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Wedbush analyst Laura Chico maintains Vigil Neuroscience (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/VIGL#NASDAQ">VIGL</a>) with a Outperform and lowers the price target from $24 to $13.

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Alnylam Pharmaceuticals's (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/ALNY#NYSE">ALNY</a>) short percent of float has fallen 22.73% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 2.49 million shares sold short, which is 2.21% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 2.84 days to cover their short positions on average.
<h3>Why Short Interest Matters</h3>
Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/money/how-to-short-a-stock?adType=benzinga-insights&amp;ad=short-interest&amp;campaign=wallstreetadvantage">Short selling</a> is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope that the price will fall. Traders make money from short selling if the price of the stock falls and they lose if it rises.
Short interest is important to track because it can act as an indicator of market sentiment towards a particular stock. An increase in short interest can signal that investors have become more bearish, while a decrease in short interest can signal they have become more bullish.
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<h3>Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Short Interest Graph (3 Months)</h3>
<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/1741959927_0.png" alt="short_fig" />
As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for Alnylam Pharmaceuticals has declined since its last report. This does not mean that the stock is going to rise in the near-term but traders should be aware that less shares are being shorted.
<h3>Comparing Alnylam Pharmaceuticals's Short Interest Against Its Peers</h3>
Peer comparison is a popular technique amongst analysts and investors for gauging how well a company is performing. A company's peer is another company that has similar characteristics to it, such as industry, size, age, and financial structure. You can find a company's peer group by reading its 10-K, proxy filing, or by doing your own similarity analysis.
According to <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/pro/">Benzinga Pro</a>, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 5.62%, which means the company has less short interest than most of its peers.
Did you know that increasing short interest can actually be bullish for a stock? <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/money/how-to-make-money-on-a-short-squeeze?adType=benzinga-insights&amp;ad=short-interest&amp;campaign=wallstreetadvantage">This post by Benzinga Money explains how you can profit from it.</a>
This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and was reviewed by an editor.

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Howard Hughes Holdings's (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/HHH#NYSE">HHH</a>) short percent of float has fallen 11.26% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 1.67 million shares sold short, which is 5.36% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 1.4 days to cover their short positions on average.
<h3>Why Short Interest Matters</h3>
Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/money/how-to-short-a-stock?adType=benzinga-insights&amp;ad=short-interest&amp;campaign=wallstreetadvantage">Short selling</a> is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope that the price will fall. Traders make money from short selling if the price of the stock falls and they lose if it rises.
Short interest is important to track because it can act as an indicator of market sentiment towards a particular stock. An increase in short interest can signal that investors have become more bearish, while a decrease in short interest can signal they have become more bullish.
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<h3>Howard Hughes Holdings Short Interest Graph (3 Months)</h3>
<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/1741959922_0.png" alt="short_fig" />
As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for Howard Hughes Holdings has declined since its last report. This does not mean that the stock is going to rise in the near-term but traders should be aware that less shares are being shorted.
<h3>Comparing Howard Hughes Holdings's Short Interest Against Its Peers</h3>
Peer comparison is a popular technique amongst analysts and investors for gauging how well a company is performing. A company's peer is another company that has similar characteristics to it, such as industry, size, age, and financial structure. You can find a company's peer group by reading its 10-K, proxy filing, or by doing your own similarity analysis.
According to <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/pro/">Benzinga Pro</a>, Howard Hughes Holdings's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 1.90%, which means the company has more short interest than most of its peers.
Did you know that increasing short interest can actually be bullish for a stock? <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/money/how-to-make-money-on-a-short-squeeze?adType=benzinga-insights&amp;ad=short-interest&amp;campaign=wallstreetadvantage">This post by Benzinga Money explains how you can profit from it.</a>
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Is Howard Hughes Holdings Gaining or Losing Market Support?

Elon Musk's recent comments on "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSOxPJD-VNo">The Joe Rogan Experience</a>" have stirred up a big discussion about inefficiencies in federal spending. Musk mentioned that "money is most poorly spent when you're spending someone else's money on people you don't know."
<a href="https://www.benzinga.com/news/25/02/43853560/we-are-not-waste-education-researchers-slam-elon-musks-881-million-cuts-that-shut-down-studies-on-student-learning-and-school-data">Musk</a> believes such payments reveal systemic issues. He also criticized the Treasury's payment system, arguing that its lack of required codes makes it function like "blank checks," and he suggested that this flaw results in more than $2 trillion in waste each year—a figure might be overblown.
