On this episode of Stock Movers: - Richemont sales jumped to a record in the final months of last year as holiday shoppers splurged on its watches and Cartier jewelry, led by demand in the US and the Middle East. It's shares rose 2.6% on the news. - ASML shares soared to a record high, sending its market value beyond $500 billion, after Asian peer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. gave a stronger-than-anticipated outlook for 2026. The Dutch semiconductor equipment maker rose as much as 7.6%...
Jan 15, 2026•5 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Bank of America (BAC)’s equity traders posted their best fourth quarter ever as the company reaped the benefits of volatile markets and net interest income topped analysts’ estimates. Revenue from equity trading rose 23% to $2.02 billion in the final three months of the year, according to a statement Wednesday. Analysts had been expecting equity-markets revenue of close to $1.9 billion. That helped give Bank of America earnings of 98 cents a share, topping anal...
Jan 14, 2026•5 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: Listen for comprehensive cross-platform coverage of the US market close as heard on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, and YouTube with Romaine Bostick, Katie Greifeld, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. - Dow Chemicals (DOW), LyondellBasell (LYB) and other US chemicals stocks are rising Wednesday as higher oil prices are giving gas-based producers an advantage and as analysts see upside for US chemicals and fertilizer firms. - Bank of American (BAC)’s equity tra...
Jan 14, 2026•5 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - LyondellBasell (LYB) and other US chemicals stocks are rising Wednesday as higher oil prices are giving gas-based producers an advantage and as analysts see upside for US chemicals and fertilizer firms. - Wells Fargo (WFC) missed analysts’ profit estimates as severance costs drove up expenses. Shares of the company fell by the most in six months. The bank spent $612 million on severance as part of a plan designed to cut costs. Expenses were $13.7 billion, compa...
Jan 14, 2026•6 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Adient (ADNT) shares jump the most intraday since July — after UBS analyst Joseph Spak raised his recommendation on the auto supplier to buy from neutral. - Royal Caribbean (RCL) shares slide after Citi analyst James Hardiman issued a downside 30-day short-term view on the cruise operator ahead of its quarterly report expected towards the end of the month. - Wells Fargo (WFC) shares slump after the firm missed analysts’ profit estimates as severance costs drove...
Jan 14, 2026•3 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Wells Fargo (WFC) shares slump after the firm missed analysts’ profit estimates as severance costs drove up expenses, with the bank spending $612 million on severance. - Coinbase (COIN) shares rise after news a new proposal tied to crypto market structure legislation would allow digital-asset companies to offer rewards to customers who hold stablecoins, with some exemptions. - Palo Alto (PANW) shares fall after Reuters reported that China has told domestic comp...
Jan 14, 2026•3 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) missed analysts’ profit estimates as severance costs drove up expenses.The bank spent $612 million on severance as part of a plan designed to cut costs. Expenses were $13.7 billion, compared with the $13.6 billion predicted by analysts in a Bloomberg survey, according to a statement Wednesday. - Bank of America's (BAC) equity traders posted their best fourth quarter ever as the company reaped the benefits of volatile markets and net ...
Jan 14, 2026•3 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Wells Fargo (WFC) missed analysts’ profit estimates as severance costs drove up expenses and net interest income fell short. The bank spent $612 million on severance as part of a plan designed to cut costs. Expenses climbed to $13.7 billion, compared with the $13.6 billion predicted by analysts in a Bloomberg survey, according to a statement Wednesday. - Bank of America (BAC) reported net interest income for the fourth quarter that beat the average analyst esti...
Jan 14, 2026•4 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - BP said it expects to take as much as $5 billion in writedowns for the fourth quarter, just weeks after replacing its chief executive officer as it strives to turn around its fortunes. - Hays drops as much as 1.5% to the lowest since 1993 after delivering a sharper drop in like-for-like growth than expected during the latest quarter as the tough environment for recruiters continues. - EssilorLuxottica shares gain as much as 2.9% after HSBC raised its recommenda...
Jan 14, 2026•5 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - BP said it expects to take as much as $5 billion in writedowns for the fourth quarter, just weeks after replacing its chief executive officer as it strives to turn around its fortunes. - Goldman favors asset-light exposure in global logistics with analyst Patrick Creuset cutting hit recommendation on Maersk to sell. - Vistry sold 9% fewer homes in 2025 after uncertainty driven by the UK budget created a “subdued market” in the second half of the year. See omnys...
