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Newmont reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings, despite weaker gold prices. Cost control helped. Through Thursday trading, Newmont stock has been strong, up almost 60% over the past 12 months, benefiting from the rise in gold prices.
Federal debt has surpassed a threshold not crossed since World War II, and the troubling part is not where it stands today but where it is headed and what that means for your portfolio before the next recession arrives.
Drugmaker Eli Lilly said Thursday that it is on track to seek federal approval for its next-generation obesity drug early next year. Lilly became the first drug company to reach a trillion dollar valuation last fall as sales of its weight loss drugs took off. Among adults with general obesity, the weekly injectable lowered the weight of late-stage trial participants by an average of 28% over 80 weeks at the highest doses tested.
Tesla missed second-quarter earnings estimates and the stock was down early Thursday. Wall Street remains firmly focused on the future, though.
US stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) are selling off on Thursday as shares of Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) and Tesla (TSLA) sink lower after reporting negative cash flow on top of massive AI investments. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company CIO Brent Schutte and Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Brooke DiPalma comment on these post-earnings moves by both companies' stock.
Investing.com - U.S. stock index futures pointed lower on Thursday as investors digested another round of technology earnings and monitored escalating tensions in the Middle East that pushed oil prices back above $98 a barrel, renewing concerns over inflation and global growth.
Tesla missed second-quarter earnings estimates and the stock was down early Thursday. Wall Street remains firmly focused on the future, though.
Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index dropped 300 points Thursday as Alphabet and Tesla stock dived on earnings. Oil prices jumped.
T-Mobile US stock was sliding on Thursday after the wireless carrier reported softer-than-expected second-quarter revenue, overshadowing an earnings beat. T-Mobile reported adjusted earnings of $2.99, as revenue climbed 7.9% from a year ago to $22.8 billion. T-Mobile also said it now expects full-year adjusted free cash flow of between $18.4 billion and $18.8 billion, up from prior guidance of $18.1 billion to $18.7 billion.
Stocktwits data showed retail sentiment is weak, declining to ‘extremely bearish’ on SPY and ‘bearish’ on QQQ.
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The June Inflation report doesn't reverse a 63-month (and counting) trend of above-target price increases.
<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended lower on Wednesday, with Dow virtually flat, the S&P 500 dipping fractionally, while the Nasdaq lost more than half a percent.</p><p>Investors eagerly awaited earnings results after the closing bell from Alphabet and Tesla, the first of the Magnificent Seven megacaps to report.</p><p>Shares of Alphabet, down more than 1% at the close, dipped further in extended trading despite the Google parent topping Wall Street estimates for cloud revenue growth thanks to the AI boom.</p><p>And shares of Tesla, which also closed lower, tumbled another 2.5% in extended trading after Elon Musk's EV maker reported negative free cash flow for the first time in more than two years due to accelerated spending on AI infrastructure, battery capacity, robotaxis and next-generation manufacturing.</p><p>Bob Lang, founder and chief options analyst of Explosive Options, said that strong earnings are needed to keep the market moving higher.</p><p>“The one thing that has been pretty constant here for the past 4 or 5 months for the stock market has been strong earnings and certainly a first quarter brought us about 26, 27% earnings growth. So far in the second quarter, we're seeing it at about 16 to 17%. And that's without some of the big names that have reported for the second quarter yet. We're going to have big names like, Nvidia. We're going to have big names like Micron reporting in September. That's a couple of months away, of course. But you know, we're going to have some of these companies out there that are probably going to report some stellar earnings. And, it's really been the linchpin for keeping the stock market afloat right now.”</p><p>Shares of IBM rose in extended trading after the company cut its annual revenue growth forecast, days after shocking Wall Street with a warning that corporate spending was shifting toward AI-focused data-center gear at the expense of its software and mainframe computers.</p><p>:: ServiceNow Handout</p><p>And shares of ServiceNow, down about 6.5% at the close, rose more than 3% after hours as the company raised its forecast for annual subscription revenue for the second time after beating second-quarter revenue and profit estimates, driven by growing demand for its AI-powered software.</p><p>Among other tech names, shares of Super Micro Computer rallied almost 20%, making it the S&P 500's biggest percentage gainer, a day after the server maker said it had secured more than $60 billion in new orders in its fiscal fourth quarter. </p></body>
S&P 500 member United Rentals soared on stronger-than-forecast Q2 results after Wednesday's close as Google got a late-day haircut. AI data center construction has helped supercharge earnings for URI, which provides a one-stop shop for large construction projects. Google's plan to keep boosting capital spending suggests the demand environment for heavy machinery will keep shining, even as it may slow the pay-off for AI hyperscalers.
The Nasdaq slowly sold off throughout the day as the market awaited new information from Alphabet and Tesla after hours, today, July 22, 2026.
Wabtec was the No. 2 S&P 500 stock on Wednesday after the supplier of locomotives and railcars for freight and passenger service topped Q2 earnings estimates and raised its full-year outlook. Strong international performance, backlog growth and a wider profit margin — despite tariffs — powered Wabtec shares toward the top of a buy zone. Results: Wabtec posted adjusted earnings per share of $2.76, up 21.6% from a year ago and 16 cents ahead of estimates.
JPMorgan Chase just had the most profitable quarter in its history. Second-quarter net income came in at $21.2 billion, powered by a surge in trading revenue and a gain on its Visa stake. The S&P 500 is up close to 10% this year. Consumers are still spending. Inflation has moderated. By most ...
By Lawrence Delevingne, Johann M Cherian and Gregor Stuart Hunter July 22 (Reuters) - Oil prices rose to a six-week high on Wednesday as the U.S. and Iran traded more strikes, further threatening
Analysts who follow Nike are expressing skepticism about its move to consolidate online sales in China. The company said Wednesday that it will cut off most of the third-party e-commerce vendors who sell its products, consolidating sales into about a dozen of the country’s top e-commerce platforms and Nike’s own Chinese-language website and app. “The decision to terminate this very important channel is a strategic misstep in our view,” said Laurent Vasilescu, an analyst at BNP Paribas.
July 22 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened lower on Wednesday pressured by weakness in chip stocks, as investors remained cautious ahead of the first batch of Big Tech earnings that could