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Controversy grew when Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1891350795452654076?lang=en">alleged on X</a> that the Social Security Administration database lists millions dead people as alive, implying massive fraud. However, a report by<a href="https://apnews.com/article/57f9e374e77e7a24fdff3afa294aa7fe"> </a><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-doge-social-security-150-year-old-benefits/">Wired</a> showed that although the system sometimes misclassifies due to its old COBOL programming, almost none of those cases lead to benefits being paid out.&nbsp;
In 2025, the <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/factsheets/basicfact-alt.pdf">Social Security Administration</a> is projected to distribute around $1.6 trillion in benefits to nearly 69 million Americans for disability, retirement, and Supplemental Security Income programs..
Another point of contention was Musk's amplification of a post on <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1856665933537792272">X</a> claiming the U.S. government spent $4.5 million to spray alcoholic rats with bobcat urine and transgender monkeys.&nbsp;
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<a href="https://www.vox.com/politics/398583/musk-trump-doge-fraud-waste-debt-deficit">Vox</a> has pointed out that debates over "waste, fraud and abuse" are nothing new, and while some projects might seem frivolous, they barely move the needle in the context of federal spending. Especially considering the main reasons for the growing federal deficit are tax cuts and the increasing costs of supporting retirees and their healthcare.
LinkedIn co-founder and longtime associate of Musk Reid Hoffman offered a more measured perspective in an interview on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAbM7WJOxGU">Bloomberg Television</a>. He acknowledged that while government inefficiencies exist, they often serve a purpose.&nbsp;
Unlike private companies, government institutions operate under different constraints, prioritizing stability over rapid innovation. Hoffman emphasized that rather than dismantling bureaucratic structures outright, the focus should be on improving efficiency while ensuring the government succeeds in serving both industry and citizens.
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RTX's (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/RTX#NYSE">RTX</a>) short percent of float has risen 3.61% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 11.46 million shares sold short, which is 0.86% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 2.24 days to cover their short positions on average.
<h3>Why Short Interest Matters</h3>
Short interest is the number of shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/money/how-to-short-a-stock?adType=benzinga-insights&amp;ad=short-interest&amp;campaign=wallstreetadvantage">Short selling</a> is when a trader sells shares of a company they do not own, with the hope that the price will fall. Traders make money from short selling if the price of the stock falls and they lose if it rises.
Short interest is important to track because it can act as an indicator of market sentiment towards a particular stock. An increase in short interest can signal that investors have become more bearish, while a decrease in short interest can signal they have become more bullish.
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<h3>RTX Short Interest Graph (3 Months)</h3>
<img src="https://www.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/1741959917_0.png" alt="short_fig" />
As you can see from the chart above the percentage of shares that are sold short for RTX has grown since its last report. This does not mean that the stock is going to fall in the near-term but traders should be aware that more shares are being shorted.
<h3>Comparing RTX's Short Interest Against Its Peers</h3>
Peer comparison is a popular technique amongst analysts and investors for gauging how well a company is performing. A company's peer is another company that has similar characteristics to it, such as industry, size, age, and financial structure. You can find a company's peer group by reading its 10-K, proxy filing, or by doing your own similarity analysis.
According to <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/pro/">Benzinga Pro</a>, RTX's peer group average for short interest as a percentage of float is 3.84%, which means the company has less short interest than most of its peers.
Did you know that increasing short interest can actually be bullish for a stock? <a href="https://www.benzinga.com/money/how-to-make-money-on-a-short-squeeze?adType=benzinga-insights&amp;ad=short-interest&amp;campaign=wallstreetadvantage">This post by Benzinga Money explains how you can profit from it.</a>
This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and was reviewed by an editor.

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Wedbush analyst Laura Chico reiterates Gossamer Bio (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/GOSS#NASDAQ">GOSS</a>) with a Outperform and maintains $4 price target.

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Wedbush analyst Richard Anderson reiterates CareTrust REIT (NYSE:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CTRE#NYSE">CTRE</a>) with a Underperform and maintains $26 price target.

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U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining around 1.5% on Friday.
Following the market opening Friday, the Dow traded up 0.31% to 40,939.35 while the NASDAQ climbed 1.50% to 17,562.15. The S&amp;P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.95% to 5,573.84.
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Leading and Lagging Sectors Information technology shares gained by 1.9% on Friday.
In trading on Friday, consumer staples shares dipped by 0.5%.