Jan 14, 2026•4 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - JPMorgan Chase (JPM) fell 4.2%. The bank's profit declined 7% in the fourth quarter, even as revenue rose on the back of higher fees and interest income. This after JPMorgan warned that President Donald Trump’s call for a 10% cap on credit card rates threatens to “significantly change” its business and would harm the biggest US bank and customers. - Meta Platforms (META) is beginning to cut more than 1,000 jobs from the company’s Reality Labs division, part of ...
Jan 13, 2026•4 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Meta Platforms (META) shares fall after news that Meta Platforms Inc. and EssilorLuxottica SA are discussing potentially doubling production capacity for AI-powered smart glasses by the end of this year to capture growing demand and head off rivals. - Delta Airlines (DAL) shares fall after the company provided a profit forecast that fell short of Wall Street estimates, suggesting the major US airline is taking a more cautious view for 2026 after the aviation in...
Jan 13, 2026•3 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - JPMorganChase (JPM) shares are up after earnings. The firm expects to earn about $103 billion in net interest income this year, more than analysts expected, and said the US economy has remained resilient with consumers continuing to spend and businesses generally remaining healthy. - Delta Airlines (DAL) shares fall after the company provided a profit forecast that fell short of Wall Street estimates, suggesting the major US airline is taking a more cautious vi...
Jan 13, 2026•4 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Delta Air Lines (DAL) is ordering 30 Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner jets in its first-ever purchase of that model, providing a boost to the US planemaker that highlights the airline’s optimism for international travel demand.The announcement came as Atlanta-based Delta reported earnings for the fourth quarter that beat analyst estimates. Revenue last year rose to a record $58.3 billion, in line with analysts’ expectations, it said on Tuesday - L3Harris (LHX) shares ...
Jan 13, 2026•3 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - JPMorgan Chase's (JPM) investment-banking fees unexpectedly fell in the fourth quarter, missing the firm’s own guidance from just last month. The biggest US bank generated $2.35 billion from the business in the last three months of 2025, down 5% from a year earlier, according to a statement Tuesday. The firm said in December that it expected a percentage gain in the “low single digits.” The investment-banking results were largely driven by a surprise 2% decline...
Jan 13, 2026•4 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - BAE Systems and Leonardo shares fall as much as 1.6% as Deutsche Bank cuts its ratings as part of several changes in European defense. Thales is down as much as 2.3% - Diageo — the maker of Guinness and Johnnie Walker — is considering options for its China assets, including a sale. Advisers have been tasked with sounding out interest from local buyers and private equity houses. Shares rose more than 2% in early trading on the news, as investors kept spirits up....
Jan 13, 2026•5 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Orsted shares surged after a US judge ruled work can resume on a wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island while it challenges the government’s latest attempt to stop offshore projects from being built. - Diageo — the maker of Guinness and Johnnie Walker — is considering options for its China assets, including a sale. Advisers have been tasked with sounding out interest from local buyers and private equity houses. Shares rose more than 2% in early trading on the ...
Jan 13, 2026•5 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Eli Lilly (LLY) said Monday it expects its highly anticipated weight-loss pill to receive US regulatory approval as early as the second quarter of 2026, slightly later than it signaled earlier. Drugmakers believe weight-loss pills could expand the market for popular GLP-1 medicines, which up until earlier this year were only sold as injections. In December, Novo Nordisk won approval to sell a pill version of its blockbuster obesity shot Wegovy in the US, a cruc...
Jan 12, 2026•6 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: Listen for comprehensive cross-platform coverage of the US market close as heard on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, and YouTube with Romaine Bostick, Katie Greifeld, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. - Alphabet (GOOG) broke above a $4 trillion market capitalization on Monday, becoming one of the few companies to ever cross the threshold as investors increasingly see the Google parent as one of the biggest winners of the artificial intelligence boom. The compa...
Jan 12, 2026•5 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Capital One (COF), American Express (AMEX), Visa (V), along with shares of other US banks sank after President Donald Trump called on credit-card companies to cap interest rates at 10% for a year, a move that could wipe out billions in profits for one of the banking industry’s biggest businesses. Capital One, the largest US card issuer, tumbled as much as 8.2% in New York, the biggest intraday decline in nine months, after the president surprised the industry w...
