Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Applied Materials — The semiconductor equipment manufacturer tumbled 11% after the current-quarter outlook missed expectations of analysts polled by LSEG. Fiscal third-quarter earnings and revenue topped estimates. UnitedHealth — The insurer jumped nearly 8% after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway revealed a new stake , according to…
Here are your opening calls After three consecutive days of gains, the pan-European Stoxx 50 looks set to rise again today, with futures tied to the index last seen trading 0.6% higher. Those tied to the German DAX, France’s CAC 40 and London’s FTSE 100 are also all up by around 0.6%. Market participants will…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on August 12, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images S&P 500 futures are near flat Thursday night following the benchmark index’s third straight record close. Futures tied to the benchmark index ticked down 0.1%, while Nasdaq 100 futures shed…
The following passage was part of Jim Cramer’s prepared introduction to Thursday’s August monthly meeting of the CNBC Investing Club. Periodically, we are in moments like we find ourselves in now. All over America, there are portfolio managers who, for one reason or another, do not like this market. Maybe they have kept an unusual…
Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Miami International Holdings — The parent of Miami-based exchange operator MIAX surged more than 43% in its public market debut at the New York Stock Exchange. The company priced its initial public offering at $23 per share. It last traded above $31. Paramount Skydance — The…
Warren Buffett has a secret. In recent quarters, Berkshire Hathaway ‘s 13F has hinted at a position it’s building under confidential treatment. Clues in the company’s 10Q filings point many observers to an industrial name, with the stake approaching $5 billion. Combined with Buffett’s well-known preference for sturdy companies with deep moats, that’s prompted guesses…
The stock market has been on a tear over the past month, as Wall Street mulled over quarterly earnings reports, President Donald Trump ‘s tariff moves, and the Federal Reserve’s next monetary policy decision. Since last month’s third annual meeting of the CNBC Investing Club, the S & P 500 and Nasdaq hit nine and…
My top 10 things to watch Thursday, Aug. 14 1. Stock futures ticked a bit lower this morning after the July wholesale inflation report came in much hotter than expected. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq are coming off back-to-back record highs. At noon ET today, I’ll discuss what’s next for the market during…
Want to gauge the temperature of this stock market at record highs? Jim Cramer says to take a look at the stock chart of a Wall Street firm founded a few years after the end of the Civil War: Goldman Sachs . “Goldman encapsulates everything — IPOs, M & A, trading volume. This is the…
Australia unemployment rate eases to 4.2% in July Australia’s unemployment rate eased to 4.2% on a seasonally-adjusted basis in July, in line with estimates of economists polled by Reuters. The reading was lower than the 4.3% recorded in June, data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Thursday showed. Meanwhile, the number of employed…