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Ulta Beauty, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/ULTA#NASDAQ">ULTA</a>) reported stronger-than-expected fourth-quarter financial results on Thursday.
Ulta Beauty said it expects fiscal year 2025 revenue of $11.5 billion to $11.6 billion versus estimates of $11.67 billion, according to Benzinga Pro. The company anticipates full-year earnings of $22.50 to $22.90 per share versus estimates of $23.50 per share.
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<li>SUNation Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/SUNE#NASDAQ">SUNE</a>) shares were also up, gaining 47% to $0.4701 after the company announced it has repaid in full and retired senior and junior secured debt.</li>
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<li>Shares of Newegg Commerce, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/NEGG#NASDAQ">NEGG</a>) were down 35% to $0.2499 after the company announced a 1-for-20 reverse stock split.</li>
<li>Sutro Biopharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a class="ticker" href="https://www.benzinga.com/stock/STRO#NASDAQ">STRO</a>) was down, falling 29% to $0.8825 following FY 2024 results. B of A Securities downgraded the stock from Buy to Underperform and cut its price target from $11 to $1.</li>
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Commodities In commodity news, oil traded up 0.9% to $67.16 while gold traded up 0.6% at $3,009.80.
Silver traded up 1.4% to $34.785 on Friday, while copper rose 0.2% to $4.9350.
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European shares were higher today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 gained 0.9%, Germany's DAX 40 jumped 2% and France's CAC 40 gained 1.3%. Spain's IBEX 35 Index rose 1.2%, while London's FTSE 100 rose 0.8%.
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Asian markets closed higher on Friday, with Japan's Nikkei gaining 0.72%, China's Shanghai Composite Index gaining 1.81% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index surging 2.12%.
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The European Union (EU) <a href="https://europeancapitalinsights.substack.com/p/eu-confronts-stark-reality-after?r=3nmatg">confronts a stark reality </a>in Syria after Islamic extremists attacked the religious minorities in the country earlier this month.
The EU has supported the interim Syrian government by easing some of the sanctions imposed since 2011. The bloc failed to condemn interim Syrian president and leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Ahmed Al-Sharaa, despite his links to the militants responsible for the attacks.
Violence erupted after pro-Assad fighters ambushed government forces near the Mediterranean cities of Latakia and Tartous. In response, HTS, an <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c05p9g2nqmeo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">internationally designated terror organization</a>, and other Islamist militias retaliated against Alawite and Christian communities.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that around 1,130 people died in the fighting. This included 830 civilians. The figures remain unverified.
"This bloodiest spate of violence since the Assad regime collapse in December could portend a significant challenge to Syria's fragile stability," Mona Yacoubian, vice president of the Middle East and North African Center at the United States Institute of Peace, <a href="https://www.usip.org/publications/2025/03/sectarian-violence-threatens-syrias-shaky-transition" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">said</a>. She also stated, "The international community has responded with growing alarm to the spiraling violence in Syria."
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">EU Condemns Violence, Blames Pro-Assad Forces</h2>
The EU condemned the violence, but it blamed pro-Assad forces. It did not address the role of Islamic militants connected to Al-Sharaa for the sectarian killings.
"The European Union strongly condemns the recent attacks, reportedly by pro-Assad elements, on interim government forces in the coastal areas of Syria and all violence against civilians," the EU said in a statement on March 8.
US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, pointed out "the radical Islamist terrorists, including foreign jihadis, that murdered people in western Syria in recent days." The US urged Syria's interim authorities to hold "the perpetrators of these massacres against Syria's minority communities accountable," Rubio <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.state.gov/the-escalation-of-fighting-and-civilian-deaths-in-syria/">said</a> on March 9.
Turkey, a key ally of the new Syrian government, downplayed the mass slaughter of civilians. Ankara described the violence as merely "tension in and around Latakia."
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">EU Faces Pressure for Stance on Syrian Violence</h2>
Critics quickly accused the EU of refusing to acknowledge the Islamic militants responsible for the slaughter. They said the EU provided cover for the Syrian government, which has <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/syria-s-de-facto-leader-faces-home-truths">links</a> to the militants responsible for the violence.
Nikolas Farantouris, a Greek member of the European Parliament, criticized the EU for equating "the victim with the perpetrator." He <a href="https://x.com/NFarantouris/status/1900112827458695617" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">commented </a>on March 11 during the European Parliament's plenary debate on Syria.
