SanDisk Sparks Chip Rebound; Comcast Gains on ITV Sale; EasyJet Soars on Takeover

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SanDisk and chip stocks rally ahead of Samsung results; Comcast rises after ITV’s sale to Sky/Comcast; EasyJet jumps on Castlelake’s 690p takeover offer.

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SanDisk led a chip-sector rebound as traders priced in Samsung’s June-quarter color and an update to SK Hynix’s American Depositary Receipt (ADR) listing, while Comcast moved higher after Sky, which Comcast owns, agreed to buy ITV’s Media and Entertainment arm in a deal worth as much as £1.6 billion including debt. The clip bundles event-driven moves, a semiconductor riposte, a strategic content sale, and a takeover bid for EasyJet, into a neat reminder that headline news can shove shares around quickly even when company-level trends are slower to change.