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What moved across our coverage universe, and why — refreshed by the daily data pipeline. See also today's stock news and analyst forecasts.
Prices from Nasdaq (delayed), trading date 2026-10-19. Informational only, not a tradable live quote.
Biggest movers: AMGN +1.14% on the upside, HON -1.86% on the downside, across 164 tracked tickers.
Gainers
AMGN $429.80 +1.14%
CMCSA $22.13 +1.05%
VRTX $506.89 +0.98%
LRCX $274.50 +0.84%
QUBT $6.47 +0.84%
KLAC $167.63 +0.74%
PLD $125.00 +0.73%
CLSK $8.52 +0.71%
Losers
HON $206.07 -1.86%
XEL $74.15 -1.32%
GME $26.15 -1.10%
UBER $69.39 -0.83%
FCX $69.20 -0.76%
MA $612.12 -0.68%
TMO $675.01 -0.65%
COP $144.44 -0.55%
Most-moved in our universe
| Ticker | Company | Price | 1D | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HON | Honeywell | $206.07 | -1.86% | Diversified industrial mid-portfolio separation. |
| XEL | Xcel Energy | $74.15 | -1.32% | Midwest utility with a heavy wind build. |
| AMGN | Amgen | $429.80 | +1.14% | Biologics portfolio with an obesity pipeline option. |
| GME | GameStop | $26.15 | -1.10% | Retailer whose price has decoupled from its operating results. |
| CMCSA | Comcast | $22.13 | +1.05% | Broadband cash flows funding media and parks. |
| VRTX | Vertex Pharmaceuticals | $506.89 | +0.98% | Cystic fibrosis monopoly extending into pain and kidney disease. |
| LRCX | Lam Research | $274.50 | +0.84% | Etch tools tied to memory capital spending. |
| QUBT | Quantum Computing Inc | $6.47 | +0.84% | Photonic quantum research company at pre-commercial revenue. |
| UBER | Uber | $69.39 | -0.83% | Rides and delivery marketplaces monetised on take rate. |
| FCX | Freeport-McMoRan | $69.20 | -0.76% | Copper production positioned for electrification demand. |
| KLAC | KLA | $167.63 | +0.74% | Process control — the yield inspection layer of chipmaking. |
| PLD | Prologis | $125.00 | +0.73% | Industrial warehouse REIT tied to e-commerce logistics. |
| CLSK | CleanSpark | $8.52 | +0.71% | Bitcoin miner with high operating leverage to the coin price. |
| ADI | Analog Devices | $397.12 | +0.70% | High-performance analog for industrial and auto customers. |
| MA | Mastercard | $612.12 | -0.68% | The second rail in the global card duopoly. |
| PLUG | Plug Power | $1.38 | +0.67% | Hydrogen fuel cells with heavy cash burn and repeated dilution. |
| TMO | Thermo Fisher | $675.01 | -0.65% | Lab instruments and reagents across the research economy. |
| VKTX | Viking Therapeutics | $25.21 | +0.64% | Clinical-stage biotech racing an oral and injectable dual GLP-1/GIP agonist through Phase 3 obesity trials. |
| MDLZ | Mondelez | $63.73 | +0.62% | Global snacking brands with emerging-market exposure. |
| NKE | Nike | $37.45 | +0.62% | Brand pricing power working through a wholesale reset. |
Briefs
US market brief — 2026-10-19
113 of 164 ranked tickers rose, 44 fell, 7 unchanged. Led up by AMGN (1.14%), led down by HON (-1.86%).
2026-10-19
US market brief — 2026-10-16
36 of 164 ranked tickers rose, 117 fell, 11 unchanged. Led up by CHPT (1.95%), led down by NNE (-1.63%).
2026-10-16
US market brief — 2026-10-15
55 of 164 ranked tickers rose, 101 fell, 8 unchanged. Led up by ACHR (1.17%), led down by AMD (-1.44%).
2026-10-15
US market brief — 2026-10-14
60 of 164 ranked tickers rose, 100 fell, 4 unchanged. Led up by AMT (3.1%), led down by RKLB (-9.94%).
