October 1, 2026 11:56 am
Key Moments ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) climbed 2.5% in pre-market trading, reaching $137.40 as it co-hosts the Fortune AIQ Summit at the New York Stock Exchange. Accenture’s stock jumped 18% after strong results and guidance, providing a positive read-across for ServiceNow shares. Multiple analyst price target hikes over the past two weeks pushed the average target to […]
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Key Moments U.S. equity futures traded mixed, with Dow futures lower while S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures edged higher by 05:25 ET (09:25 GMT). Micron (NASDAQ: MU) delivered fiscal fourth quarter earnings and guidance that topped expectations, yet its shares hovered just below unchanged in premarket trading. Despite recent bond market turmoil and geopolitical […]
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Key Moments Goldman Sachs added Amazon, Burlington Stores, Huntington Ingalls, Johnson Controls, and Occidental Petroleum to its Director’s Cut list. The firm removed Air Products and Chemicals, ConocoPhillips, Golar LNG, Loar Holdings, and Tyson Foods from its conviction list. The updated report included brief company summaries, detailed analysis of the changes, market commentary, and a […]
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Key Moments Tesla registrations increased 61.9% in France, 2.2% in Norway and 38.4% in Sweden compared with a year earlier. Across the European Union, Britain and EFTA, Tesla registrations rose 43.3% between January and August. Tesla’s growth outpaced the broader battery-electric vehicle market, which expanded 38.8% over the same period. Strong September Momentum in Key […]
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Key Moments Alphabet Inc Class A (NASDAQ:GOOGL) climbed about 2% in premarket trading after Google introduced its new Gemini 4 Argon AI model. Jefferies highlighted launch pricing of $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, well below Anthropic’s comparable models. Jefferies reiterated a “buy” rating on Alphabet with a $445 price […]
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Key Moments Caterpillar plans to invest about $1 billion in North Carolina to expand manufacturing capacity for its compact equipment business. The company intends to build a new manufacturing facility in Sanford, North Carolina, focused on compact track loaders and telehandlers. The planned expansion is expected to support U.S. manufacturing operations and add roles in […]
Read moreSeptember 30, 2026 1:10 pm
Key Moments NVIDIA’s board authorized an additional $150 billion in repurchases, lifting the remaining buyback capacity to $235 billion, described as the largest in U.S. corporate history. Despite the massive program and strong fundamentals, NVDA traded at $228.52 as of 09:57 UTC, slightly lower on the session and still about 3% under its 52-week high […]
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Key Moments Moderna stock is down nearly 5.9% in pre-market trading after Citi cut its rating to Sell. Citi raised its price target to $80 from $60, still implying roughly 60% downside from Tuesday’s close. A Delaware federal court on September 28 denied Moderna’s motion to dismiss a Monsanto patent infringement case, adding legal uncertainty. […]
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Key Moments Microsoft tokenized shares were quoted at $508.06 on September 30, moving within a narrow $503.00 to $513.91 intraday band. Stifel analyst Brad Reback upgraded Microsoft from Hold to Buy on September 23 and lifted his price target from $530 to $575. Despite a generally short-leaning derivatives book, a taker buy/sell ratio of 1.17 […]
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Key Moments HSBC upgraded Target to Buy and raised its price target to $190 from $125 per share, citing a traffic-led recovery. Q2 comparable sales increased 3.8%, with store-originated sales up 2.7% and underlying profits and EPS about 5% above consensus. HSBC based its new valuation on an 18x multiple of its revised FY27e EPS […]
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