fico is recovering in hospital and no longer in immediate danger after being hit by four bullets last Wednesday, in the first major assassination attempt on a European political leader for more than 20 years. Slovak government officials said on Sunday, four days after the shooting, that the attacker may have not been a "lone wolf" as first believed, with one factor being that the suspect's Facebook and communication history was deleted after the attack. Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok had said an investigation team had been set up, which would also look into whether the suspect acted as part of a group of people who had been encouraging each other to carry out an assassination.
