Markets News, August 6, 2024: US Stocks Close Higher to Snap Three-Session Selloff

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Major U.S. indexes closed hig⛄her ✨Tuesday amid a broad-based recovery, one day after recording their biggest declines in nearly two years.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite each gained 1%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.8%. The indexes, which finished well off their intraday highs, snapped a three-session streak of big losses stemming from sharp༺ declines in big-name tech stocks and growing investor concerns about the health of the ♍U.S. economy.

On Tuesday, every sector of the S&P 500 rose, a sharp contrast to the previous session when every se🎀ctor had fallen at least 1.7%.

Mega-cap tech stocks stabilized on Tuesday, with AI investor favorite Nvidia (NVDA) and Meta Platforms () both finishing nearly 4% higher, while Microsoft (MSFT), Amazon (AMZN) and Tesla (TSLA) also gaining ground.

Shares of Palantir Technologies (PLTR) jumped 10% after the data analytics company 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:reported better-than-expec🃏ted earniꦐngs🧸 and lifted its guidance on strong demand 💛for its AI platform.

Dow component Caterpillar (CAT) rose 3% after the heavy equipment manufacturer's qua♑rterly profit topped analysts' estimates.

The yield on 10-year Treasurys rose to 3.90% on Tuesday, after dropping below 3.70% on Monday to its lowest level in more than a year as expectations mounted that the 🍌Federal Reserve will have to cut interest rates swiftly and deeply in the coming months to ad𝓀dress a weakening economy. The data calendar was light Tuesday, so there was little for investors to react to on the economic news front.

The Fed's policy committee decided last week to leave its benchmark lending rate at a 23-year high but 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:opened the door to cutting the rate as soon as the next commi🌳ttee meeting in September.

Traders are pricing in about a 70% likelihood that the Fed will cut the rate by half a percentage point next month, according to the CME Group's FedWatch tool, which forecasts interest rate movements based on fed funds futures trading data. That's up from 13% a week ago but down from 99% early Monday when the stock market opened sharply lower.

The price of bitcoin rose to around $56,500, after falling below $50,000 on Monday for the first time since February as investors adopted a risk-off approach. Gold futures were down 0.6% to around $2,430 an ounce, while crude oil prices were slightly higher amid ongoing concerns about tensions in the Middle East.

S&P 500 Top Movers on Tuesday

August 06, 2024 05:48 PM EDT

Advancers

  • Shares of Kenvue (KVUE), parent company of Band-Aid, Tylenol, and other consumer health care products, posted the strongest performance in the S&P 500, soaring 14.2%. The former unit of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) beat second-quarter sales estimates and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:affirmꦍed its above-consensus guidance for the full year. CEO Thibaut Mongon said Kenvue remains in the early stages of a transformation "into a bolder, more agile organization." 
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Decliners

  • Shares of Henry Schein (HSIC), a distributor of dental and medical equipment, dropped 8%, marking the heaviest losses of any S&P 500 constituent. Henry Schein's second-quarter sales and profits fell short of expectations, and the company said it could take longer than expected for it to recuperate from a cybersecurity breach that disrupted its operations last year.
  • Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD) shares fell 4.6% after the freight forwarding and logistics firm reported a year-over-year decline in profits, pressured by higher costs. Although Expeditors International posted an increase in airfreight tonnage volume from a year ago, its ocean container volume declined.
  • Vulcan Materials (VMC) shares sank 4.3% after the provider of construction materials reported lower-than-expected quarterly sales and profits. The maker of construction aggregates also cut its forecast for full-year adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortiza💖tion (EBITDA). Vulcan noted that high interest rates remain a drag on the housing sector, which lowers demand for its products.

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Kenvue Jumps to Four-Month High After Earnings

August 06, 2024 04:39 PM EDT

Kenvue (KVUE) shares surged Tuesday after 澳洲幸运5开ဣ奖号码历史查询:the company affirmed full-year guidance that topped analysts' expectations.

The Tylenol and Band-Aid parent, formerly the consumer healthcare unit of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), continues to expect 2024 net sales growth betwee🌺n 1% and 3%, with the midpoint well above analysts' expectations of 1.4%, per Visible Alpha.

In the second quarter, the company posted 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:earnings per share (EPS) of 3 cents on revenue of $4 billion. Analysts had called for EPS of 24 cents on revenue of $3.93 billion.&nbs🐼p;Adjusted EPS of 32 cents topped estimate⛎s.

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Kenv🐷ue shares jumped nearly 15% to a four-month high🥃 on Tuesday, leading S&P 500 gainers.

