The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite rose Monday as the U.S. equities market rebounꦛded from a sharp sell-off at the end of last week.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq gained 0.4% and 0.6%, respectively, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.1%. Stocks were coming off their worst weekly performance since early September, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite losing 2.1% and 3.2%, respectively, last week as the post-election rally that had boosཧted stocks to record highs l🅷ost steam.
Shares of Tesla (TSLA) finished 5.6% higher after rising more than 8% early in Monday's session following a Bloomberg report that President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is planning a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:federal framework for f๊ully self-driving veh🌟icles, as investors bet on easier rules for the company's robotaxi. The stock🐎 has now gained 35% since election day as investors expect the EV maker to reap significant benefits from CEO Elon Musk's close relationship with the president-elect.♊
Shares of AI investor favorite Nvidia (NVDA), which will release its highly anticipated earnings report on Wednesday, fell 1.3% after The Information 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:reported over the weekend🎃 that the company's n൲ew Blackwell chips have faced overheating issues.
Other mega-cap tech stocks were mostly higher, with Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOGL) and Meta Platforms (META) all gaining ground while Amazon (AMZN) was down slightly. Apple has once again overtaken Nvidia as the world's most valuab෴le company by market capitalization.
Among other noteworthy movers, Super Micro Computer (SMCI) shares jumped 16%, leading S&P 500 and Nasdaq gainers, amid hopes that the beleaguered server maker 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:would submit a plan for its delayed🐟 annual report that could help the company avoid a Nasdaq delisting.
The yield on 10-year Treasurys, which is sensitive to expectations around interest rates, was little changed at around 4.41%, after rising as high as 4.49% earlier in the day. The yield has risen in recent weeks as investors have adjusted their expectations on how aggressive the Federal Reserve will be as it cuts interest rates. Last week, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that the central bank isn't in a hurry to cut rates as inflation is on a bumpy path toward the Fed's target.
Bitcoin was trading at around $91,500, up from ꦚbelow $90,000 earlier Monday. The cryptocurrency hit rec♈ord highs above $93,000 last week amid investor optimism that the Trump administration and a crypto-friendly Congress will implement measures that benefit the asset class.
Gold futures were up nearly 2% to around $2,615 an ounce. The precious metal, which hit record highs above $2,800 earlier this month, has lost ground as the U.S. dollar has strengthened since the presidential election.
Biggest S&P 500 Movers on Monday
Advancers
- Super Micro Computer (SMCI) shares surged 15.9%, notching Monday's top performance in the S&P 500, following reports that the server and data storage provider is 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:prepared to submit a plan that will avoid the delisting of its stock from the Nasdaq. Supermicro shares have been under pressure since the company delayed the filing of its annual report amid accusations of accounting irregularities, jeopardizing its compliance with the exchange's reporting requirements.
- Shares of Henry Schein (HSIC), which distributes medical and dental supplies to health care providers, jumped 7.5%. The gains came after reports that activist investor Ananym Capital Management is encouraging Henry Schein to pursue numerous changes that could boost its stock price, including reshuffling its board of directors, improving succession plans, cutting costs, and evaluating a potential sale of its medical distribution business.
- Analysts at HSBC upgraded Moderna (MRNA) stock to "buy" from "hold," indicating they view shares of the biotech firm as undervalued. Moderna shares popped 7.2% higher, clawing back a portion of the losses posted last week amid concerns about the outlook for vaccines under the incoming presidential administration.
- CVS Health (CVS) announced that it will add four new members to its board of directors in a deal with 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:activist investor Glenview Capital. Glenview amassed a significant position in the drugstore operator and has been pushing for changes to boost value creation. CVS shares added 5.4% on Monday.
Decliners
- Amentum (AMTM) shares plummeted 9.6% on Monday, falling the most of any S&P 500 stock. The provider of technology and engineering solutions to the U.S. government faces integration risks following its merger with a pair of divisions spun out from Jacobs Solutions (J), which closed in September.
- Shares of Palantir Technologies (PLTR) fell 6.9%, giving back a portion of the robust gains posted since the analytics software firm beat quarterly 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:sales and profit expectations in a report released Nov. 4. Monday's reversal occurred after a regulatory filing revealed that Palantir CEO Alex Karp sold 4.5 million shares of the stock, raising concerns about management's confidence in the company's upcoming performance.
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- Uber Technologies (UBER) shares fell 5.4% following reports that President-Elect Donald Trump could relax regulations related to self-driving cars during his second term. The prospect of establishing a federal framework for autonomous vehicles bodes well for Tesla's (TSLA) plans to launch a robotaxi network that would compete with Uber's ride-hailing business. Shares of fellow ride-sharing platform Lyft (LYFT) slipped 4.5% on Monday, while Tesla 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:shares traded 5.6% higher.
What Wall Street Thinks of Lowe's Before Earnings Report
Lowe's Cos. (LOW) is set to report third-quarter results Tuesday morning, with analysts expecting lower𝔉 revenue than the same time last year despite a potential sales boost from recent ⛦hurricanes.
Analysts are slightly less bullish on Lowe's stock than its home-improvement rival Home Depot (HD), which reported earnings earlier this month. Of the 19 analysts who cover Lowe's tracked by Visible Alpha, 10 hold 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:"buy" ratings, eight have "holds," and one has a "sell" rating. Their average 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:target price is $269.32.
Lowe's shares gained nearly 1% on Monday to finish the session near $272. The stock has gained 22% so far in 2024, slightly lagging the S&P 500 over the period.
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Analysts expect Lowe's to report sales of $19.89 billion, down from $20.47 billion last year. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Net income is expected to decline nearly 10% to $1.60 billion, or $2.82 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:per share.
Liberty Energy Rises as CEO Nominated for Energy Secretary
Shares of Liberty Energy (LBRT) rose Monday after CEO Chris Wright was tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to be energy secretary🍬.
L🍸iberty Energy is an oilfield services and fracking company founded by Wright with a market capit🐼alization of nearly $3 billion. The stock gained nearly 5% on Monday, though is slightly in negative territory since the start of the year.
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Wright also sits on the board of Oklo (OKLO), a nuclear energy company backed by OpenAI&🎐nbsp;CEO Sam Altman. Oklo stock soared 15% Monday and has nearly doubled since the start of the year,
Wright has advocated for the oil and gas industry, saying in a video posted to LinkedIn last year that "there is no climate crisis, and we're not in the midst of an energy transition, either."
Trump said his new secretary of energy, pending Seꦕnate confirmation, will also serve on the newly created Council of Nati♚onal Energy alongside North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, whom Trump appointed as secretary of the interior.
What Wall Street Thinks of Walmart Before Earnings Report
Walmart (WMT) is slated to🦩 report earnings before the market opens Tuesday for the third quarter of fiscal 2025, with analysts expecting improving sales as Walmart continues to expand its customer base across income levels.
Analysts are bullish on the retail giant's stock, with 22 of the 23 analysts covering Walmart tracked by Visible Alpha 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:rating the stock as a "buy" and just one analyst calling it a "hold." The average 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:target price of $86.43.
Walmart shares fell 0.2% to $84.08 on Monday.
Walmart is projected to report revenue at $167.73 billion, up from $160.8 billion in the same period last year. The retailer is expected to post net income of $4.24 billion, up from $453 million last year, when its profits were hit by negative changes to the value of some of its investments. Walmart's adjusted profits are expected to rise to $4.26 billion from $4.13 billion in the second quarter.
MicroStrategy Rises as it Buys $4.6 Billion More in Bitcoin
MicroStrategy (MSTR) made a massive addition to its bitcoin (BTCUSD) holdings over the past week, acquiring 51,780 BTC for appro🤪ximately $4.6 billion, according to a regulatory filing.
This purchase boosts its total bitcoin holdings to 331,200 BTC, which is worth roughly ✨$30 billion at current prices.
MicroStra♍tegy shares were up 8% in recent trading, boosting their year-to-date gains to nearly 500%. Meanwhile bitcoin was trading around $91,000 and has almost doubled in ﷽price since the start of the year.
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Netflix Levels to Watch as Stock Trades at Record Highs
Netflix (NFLX) shares rose to a record high on Monday after the streaming giant's broadcast of a highly anticipated fight between YouTube influencer-turned-🐈boxer Jake Paul ❀and boxing legend Mike Tyson reached a record 60 million households on Friday night.
The stock was up 2.5% in mid-afternoon trading at around $845, as investors looked past the technical glitches that many viewers experienced during the boxing match.
Since breaking out above the top trendline of an 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:ascending triangle pattern following the company’s better-than-expected quarterly results last month, Netflix shares have continued to trend sharply higher. However, the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:relative strength index (RSI) turned downward on Friday, indicating slowing bullish price momentum.
A bars pattern, which tak🍷es the stock’s trending period from January to April and repositio𝓰ns it from the breakout of an ascending triangle last month, forecasts an upside target of around $870.
Investors should watch major support levels on Netflix's chart around $770, $725, and $690.
Read the full 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:technical analysis piece here.
Get Ready for a Big Finale to Earnings Season
Earnings season is almost done—but a big finale is ex🐲pected this week.
Mo🌠re th♔an 90% of reports from S&P 500 companies are in, according to a Monday note from Oppenheimer, which said third-quarter profits are up 6.8% year-over-year—with eight of the benchmark index’s 11 sectors reporting rising earnings—on the back of 5% revenue growth.
Those numbers are a bit higher than FactSet’s “blended” fig𒊎ure, which combines reported results with estimates for those yet to announce; as of Friday, those were at 5.4% for profits and 5.5% for revenue.
Still, some of the biggest events 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:on the calendar remain ahead. Retailers Walmart (WMT) and Lowe’s (LOW) are set to deliver results Tuesday, while Target (TGT) and TJX (TJX) are expected to deliver their numbers a day later. Taken together, the results—and any updates to the companies’ outlooks—could offer fresh perspective on the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:state of the consumer ahead of Black Friday.
