ニュース

May 8 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Friday as a recovery in chipmakers helped offset worries about renewed U.S.-Iran tensions, while investors looked ahead to a crucial employment

Shares rise after the fintech company’s results signal to investors that it is chugging along just fine despite mass layoffs.

Whirlpool reported a first-quarter per share loss of 56 cents from sales of $3.3 billion. Wall Street was looking for earnings per share of 38 cents from sales of $3.4 billion.

Cloudflare stock was falling sharply in late Thursday despite better-than-expected first-quarter results from the cybersecurity company. Cloudflare reported adjusted earnings of 25 cents a share on revenue of $639.8 million. Analysts surveyed by FactSet were expecting earnings of 23 cents a share on revenue of $621 million.

Thursday, MP reported first-quarter earnings per share of 3 cents from sales of $90.6 million. Wall Street was looking for a loss of 3 cents from sales of closer to $75 million.

First-quarter results are shaping up to be the best since 2021.

Brad Marshall: Thank you, and good morning. Looking at the leveraged loan index, spreads widened roughly 50 basis points and returns were down 55 basis points during the quarter. Despite private credit generally outperforming the broadly syndicated loan and public equity markets, capital flows into several non-traded BDCs declined, and public BDCs traded down meaningfully.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down, while the S&P 500 Index and the Nasdaq Composite were up

AI ransomware and data centers are both driving up demand for Fortinet’s products, analyst Gray Powell said.

Sarepta Therapeutics is seeing lower demand for its flagship gene therapy, Elevidys, following a regulatory crackdown.

US equity futures were slightly higher pre-bell Thursday as hopes for a finalized peace deal between

Albemarle reports earnings per share of $2.95 from sales of $1.4 billion. Wall Street was looking for earnings per share of $1.19 from sales of $1.3 billion.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.2% and the actively trad

Higher lithium prices and rising demand for stationary energy storage systems to support the electric grid amid increased demand from AI data centers powered the best quarterly earnings per share since the second quarter of 2023. On Thursday, the price lithium carbonate rose 1.6% to nearly $28,000 per ton, according to Trading Economics, providing more fuel for lithium stocks. "As the global operating environment remains uncertain, we are focused on the things within our control, including operational excellence, cost and productivity discipline and cash generation to enable long-term volume and earnings growth," CEO Kent Masters said in the earnings statement.

US equity futures were marginally higher pre-bell Thursday as hopes for a finalized peace deal betwe

The S&P 500 is not just beating earnings expectations. It's blowing them up.

There is a quiet confidence in Morgan Stanley's latest note on Applied Materials. Not the loud kind that makes bold promises. The measured kind that says, "We have seen this before, and we think we know how it ends." The bank raised its price target on Applied Materials (AMAT) to $454 from $432, ...

Impressively, the aggregate earnings total for Q1 is on track to be a new all-time quarterly record at $690.4 billion, surpassing the record set in the preceding quarter at $655.5 billion.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit new highs on Iran deal hopes. Nvidia leads new buys with Arm a big earnings mover late.

Today, May 6, 2026, investors weigh surging AI data center demand against fresh guidance, margin recovery, and past troubles.

Chip stocks are having a moment, and AMD is leading the charge. Oil prices are tanking, too. Here's what you need to know.

Wall Street is looking for McDonald's promotions to help it offset expected consumer weakness.

Wall Street is looking for McDonald's promotions to help it offset expected consumer weakness.

By Lawrence Delevingne and Harry Robertson May 6 (Reuters) - Stocks advanced and oil prices dropped on Wednesday after a report that the United States and Iran are closing in on an agreement to end

Fresh off a record close on Tuesday, the Nasdaq was soaring to fresh highs on Wednesday after Advanced Micro Devices’ earnings report kept the chip rally rolling. The Dow was up 461 points, or 0.9%. The S&P and Nasdaq only need to close above yesterday’s level to establish new record closing highs.

Novo Nordisk stock rose as it raised its guidance on the back of the strong performance of its weight-loss pill.

U. S. stock futures moved higher on Wednesday after President Donald Trump paused a military initiative aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz and signalled progress toward a possible peace agreement with Iran.