Communications-services companies ticked down as traders retreated from risk.

Warner Bros Discovery shares rose amid some investor hopes that a bidding war for the Hollywood studio, cable firm and streaming service would continue.

Online chat forum Reddit is taking the Australian government to court to block its social-media ban for children under the age of 16, saying the ban infringes on their freedom of political discourse.


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