Stock Movers

Today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market, a look at the notable movers:
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The US market close with Bloomberg's Charlie Pellet and Norah Mulinda.
A rebound in Treasuries brought relief to Wall Street, spurring gains in stocks and overshadowing concerns about inflationary pressures stemming from elevated energy costs. The respite in the bond selloff sent 10-year yields down from the highest since 2002. The S&P 500 erased a drop that had been fueled by factory data showing a surge in a gauge of raw-material prices. Oil climbed amid ongoing geopolitical risks. The Pentagon may soon deploy an additional aircraft carrier and 10,000 troops to the Middle East, according to a US official.
- Walt Disney (DIS) plans to cut hundreds of jobs as part of a restructuring of its television operations, extending a wave of job cuts, the Wall Street Journal reported. The overhaul will consolidate divisions at the company, according to the Journal.
- Mattel (MAT) has drawn takeover interest from Authentic Brands Group, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Authentic has been discussing an offer that could value Mattel at more than $20 a share, the Wall Street Journal reported.
- Elf Beauty (ELF) shares rise as much as 4.8% on Thursday, as Raymond James says the cosmetics company’s value proposition, prestige-inspired products and high-growth Rhode brand position it to exceed earnings expectations.
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- McCormick (MKC) reported its fastest sales growth since 2021, with third-quarter net sales increasing 17% to $2.02 billion. Consumers are cooking more at home to save money, and while higher prices for some ingredients have impacted demand for certain spices, McCormick's consumer business has gotten an overall boost from the trend. McCormick expects sales volumes in the Americas to improve in the near-term, but sees pressures persisting in its flavor solutions business due to softer demand from quick-service restaurant customers.

- ServiceNow (NOW) shares rise. Software stocks rose as investors received news the FTC launched an investigation into frontier AI developers.
- Paramount Skydance (PSKY) shares drop. Paramount ’s $41 billion of US dollar bonds to finance its takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. sold off to start their first full day of trading while default-protection expenses surged to a 17-year high.
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- Accenture (ACN) shares rise. Accenture reported revenue for the period came in at $18.7 billion, up 7% from the year prior, beating Bloomberg-compiled analyst estimates of $18.04 billion. The company reported $22.2 billion of new bookings, beating the roughly $20 billion analysts had estimated, and announced separate deals with Alphabet Inc.'s Google Cloud, Anthropic PBC and Amazon.com Inc.'s web services unit.

- Synopsys (SNPS) shares are up 9% with analysts positive on the maker of electronic design automation software in the wake of an investor day event where it gave long-term targets that are seen as strong.
- Moderna (MRNA) shares tumble. A Citigroup analyst recommended selling the stock, saying its current valuation is “unjustifiable” following an outsized rally. The analyst believes the re-rating of the stock reflects successful expansion in many tumor types and unrealistic implied sales, and that the melanoma win for the vaccine does not broadly validate the platform for other tumor types.
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Today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market.
On this episode of Stock Movers:
- McCormick (MKC) shares rose after the company posted its strongest sales since 2021, with third-quarter net sales increasing 17% to $2.02 billion.
- Accenture (ACN) shares are moving higher after the IT services company reported fourth-quarter results that beat expectations on key metrics, including revenue and bookings.
- Constellation Energy (CEG) is gaining after the operator of gas power plants said it signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Amazon, which covers 690 megawatts of nuclear capacity at Maryland’s Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center, including a 190-megawatt uprate.
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Today's biggest winners and losers in the stock market.
On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Accenture (ACN) shares are moving after it reported earnings this morning. The company had entered Thursday grappling on how AI will affect the company, with shares down 32.1% year to date.
- Micron Technology (M) shares are moving after it reported fourth-quarter results that beat expectations and gave an outlook that points to durable AI-related demand. Still, Vital Knowledge noted that expectations are very high for the space, “so investors might look at the MU release as not being much better than ‘inline.’”
- Alphabet (GOOG) shares are reacting to the company's announcement of a new frontier model called Gemini 4 Argon, the company announces on their blog. The new model is rolling out with the US government and a set of trusted cyber defenders through its Fairwind Program
- Constellation Energy (CEG) is gaining after the operator of gas power plants said it signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Amazon, which covers 690 megawatts of nuclear capacity at Maryland’s Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center, including a 190-megawatt uprate.
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