2026-10-14
US market brief — 2026-10-13
80 of 164 ranked tickers rose, 77 fell, 7 unchanged. Led up by BBAI (1.88%), led down by BAC (-2.34%).
2026-10-13
US market brief — 2026-10-12
75 of 164 ranked tickers rose, 88 fell, 1 unchanged. Led up by META (3.38%), led down by LCID (-9.37%).
2026-10-12
US market brief — 2026-10-09
105 of 164 ranked tickers rose, 59 fell. Led up by MRNA (14.21%), led down by T (-10.82%).
2026-10-09
US market brief — 2026-10-08
76 of 164 ranked tickers rose, 86 fell, 2 unchanged. Led up by LOW (4.03%), led down by RIOT (-9.17%).
2026-10-08
US market brief — 2026-10-07
52 of 164 ranked tickers rose, 111 fell, 1 unchanged. Led up by SPOT (5.08%), led down by FCEL (-11.07%).
2026-10-07
US market brief — 2026-10-06
113 of 164 ranked tickers rose, 42 fell, 9 unchanged. Led up by LEU (8.8%), led down by PLUG (-1.59%).
2026-10-06
US market brief — 2026-10-05
92 of 164 ranked tickers rose, 70 fell, 2 unchanged. Led up by MRNA (6.95%), led down by CHPT (-3.88%).
2026-10-05
US market brief — 2026-10-02
97 of 164 ranked tickers rose, 59 fell, 8 unchanged. Led up by VST (2.86%), led down by BKNG (-1.61%).
2026-10-02
US market brief — 2026-10-01
103 of 164 ranked tickers rose, 56 fell, 5 unchanged. Led up by ON (7.11%), led down by NKE (-8.58%).
2026-10-01
US market brief — 2026-09-30
136 of 164 ranked tickers rose, 22 fell, 6 unchanged. Led up by RKLB (2.97%), led down by REGN (-1%).
2026-09-30
US market brief — 2026-09-25
108 of 164 ranked tickers rose, 56 fell. Led up by MDLZ (0.93%), led down by AMT (-1.53%).
2026-09-25
US market brief — 2026-09-24
77 of 164 ranked tickers rose, 87 fell. Led up by CHPT (1.45%), led down by ZS (-3.86%).
2026-09-24
US market brief — 2026-09-23
95 of 164 ranked tickers rose, 69 fell. Led up by NNE (1.47%), led down by VKTX (-8.52%).
2026-09-23
US market brief — 2026-09-22
99 of 164 ranked tickers rose, 65 fell. Led up by IONQ (10.88%), led down by CHPT (-1.02%).
2026-09-22
US market brief — 2026-09-21
110 of 164 ranked tickers rose, 54 fell. Led up by GME (2.68%), led down by MDLZ (-1.12%).
2026-09-21
US market brief — 2026-09-18
105 of 164 ranked tickers rose, 59 fell. Led up by REGN (7.24%), led down by CHPT (-1.17%).
2026-09-18
US market brief — 2026-09-17
86 of 164 ranked tickers rose, 78 fell. Led up by CHPT (1.11%), led down by RIOT (-0.87%).
2026-09-17
US market brief — 2026-09-16
125 of 164 ranked tickers rose, 39 fell. Led up by ON (1.77%), led down by LEU (-2.31%).
2026-09-16
US market brief — 2026-09-15
92 of 164 ranked tickers rose, 72 fell. Led up by CCJ (1.55%), led down by DXCM (-1.71%).
2026-09-15
US market brief — 2026-09-14
83 of 164 ranked tickers rose, 81 fell. Led up by ZS (16.52%), led down by ARM (-9.74%).
2026-09-14
US market brief — 2026-09-10
7 of 16 ranked tickers rose, 9 fell. Led up by AAPL (3.55%), led down by INTC (-5.49%).
2026-09-10
US market brief — 2026-09-09
4 of 16 ranked tickers rose, 12 fell. Led up by XOM (2.13%), led down by F (-3.78%).
2026-09-09
US market brief — 2026-09-05
4 of 16 ranked tickers rose, 12 fell. Led up by INTC (4.46%), led down by TSLA (-6.11%).
