BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona and Monaco have agreed a deal for former teen prodigy Ansu Fati to permanently leave the Spanish club.
Barcelona made the announcement Tuesday without giving details but said it will retain a percentage of any future sale.
The 23-year-old forward had already spent the 2025-26 season on loan with French club Monaco.
Fati's tenure with Barcelona ends with 123 appearances and 29 goals with the first team.
He joined Barcelona's youth teams at age 10 in 2012. His official debut with the first team was in the 2019-20 season, at age 16.
In 2019, Fati became one of the youngest players ever to score in the Spanish league for Barcelona.
He also previously held the record as Spain’s youngest ever scorer.
In the second half of the 2023-24 season, he featured for Premier League club Brighton.
“Barcelona would like to thank Ansu Fati publicly for his commitment, dedication and his contribution during his time as a Blaugrana, and wishes him all the best for the future both on and off the field,” Barcelona said.
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FILE - Barcelona's Ansu Fati runs during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Valladolid and FC Barcelona at the Jose Zorrilla stadium in Valladolid, Spain, on May 3, 2025. Barcelona and Monaco have reached a deal for the transfer of Ansu Fati from the Spanish club Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are trimming their losses from a rocky June on Tuesday.
The S&P 500 rose 0.7%, though it's still heading for its first losing month following two fabulous ones. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 157 points, or 0.3%, as of 1:16 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 1.4% higher.
The main reason for this month’s weakness has been a fall to Earth for stocks in the artificial-intelligence industry. After soaring to tremendous heights in the frenzy around AI, such stocks have come under pressure because of worries that they shot too high. That’s a big deal for all investors because AI stocks have grown into some of Wall Street’s largest and most influential, pulling indexes behind them.
AI stocks were stronger Tuesday, with Nvidia rising 1.8% to trim its loss for the month. It was one of the strongest forces lifting the S&P 500.
Microsoft, which is investing heavily in AI, rose 0.6% to bring its loss for the month back below 18%. Oracle, though, fell 0.8% to bring its drop for June to 35%. It's another company contending with concerns that big spending on AI may not yield enough productivity and profits to make it worth it.
Outside of AI, the economy seems to be rumbling along, even though U.S. households are still feeling sour about it. A report released in the morning said that U.S. employers were advertising many more job openings at the end of May than economists expected, the latest signal that the job market remains resilient.
But a second report said that confidence among U.S. consumers improved by less than economists expected. More Americans are saying it's hard to get a job, according to a survey by the Conference Board, even with data suggesting continued hiring.
Tuesday's relatively quiet trading came as companies close their books for the quarter running from April through June. Investors want to see strong growth in profits to justify the big gains stocks made early in the quarter. Despite June’s drop, the S&P 500 is still on track for its best quarter since six years ago, when stocks rocketed out of the crash caused by the COVID pandemic.
Concentrix tumbled 15.1% after the technology company reported profit and revenue for the latest quarter that were just shy of analysts’ expectations.
In the oil market, prices drifted as two U.S. envoys arrived in Qatar for talks with mediators about the implementation of an initial deal to end the war in Iran. The Americans will not be having direct negotiations with Iranian diplomats while in Doha.
The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil, the international standard, erased an early, modest rise and dipped 0.8% to $73.32. The hope is that an end to the war will restore full access to the Strait of Hormuz, allowing oil tankers to move more crude and lower its price.
Expensive oil has already sent inflation jumping around the world, which in turn has raised worries that the Federal Reserve and other central banks may have to raise interest rates. Higher rates would keep a lid on inflation, but they would also slow economic growth and hurt prices for investments.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.41% from 4.38% late Monday.
In stock markets abroad, indexes rose across much of Europe and Asia.
Germany’s DAX returned 1.5%, and South Korea’s Kospi climbed 1% for two of the world's bigger gains.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.9% as the value of the Japanese yen dropped near its lowest level against the U.S. dollar in 40 years.
U.S. government bonds are paying much higher yields than their Japanese counterparts, and the possibility of rate hikes by the Fed is putting more pressure on the yen. Speculation is rising that Japan’s government may try to prop up the yen’s value, but Japan’s finance minister said only that the government was ready to “respond appropriately whenever necessary.”
AP Business Writers Chan Ho-him and Elaine Kurtenbach contributed to this report.
Specialist Michael Pistillo works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
A man walks past a monitor showing stock prices of companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo, Tuesday, June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
A huge screen shows the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
An electronic board shows Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index, bottom, and exchange rate of the Japanese yen against the U.S. dollar in Tokyo Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Kenichiro Kojima/Kyodo News via AP)
