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On this episode of Stock Movers with Alexis Christoforous: - Yum! Brands (YUM) agreed to sell its struggling Pizza Hut chain for $2.7 billion to a private equity firm and its China business. LongRange Capital will acquire Pizza Hut ex-China for $1.5 billion, Yum said in a statement Tuesday. Yum China Holdings Inc. will buy the rest of the business for $1.2 billion. The transactions are expected to close in the third quarter. - Dave & Buster's (PLAY) shares tumble after the operator of restaurant and entertainment facilities reported comparable sales for the first quarter that missed the average analyst estimate. Research firm Benchmark downgraded the stock, citing a lack of confidence that same-store sales will stabilize/eventually turn positive this year. - Robinhood Markets (HOOD) shares are up after it said it is reducing its full-time employee workforce by 10%, and also closing a small number of open roles.

Yum! Brands is selling the chain to private equity firm LongRange Capital. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter. Yum! will now focus more on its better-performing Taco Bell and KFC chains. Michael Halen of Bloomberg Intelligence is on "Bloomberg Open Interest."

SpaceX will take over Cursor in a deal that values the artificial intelligence coding startup at $60 billion, as Elon Musk aims to catch up with rivals on coding tools. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter. Ed Ludlow reports on Bloomberg Television.

Former Federal Reserve Governor Betsy Duke says Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh remains a hawk and believes his first meeting will be "all about communications."

Torsten Slok, chief economist at Apollo, looks at potential changes to Federal Reserve communication under Chair Kevin Warsh.

Dan Ives, global senior equity analyst at Wedbush Securities, discusses what he calls the "tug of war" between Anthropic and the Trump administration, why he expects accelerated M&A on artificial intelligence, and reported losses at OpenAI ahead of the company's IPO later this year.

"What the market wants to see is evidence that the Bank of Japan is not behind the curve on inflation," says Jane Foley, head of FX strategy at Rabobank, as the BOJ raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 1%.

Jeff Currie, executive co-chairman at Abaxx Markets, says "the uncertainty remains quite high" around the Strait of Hormuz as maintaining the US-Iran ceasefire will be challenging. Currie looks at what the interim agreement means for the global oil market, what's behind the oil price drop, and how quickly Gulf nations can restore production.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan declined to back Keir Starmer to stay as UK prime minister until the next general election.

Anna Edwards, Guy Johnson, Tom Mackenzie and Mark Cudmore break down today's key themes for analysts and investors on "Bloomberg: The Opening Trade."

The Reserve Bank of Australia holds interest rates steady as Governor Michele Bullock welcomes a Middle East peace deal.

Austin Engineering (ASX:ANG) lowered its financial year 2026 revenue guidance to circa $325 million.