2026-09-05
US market brief — 2026-09-03
12 of 16 ranked tickers rose, 4 fell. Led up by TSLA (5.56%), led down by XOM (-1.06%).
2026-09-03
US market brief — 2026-09-02
8 of 16 ranked tickers rose, 8 fell. Led up by AAPL (3.91%), led down by UBER (-5.25%).
2026-09-02
Today's Top US Stock Picks by Category — August 26, 2026
A category-by-category look at what actually moved US stocks today: Moderna led the S&P 500 on melanoma-vaccine data, Nvidia and AMD rebounded into Nvidia's after-the-bell earnings, and Rezolve AI jumped on a Google Cloud deal.
2026-08-26
US Stock Analysis and Analyst Forecasts — August 26, 2026
Analyst-firm calls and earnings-day setups across the tracked universe: an Nvidia buy reiteration ahead of tonight's earnings, a Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley target cut on Intuit, a Nike downgrade, and a wave of momentum in the small-cap quantum-computing names.
2026-08-26
US Stock Analysis and Analyst Forecasts — September 2, 2026
Two fresh Buy initiations in the space sector, Nvidia reportedly in advanced talks to buy Hugging Face for up to $14 billion, and Cathie Wood's ARK trimming AMD while adding to Rocket Lab — a same-day record of what firms and companies actually said or did.
2026-09-02
US Stock Analysis and Analyst Forecasts — September 8, 2026
Apple heads into tomorrow's iPhone 18 launch split between a bullish Morgan Stanley call and a bearish KeyBanc warning, while Alphabet, Amazon, Taiwan Semiconductor and Micron all hold the highest possible analyst-quality score on the Street today.
2026-09-08
US Stock Market Week Ahead — September 13, 2026
Wall Street rebounded Friday after four straight down sessions, but this week's real event is Wednesday's Fed decision — markets are pricing a roughly 90% chance of a rate hike after hot August inflation data, alongside Lennar's earnings and a full slate of dividend dates.
2026-09-13
US Stock Analysis and Analyst Forecasts — September 14, 2026
A weekend call from frontier-AI leaders to slow development split the market in two on Monday: cybersecurity software posted the day's biggest gains, with CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks up double digits on fresh Wedbush Buy initiations, while chip and AI-hardware names sold off and all three major indices closed lower.
2026-09-14
US Stock Analysis and Analyst Forecasts — September 17, 2026
Equities rallied the day after a quarter-point rate hike, with the Nasdaq 100 up 1.73% as falling Treasury yields and a stronger-than-expected jobless-claims print pulled money back into AI hardware: Intel closed up 7.62% on an accelerated 14A timeline, and AMD, Micron and TSMC all finished higher.
2026-09-17
US Stock Analysis and Analyst Forecasts — September 18, 2026
Crypto stocks led a mixed Friday after the SEC's tokenised-stock exemption — Coinbase closed up 11.66% and MARA 13.79% — while Micron climbed back above $1,000 on an upbeat RBC preview, Netflix fell 4.66% on a Wells Fargo downgrade to Underweight, and GM and Ford slid on Washington's tougher line on Chinese partnerships.
2026-09-18
US Stock Analysis and Analyst Forecasts — September 21, 2026
Meta's Muse AI agent drove a tech-led Monday — Meta closed up 11.34% after Wells Fargo lifted its target to $796, and Arm, Intel and AMD rallied 10% to 17% on the CPU-demand read-through — while oil below $100 eased rate-hike odds and Novo Nordisk fell 7.92% despite a winning CagriSema trial.
2026-09-21
US Stock Analysis and Analyst Forecasts — September 22, 2026
Viking Therapeutics closed up 35.67% on VK2735 maintenance data and Micron rose 5.00% into its September 30 earnings, while Charles Schwab fell 6.10% and dragged financials lower on Vanguard's Altruist deal, and Apple ended just short of a $5 trillion market value.
2026-09-22
US Stock Analysis and Analyst Forecasts — September 23, 2026
The S&P 500 fell 0.72% as the 10-year Treasury yield pushed through 5% for the first time since 2007 and October rate-hike odds jumped above 70%; Alphabet dropped 3.80% and Amazon 2.24%, IonQ rose 4.42% on a real-time error-correction decoder while Rigetti and D-Wave reversed lower, Palantir gained 3.68% on an FAA opportunity, and Novo Nordisk fell 3.15% despite CagriSema beating tirzepatide.