Jan 12, 2026•6 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Capital One (COF) shares sink after President Donald Trump called on credit-card companies to cap interest rates at 10% for a year. The cap proposed by the president could wipe out earnings from cards for a year and ruin card economics, according to Mike Mayo, an analyst at Wells Fargo & Co. - UnitedHealth (UNH) shares fall after a new Senate report found that the company used “aggressive strategies” to maximize diagnoses and boost payments for patients on ...
Jan 12, 2026•3 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Capital One (COF) shares sink after President Donald Trump called on credit-card companies to cap interest rates at 10% for a year. The cap proposed by the president could wipe out earnings from cards for a year and ruin card economics, according to Mike Mayo, an analyst at Wells Fargo & Co. - Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF) shares sank after holiday sales disappointed investors, helping spark a selloff in retail stocks. The company now expects fourth-quarter...
Jan 12, 2026•4 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - A selloff in shares in credit card firms and banks following Trump comments about capping interest rates casts a pall over the US financial sector ahead of a big earnings week for US firms. Trump said that credit-card lenders would be “in violation of the law” if they don’t heed his call to cap interest rates at 10% for one year. That’s sent shares of card issuers such as Capital One, American Express, Citigroup and JPMorgan lower in US pre-market trading, and ...
Jan 12, 2026•5 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Shares in credit card and banking firms slide in premarket trading on Monday as President Donald Trump said credit-card lenders would be “in violation of the law” if the firms don’t cap interest rates at 10% for one year. - UnitedHealth shares slip as much as 3.1% in premarket trading after the Wall Street Journal reported that a Senate committee investigating the company’s practices found that the health insurer deployed “aggressive tactics” to collect payment...
Jan 12, 2026•4 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - An index of precious metals and mining shares in Johannesburg rallied as much as 5.2%, touching its highest intraday level ever, after gold and silver hit records as the US Justice Department threatened the Federal Reserve with a criminal indictment, reviving concerns over its independence. Fresnillo jumped as much as 6.7%. - Barclays falls as much as 4.8% after President Donald Trump said that credit-card lenders would be “in violation of the law” if they don’...
Jan 12, 2026•4 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - European defense stocks rise on Monday as JPMorgan raises its price target on a number of names in the sector and as Greenland tensions continue. A Bloomberg basket of European defense shares hits a record high, gaining as much as 1.2%. BAE Systems was up by 2.5% by 8:39 a.m. in Frankfurt - Barclays falls as much as 4.8% after President Donald Trump said that credit-card lenders would be “in violation of the law” if they don’t heed his call to cap interest rate...
Jan 12, 2026•5 min
On this episode of Stock Movers, we take a look at some of the biggest gainers and decliners from the week: - SanDisk (SNDK) shares rallied this week and was the best performer in the S&P 500 on Tuesday, soaring more than 22%. It came on the heels of Nvidia's roll out of new products at CES and CEO Jensen Huang mentioning storage as an "unserved market" in tech. - Intel (INTC) shares gained the most since September after President Donald Trump touted the technological progress — and stock-ma...
Jan 09, 2026•6 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Shares of major retailers like dropped after it became clear that the Supreme Court wouldn’t release its highly anticipated tariff ruling on Friday. Under Armour (UA) and Kohl’s (KSS) both tumbled as much as 6%, with many other stocks including Lululemon Athletica, Best Buy and American Eagle Outfitters falling as well. The court is reviewing challenges to President Donald Trump’s tariffs, which have plagued margins for retailers and led to higher prices. The c...
Jan 09, 2026•5 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Mattel (MAT), Nike are among the consumer stocks falling after the US Supreme Court did not issue an opinion on the legality of IEEPA tariffs. The court could issue more opinions in the next two weeks as the justices have return from their holiday recess. -General Motors (GM) shares drop after news the automaker will take another $6 billion in charges tied to production cutbacks in its electric vehicle and battery operations. -Southwest Airlines (LUV) shares cl...
Jan 09, 2026•3 min
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Vistra (VST) shares surge after the company disclosed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Meta Platforms, Inc. The deal involves supplying over 2,600 MW of zero-carbon power from three nuclear plants to support Meta's regional operations. - General Motors (GM) shares drop after news the automaker will take another $6 billion in charges tied to production cutbacks in its electric vehicle and battery operations. - Southwest Airlines (LUV) shares climbed after...
Jan 09, 2026•3 min