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What the 'Carry Trade' Had to do with Monday's Rout

August 06, 2024 02:48 PM EDT

The yen 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:carry trade, a popular investment strategy that exploits the gap between low Japanese interest rates and high rates elsewhere, may be one key🐼 factor in recent mar🍨ket volatility.

A more aggressive Bank of Japan and soft U.S. economic data ꦯhave threatened to narrow the gap between Japanese and U.S. interest rates, prompting an unwinding of the trade.

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Nvidia Recovers as Analysts Highlight AI Leadership

August 06, 2024 01:21 PM EDT

Nvidia (NVDA) shares jumped Tuesday, recovering from a steep selloff the previous session that came amid reports its Blackwell artificial intelligence chip 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:will be delayed.

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Analysts suggested that while a delay could lead to near-term volatility for ♚Nvidia, they remained bullish on the chipmaker's long-term prospects, highlighting its AI strength.

Nvidia’s "competitive position remains sound, and we don’t expect any share loss from a minor delay," Oppenheimer analysts said, adding that they see Nvidia as "best positioned in AI, benefiting from full stack AI hardware/software solutions."

A delay "could drive some volatility in Nvidia’s near-term," Goldman Sachs analysts said, though they "expect there to be little to no impact on CY2025 earnings and, most importantly, the company’s long-term competitive position."

Citi analysts, who had removed Nvidia from their "upside catalyst watch" over the weekend following reports of the delay, still maintained a "buy" rating for the stock.

Calling Nvidia's potential supply constraints a "solvable" issue, Bank of America analysts suggested they would view any sell-off as an "enhanced buying opportunity."

An Nvidia spokesperson told Investopedia that "Blackwell sampling has started, and production is on track to ramp" in the second half of the year, adding, "beyond that, we don't comment on rumors.”

Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang delivers his keystone speech ahead of the Computex 2024 event in Taipei on June 2, 2024.
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Nvidia shares we🌟re up 6% in recent trading, recovering a chunk of the 14% decline f𝓰or the stock over the previous three sessions.

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Uber Stock Jumps After Earnings

August 06, 2024 12:04 PM EDT

Uber (UBER) stock jumped Tuesday after the ride-sharing giant's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:second-quarter earnings beat analysts' estimates as gross bookings grew 19% year-over-y🦩ear.

The company reported a 16% revenue bump to $10.7 billion, 澳洲幸运5开奖号𝓀码历史查询:above Visible Alpha c🌼onsensus estimates. Net income also easily surpassed estimates at $1.02 billion, 🃏and more than doubled from last year's $394 million.

Gross bookings came in just above estimates at $39.95 billion, split largely between Uber's Mobility division ($20.6 billion) and its Delivery unit that includes Uber Eats ($18.1 billion).

JPMorgan analysts said in a note following the earnings report that they were encouraged by the acceleration of growth in Mobility and the focus on profitability of Uber's Delivery segment.

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Uber shares werꦦe up nearly 9% around midday Tuesday and were among the biggest gainers on the S&P 500

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Caterpillar Leads Dow Gainers After Profit Beat

August 06, 2024 10:55 AM EDT

Caterpillar (CAT) shares rose Tuesday as the construction equipment maker's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:second-quarter profits beat analysts' estimates, offsetting 💎another quarter of revenue falling short of expectations.

Revenue slipped 3.6% year-over-year to $16.69 billion, coming in short of analysts' estimates compiled by Visible Alpha. Profits fell 8.2% to $2.68 billion, narrowly beating projections, but adjusted net income, accounting for roughly $250 million in one-time expenses like restructuring costs, beat estimates by a wider margin and rose from last year to $2.93 billion.

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🔜 Caterpillar shares were up more than 4% in recent trading, making it the top gainer on th♍e Dow Jones Industrial Average.

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Palantir Jumps After Strong Earnings, Guidance Boost

August 06, 2024 09:55 AM EDT

Palantir (PLTR) shares jumped in early trading Tuesday a🐟fter the data analytics compa🀅ny topped Wall Street’s quarterly estimates and raised its full-year outlook amid strong demand for its AI software services.

The shares staged an impressive intraday reversal Monday on the highest trading 𒈔volume since early May to close towards their high of the day after initially op🐓ening 12% lower, indicating larger market participants may have anticipated a big earnings-driven move.

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Major Indexes Poised to Open Higher Tuesday

August 06, 2024 08:53 AM EDT

Futures tied to the Dow Jones Ind�❀�ustrial Average were up 0.4%.

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S&P 500 futures were also up 0.4%.

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Nasdaq 100 futures were up 0.3%.

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