2026-09-23
US Stock Analysis and Analyst Forecasts — September 28, 2026
The S&P 500 fell about 0.77% as the 10-year Treasury yield hit 5.24% and October rate-hike odds rose to roughly 70%; MongoDB sank 18.46% after its CEO left to run Meta's new enterprise AI unit, Meta fell 4.79%, Nvidia rose 1.68% on a $150 billion buyback increase, Palo Alto gained 4.63% on a BTIG target raise, and gold dropped almost 4%.
2026-09-28
US Stock Analysis and Analyst Forecasts — September 29, 2026
The S&P 500 slipped about 0.19% as job openings and consumer confidence missed and October rate-hike odds fell to about 51.5%; Fair Isaac sank 26.66% on a mortgage credit-score rule change, utilities led the sectors, Apple fell 2.66%, Meta rebounded 3.24%, Netflix won a Deutsche Bank upgrade and BTIG raised its Robinhood target ahead of Micron's results.
2026-09-29
US Stock Analysis and Analyst Forecasts — September 30, 2026
The S&P 500 slipped about 0.23% and the Dow lost 0.86% while the Nasdaq 100 added 0.23% as August core PCE inflation cooled to 3.0% and October rate-hike odds fell to about 39%; Micron beat and raised guidance after the close, Intel jumped 3.71% on a $30 billion Arizona fab deal, Microsoft closed its best quarter since 1991, HSBC upgraded Target, Walmart fell 2.70% and Ford slid on an F-150 supply report.
2026-09-30
US Stock Analysis and Analyst Forecasts — October 1, 2026
The S&P 500 rose about 0.2%, the Dow added 0.04% and the Nasdaq 100 gained 0.31% as October rate-hike odds fell to about 25% and the 10-year yield eased to 5.23%; energy led as Brent hit $102, Micron rose about 3% after its record quarter, Alphabet fell 1.7% on mixed court rulings, Mattel surged 18% on a reported $6 billion approach, General Motors gained 3% and Nike fell after hours on a revenue miss.
2026-10-01
US Stock Analysis and Analyst Forecasts — October 2, 2026
The S&P 500 rose 0.74%, the Dow 0.49% and the Nasdaq 100 1.0% after September payrolls grew by just 29,000 and October rate-hike odds fell to about 23%; Tesla jumped 4.65% on record-beating deliveries, Nvidia hit an all-time high, Western Digital and Seagate sank about 10% on Toshiba capacity plans, and Nike fell to its lowest level in more than a decade after its earnings miss.
2026-10-02
US Stock Analysis and Analyst Forecasts — October 5, 2026
The S&P 500 rose 0.67%, the Dow 0.18% and the Nasdaq 100 0.87% to a record close as Brent crude fell back to about $99 and the 10-year Treasury yield hit a 24-year high of 5.32%; PTC jumped 33% on a $22.6 billion takeover by Schneider Electric, Stifel lifted its AMD target to $700, Bank of America upgraded DraftKings, and Intel slid on reports that Tesla is in talks to bring TSMC into its Terafab project.
2026-10-05
US Stock Analysis and Analyst Forecasts — October 6, 2026
The S&P 500 rose 0.59% to a record close of 7,819.83, the Dow 0.49% and the Nasdaq 100 0.48% as the 10-year Treasury yield eased to 5.26% and rate-hike odds fell; Constellation Energy jumped about 12% on a 3.6-gigawatt power deal with Alphabet, Marvell lifted its fiscal 2028 revenue outlook to $20 billion, Mizuho and Citi raised their AMD targets, Goldman Sachs raised its GM target and cut Ford's, and Moderna slid after the WHO played down plague-outbreak fears.