"The EU condemns the ‘pro-Assad elements' instead of its jihadist partners," Glenn Diesen, a professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway, wrote on X. The EU spread "fake news," Ralph Schoellhammer, the head of the Center for Applied History at the Budapest-based Mathias Corvinus Collegium, said.
Government and Islamist forces targeted the Alawite community in Syria's western coastal region. The Shia minority comprises around 10% of Syria's population and is historically linked to the Assad family.
Militants executed Christian families, including parents and an infant, according to Greco-Levantines World Wide. The media organization reports on the rights of Antiochian Greeks and Orthodox Christians in the Middle East.
<figure class="wp-block-image"><a href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F01e603a5-51bc-46cd-8edf-1383034231a6_1200x1012.png" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img decoding="async" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F01e603a5-51bc-46cd-8edf-1383034231a6_1200x1012.png" alt="" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Map of Syria's religious and ethnic populations: Source: Wikimedia Commons</figcaption></figure>
Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said that about 9,000 people took shelter at the Hmeimim base near Latakia.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Syrian Economy Decimated by Nearly 14 Years of Civil War</h2>
The Syrian civil war decimated the economy. GDP <a href="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/dispatch-from-damascus-challenges-of-rebuilding-in-syria/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">contracted by roughly 85%</a> as anti-Assad forces tried to topple the regime as part of the Arab Spring protests. The civil war led to mass migration to Europe. This fueled the rise in right-wing parties such as the Alternative for Germany (AFD).
The United Kingdom<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/update-on-syria-lifting-asset-freezes-on-24-entities#full-publication-update-history" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> lifted </a>asset freezes on 24 Syrian entities on March 6. It cited its "commitment to help the people of Syria rebuild their country and economy.&#8221;
On February 24, the EU agreed to <a href="https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2025/02/24/syria-eu-suspends-restrictive-measures-on-key-economic-sectors/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">suspend sanctions</a> on the energy, transportation, and banking sectors. They lifted asset freezes on Syria's Industrial Bank, Popular Credit Bank, Saving Bank, Agricultural Cooperative Bank, and Syrian Arab Airlines.
The bloc eased restrictions on the Central Bank of Syria to facilitate transactions for humanitarian and reconstruction purposes.
"The fall of the Al-Assad regime marks the beginning of a new era of hope ," the Council of the EU <a href="https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2025/02/24/syria-eu-suspends-restrictive-measures-on-key-economic-sectors/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">said</a>. "All Syrians, in the country and diaspora, should have the opportunity to participate in the rebuilding of their country."
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Syria's Al-Sharaa Creates Committee to Investigate Violence</h2>
Al-Sharaa said the government forces had attempted to root out the "remnants" of the Assad regime. He announced the creation of a committee to investigate the violence.
However, clerics of the Alawite Islamic Council claim Al-Sharaa's government is using "the pretext of [combating] regime remnants, to terrorize and kill Syrians."
Daniel Gerlach, Middle East expert and editor-in-chief of Zenith Magazine, agreed with this assessment. He referred to the recent mass killings as a deliberate "<a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://youtu.be/Dqd3PBswDPk?feature=shared">ethnic cleansing</a>."
The Alawites &#8220;were as frustrated with this regime as everyone," Gerlach told Germany's DW News on March 9.
<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Syrian Hardline Extremists Will Remain in Control of Syria</h2>
The Syrian civil war pitted secular Sunnis, Alawites, and Christians against mainly Sunni-Muslim militants trying to topple the government. The war, which killed as many as 620,000 people, intensified sectarian tensions.
Initially backed by former Islamic State leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, Al-Sharaa aligned his al-Nusra Front jihadist group with al-Qaeda. He led the terror organization's principal fighting force in Syria before forming HTS in 2016.
The US only recently removed a <a href="https://europeancapitalinsights.substack.com/p/turkish-companies-target-post-assad" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">$10 million bounty </a>on Al-Sharaa. HTS is <a href="https://youtu.be/D_0z9XsrIDw?feature=shared" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">designated a terrorist organization</a> by the UN, EU, and US.
"For the next few years, it will be almost impossible to reduce the influence of vengeful or ideologically hardline Islamists within HTS and its partners… <a href="https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/syrian-boss-ahmed-al-sharaa-leopard-fix" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Raiders struggle to turn into administrators</a>," former Senior Advisor on the Middle East to the Australian Foreign Minister and the UN International Organization for Migration Philip Eliason, and former Australian diplomat David Livingstone, wrote in the Lowy Institute's publication The Interpreter.
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