Saudi-led coalition said air defenses intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by Houthi forces toward Riyadh.

Argus Research raised its target price for Newmont (NEM.N) to $123 from $110.

Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China reported they used stepwise surface synthesis to produce a metallic carbon nanoribbon composed exclusively of five- and seven-membered rings. The team said the sub-nanometer-wide, one-dimensional structure—carbon atoms joined by covalent bonds—exhibits efficient electronic transport; results were published online in Nature on the 29th.