2026-10-06
US Stock Analysis and Analyst Forecasts — October 7, 2026
The S&P 500 slipped about 0.2% to 7,801.15, the Dow 0.7% and the Nasdaq 100 0.2% as tech and industrial stocks sold off and Fed minutes showed unanimous support for September's rate hike; healthcare led with Moderna up about 4.8% ahead of its return to the Nasdaq 100, Caterpillar fell on a downgrade and an FTC farm-equipment inquiry, Spotify jumped about 5% after Bank of America reiterated its $685 target, and Wells Fargo fell on a federal fair-lending probe.
2026-10-07
US Stock Analysis and Analyst Forecasts — October 8, 2026
The S&P 500 fell about 0.5% to 7,765.70 and the Nasdaq 100 about 1.4% while the Dow edged up 0.1% as Brent crude rose 4% to $104 after a tanker was struck off Qatar; energy led and technology lagged, with Intel down more than 5%, Goldman Sachs upgraded Palantir to Buy with a $230 target, Starbucks fell on a report that it has explored a takeover of Chipotle, and Oracle dropped about 5.5% on gas-supply delays at its New Mexico AI campus.
2026-10-08
US Stock Analysis and Analyst Forecasts — October 9, 2026
The S&P 500 rose about 0.6% to 7,811.09, the Dow about 0.8% and the Nasdaq 100 about 0.5% as oil eased and technology shares recovered; AT&T fell 9.85% and Verizon 8.75% after SpaceX agreed to buy nationwide wireless spectrum for a reported $8 billion, tower owners led a real-estate rally, Moderna jumped about 13% on joining the Nasdaq 100, Barclays cut Joby Aviation to Underweight with a $4 target, and Apple slipped on a report of reduced iPhone 18 Pro component orders.
2026-10-09
US Stock Analysis and Analyst Forecasts — October 12, 2026
The S&P 500 slipped about 0.06% to 7,807.79 and the Nasdaq 100 fell about 0.7% as chip and optical-networking shares sold off while energy led on higher oil; Micron fell on competition worries, Meta rose about 3.4% on early data for its Muse assistant, Bank of America lifted its Taiwan Semiconductor target to $620, and Amazon is weighing a Prime bundle for its Leo satellite internet service.
2026-10-12
US Stock Analysis and Analyst Forecasts — October 13, 2026
The S&P 500 slipped about 0.02% to 7,805.37 as rate-hike odds rose ahead of September inflation data and energy led on Iran tensions; Johnson & Johnson fell about 5.7% on a medical-technology miss, Truist lifted its Meta target to a Street-high $1,000, Huber Research double-downgraded Netflix to Underweight, and Micron fell on Chinese memory-chip competition.
2026-10-13
US Stock Analysis and Analyst Forecasts — October 14, 2026
The S&P 500 fell about 1.08% to 7,720.97 and the Nasdaq 100 about 2% as hot September inflation lifted October rate-hike odds to 33.8%; healthcare led while tech sank, Barclays downgraded Dell, Morgan Stanley fell despite record wealth inflows, and Intel slipped after a factory explosion in Israel.
2026-10-14
US Stock Analysis and Analyst Forecasts — October 15, 2026
The S&P 500 gained 0.33% to 7,744.09 and the Dow 1.08% as Treasury yields fell despite a hot PPI report, while the Nasdaq 100 slipped; healthcare led, Moderna rose ahead of its October 24 melanoma data, Intel fell on a TSMC packaging jab, and FMC dropped about 30% on a downgrade.
2026-10-15
US Stock Analysis and Analyst Forecasts — October 16, 2026
A tech-led selloff cut the Nasdaq 100 about 2.5% and the S&P 500 about 1.1% as oil rose to roughly $109; Micron fell about 5.5%, CoreWeave 12%, Tesla 3.3%, while energy gained and Warsh's silence eased Fed-hike odds to 17.2%.
2026-10-16
US Stock Analysis and Analyst Forecasts — October 19, 2026
Tech bounced back as the Nasdaq 100 rose about 1.2% and the S&P 500 about 0.4%; Amazon jumped about 5% on a Morgan Stanley target hike to $350, Nvidia gained 2%, and J.P. Morgan upgraded Intel to Neutral while the 10-year yield hit 5.14%.
2026-10-19
Page reviewed October 2026. Market data is informational and delayed; do not trade from it.