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The main event, however, may come Wednesday after the bell, when chip giant Nvidia (NVDA) is set 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:to report results. Big Tech broad♔ly has so far exceeded Wall Street’s earnings growth expectations in the third-quarter, UBS strategist Jonathan Golub noted last week.
The last of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Magnificent Seven tech giants to report, Nvidia—one of the best-performing stocks in the S&P 500 this year—is expected to both deliver big revenue growth and illustrate the state of ongoing demand for the technology underpinning 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:artificial intelligence.
Nvidia is “the most dominant stock in the market,” Bank of America analysts wrote in a Sunday note, saying it is responsible for a fifth of the S&P 500's return over the past 12 months. “With the market 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:taking a breather last wee♌k following t💃he election rally, we believe Nvidia earnings can dictate the near-term direction of the market.”
Nvidia Slips After Report of Blackwell Chip Snag
Nvidia (NVDA) shares fell Monday as reports, citing The Information, said that its next-generation 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:artificial intelligence (AI)𒅌 Blackwell chips have faced problems with accompanying servers that overheat.
Nvidia’s Blackwell graphics processing units reportedly overheat when connected in server racks designed to hold up to 72 chips.🔜 The chipmaker has asked its suppliers to change the design of the racks several times to resolve overheating problems, with some customers worried they won’t have enough time to get new data centers up and running, according to reports.
"NVIDIA GB200 systems are the most advanced computers ever created. Integrating them into a diverse range of data center environments requires co-engineering with our customers,” an Nvidia spokesperson said in a statement to Investopedia. “While our customers race to be first to market, NVIDIA is working with leading CSPs (cloud service providers) as an integral part of our engineering team and process. The engineering iterations are normal and expected."
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has called the Blackwell chip "a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:complete game changer for the industry." Nvidia has said it expects to ship several billion dollars worth of Blackwꦆell revenue during the January quarter as production ramps up.
Shares of Nvidia, which will release its highly anticipated 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:earnings report on Wednesday, were down about 1.3% in recent trading, aft🦂er falling as much as 3.3% earlier in Monꦐday's session.
Supermicro Rallies on Anticipation of Plan to Avoid Delisting
Shares of Super Micro Computer (SMCI) jumped in early trading Monday, extending their rally on anticipation the company is preparing to submit a plan to avoid 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:being delisted from the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nasdaq stock exchange.
Citing a person familiar with the situation, Barron's 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:reported Friday that the server manufacturer expects to be able to meet the deadline s🎶et by the Nasdaq by submitting a plan by Monday.
The gains come after the stock took a hit in recent months from concerns about the company's stock being delisted after it delayed filing its annual report in August. The company 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:said it received a letter from the🐽 Nasdaq on Sept. 17 informing Supermicro of a 60-day deadline to file the late report, with a weekend deadline leaving Monday the effective date.
Earlier this month, the company said it "remains unable at this time to predict" when it would file the delayed annual report. 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Last week, Supermicro said its official first-quarter results would also be delayed, as it hires a new auditor to review its results after accounting firm EY resigned.
EY's resignation followed months of speculation about Supermicro's accounting after the annual report was delayed, and a report from 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:short seller Hindenburg Research 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:accused it of "accounting ෴manipulation" 𝓀and other violations.
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Supermicro shares were up over 10% in recent trading, after rising as much as 22% in the opening minutes of Monday's session. The stock is still down more than 80% from its highs in March.
Tesla Jumps on Trump Team Plans to Ease Self-Driving Rules
Shares of Tesla (TSLA) moved higher in premarket trading Monday following a report that President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is planning a ꦕ澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:federal framework for fully self-drivingﷺ vehicles, as investors bet on ꦰeasier rules for the company's robotaxi.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is part of Trump’s 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:inner circle, benefits under such a framework as he has made the rꦐobotaxi, a vehicle that will be able to drive itself without✅ human supervision, a key focus of the EV maker’s future.
According to Bloomberg, Trump’s transition team members have told advisers they plan to make a federal framework for fully self-driving vehicles ℱone of the Transportation D💝epartment’s priorities.
At the moment, companies looking to sell vehicles without steering wheels or foot pedals en masse, something Tesla is planning, face significant regulatory hurdles, the report said. Present U💯.S. rules also pose big obstacles for Tesla’s plans for a robotaxi, including a cap that limits their deployment, the report added.
Wedbush analysts reiterated their outperform call on the EV maker, saying a federal framework would be "bullish for Tesla" and a "huge step forward in easing US rules for self-driving cars."
Wedbush, which has a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:$400 price target on the EV maker, said last week that Tesla, which is less reliant on credits than smaller upstarts, could even benefit from less government support for EVs, Investors expect a Trump presidency to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:roll back EV credits given under the Biden administration.
Tesla share꧅s, which have gained more than 30% since election day, were up 6% in recent preꦿmarket trading.
Major Index Stock Futures Mixed
Futures tied to the Dow Jonesܫ Industrial Aꦇverage were down 0.2%.
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S&P 500 futures were up fractonally.
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Nasdaq 100 futures were up 0.2%.
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