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Why Is Peloton (PTON) Stock Rocketing Higher Today

Shares of exercise equipment company Peloton (NASDAQ:PTON) jumped 6.4% in the pre-market session after Truist analysts upgraded the stock's rating from Hold to Buy, signaling renewed confidence in the company's turnaround efforts. In their note, the firm emphasized that more than three years after initially downgrading Peloton, they saw tangible improvements in the company's fundamentals.

Tankers queue near old Venezuela oil port ahead of US license expiry, data shows

U.S.-sanctioned Venezuela is set to inaugurate this month exports of a new crude grade, Blend 22, to lure customers even after the expiration of licenses Washington had granted to companies in the U.S., India and Europe to carry Venezuelan oil exports. Because the grade is a blend of crudes produced by state-owned oil company PDVSA at its Western fields, exports must be shipped from La Salina, an aging and deteriorated terminal on the shores of Lake Maracaibo where tankers often get their hulls stained when docking due to oil leaking from submarine pipelines.