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Update: 4:00 p.m. ET
Closing Bell
The U.S. markets are closed. Maybe traders weren’t really sure how to feel after the long weekend. In a lower-volume session, a narrow majority of stocks (51.7% or 2,868 issues) declined. Still, major indexes finished out the day up a few basis points.
The Nasdaq (+0.14%) and S&P 500(+0.10%) saw modest gains, while the Dow (+0.07%) added just a few basis points. The Russell 2000 (-0.00%) fell by about a tenth of a point.
When it was all said and done, just three S&P 500 sectors were in the green: real estate (+1%), financials (+0.99%), and industrials (+0.45%). Their gains also tracked onto the Russell 2000 today.
Update: 3:27 p.m. ET
Coming Up: P.M. Earnings
After the bell, we’ll have another rack of earnings to run through as we start to wind up earnings season. Overwhelmingly, the largest of these reports have been down today, even as the market is almost completely balanced between advancers and decliners:
Update: 1:10 p.m. ET
Midday Update
Through midday, 58.5% (3,245) issues are in decline against 38.9% (2,159) issues that are advancing. Despite that, large cap indexes like the Nasdaq (+0.16%), S&P 500 (+0.13%), and Dow (+0.09%) are putting it into gear. The Russell 2000 (-0.03%) isn’t looking half bad, either.
With that, we can turn our attention to today’s Midday Movers, where we single out the top and bottom 20 stocks on U.S. markets with a market cap of at least $2 billion to see which stories are floating up on Wall Street. After this longer weekend, the stories are looking a little more obscure than normal:
Winners
Masimo Corp (+34.5%) is today’s top-performer after Danaher (-3.7%) announced that it would acquire the company for $9.9 billion, or $180/sh.
Losers
On the other end of the market, fiber optic maker IPG Photonics Corp (-14.7%) is coming down from recent highs after its strong earnings report.
Update: 9:30 – 9:45 a.m. ET
Opening Bell
The opening bell tolls, the U.S. markets are open for the week. Getting off the starting lines, it’s warm tidings for the Dow (+0.22%), but not so much for the Nasdaq (-0.47%) and Russell 2000 (-0.46%) which are facing continued tech weakness.
The S&P 500 (-0.20%) today is facing modest declines as a result, too.
Among S&P 500 sectors, financials (+0.93%) and utilities (+0.62%) are seeing the healthiest gains among the six floating higher today. The worst off are materials (-1.19%) and energy (-0.68%).
Of course, even modest declines in technology (-0.18%) are worth keeping an eye on, seeing how it controls over a third of the index’s weight and is instrumental to its success.
Also notable, spot prices of once red-hot commodities like silver and gold are also dipping today, down 6.11% and 2.85% respectively, putting them at $73.20 and $4,902.30 per data from Nymex.
Finally, the 10Y Treasury is 1 bip lower at 4.046%, its lowest showing since late November.
Other (Big) News
In big deal news this morning, Danaher is going to pay $9.9 billion for medical device company Masimo, which is remembered for its successful legal drive against the Apple Watch, which was found to have used elements of the company’s blood oxygen monitoring technology patent.
Netflix has given Warner Bros. Discovery the opportunity to explore a revised deal made by Paramount Skydance for the next seven days, giving the Ellison-owned entertainment company one more week to make its “best and final” offer.
Update: 8:43 a.m. ET
A.M. Update
Happy Monday… woops, no… Happy Tuesday. We hope you enjoyed a break from the market on Monday while the U.S. celebrated Presidents’ Day.
The markets are tipping lower this morning, with Nasdaq 100 futures declining over 1% after the long weekend. As a result, it looks as though tech and software will be most affected to start the week.
That said, let’s take a look at what we have coming up today:
A.M. Earnings: Medtronic, LabCorp, Intercontinental Hotels
Usually, Monday isn’t a very busy day for earnings. Alas, it’s Tuesday, so we’re getting right into it this week. This morning, Medtronic, Energy Transfer LP, and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners will be among the largest reports of the day.
Economic Data: ADP Employment, NY Empire State Manufacturing, NAHB Housing
This week will get busy for economic data tomorrow with Housing Starts/Building Permits and FOMC Minutes, among other things. However, we’ll start off the week with a light course of reports. Here’s the set:
