Closing Bell: Levi Rallies, PayPal Drops, Albermarle Slides

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- Levi Strauss (LEVI) shares jumped Friday morning after raising its revenue outlook, with the maker of 501 jeans expecting sales growth to outweigh the effect of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The company said Thursday it now sees revenue rising between 1% and 2% for the current fiscal year — above the average analyst estimate and up from a previous view that sales would decline 1% to 2%. Levi also slightly lowered its guidance for gross margin due to tariffs, which the company factored in as 30% for products imported from China and 10% for the rest of the world.

- PayPal (PYPL) shares slide after JPMorgan told financial technology companies that it will start charging fees amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars for access to their customers’ bank account information – a move that threatens to upend the industry’s business models. The largest US bank has sent pricing sheets to data aggregators — which connect banks and fintechs — outlining the new charges, according to people familiar with the matter. The fees vary depending on how companies use the information, with higher levies tied to payments-focused companies, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing private information.

- Albermarle (ALB) saw its shares drop as a UBS analyst cut the lithium provider to sell from neutral and trimming the price target.

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