The market played a trick on mischief night, otherwise known in the U.S. as the night before Halloween. Starting out in a climb, the market closed in the red, and earnings inspired some scary price changes.
In macro, ADP Nonfarm Employment came in much higher than estimated, a preview to the Friday labor numbers. US Core PCE prices -not the index, but prices came in at 2.8%. The Fed favors index prices that will come out tomorrow. US GDP came in at 2.8% for the first Q3 reading- the same as last quarter's first number.
SECTORS
Within industries tracked by moomoo, internet stocks flew on earnings results. By the end of the day the sector was lower, but still$Reddit (RDDT.US)$jumped 41% after announcing a surprise profit for the past quarter, after the firm said it might never turn a profit in its recent public listing.$NerdWallet (NRDS.US)$jumped 31% following the release of third-quarter financial results that beat estimates.$Alphabet-C (GOOG.US)$and$Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$also flew higher after beating ad revenue estimates Tuesday night. On the other side of the spectrum,$Trump Media & Technology (DJT.US)$fell 22% after facing high volatility.
$Super Micro Computer (SMCI.US)$fell 30% after the firm said Wednesday that its accounting contractor - Ernest and Young - resigned with fears that SMCI was not upholding ethical accounting and reporting practices, about a week before the next expected earnings date. The firm delayed its reporting in August and has still not reported its full-year results for a fiscal year that ended in June after running into accounting issues. It was the largest decliner on the S&P 500.
$Meta Platforms (META.US)$shares slipped 3.2% in extended trading after the company raised the low end of its capital expenditures outlook, overshadowing the earnings and revenue beat for the third quarter.
$Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.US)$fell 9% Wednesday, the lowest on the Nasdaq 100 hind SMCI after the chipmaker's Tuesday release of fourth-quarter revenue outlook missed analysts' estimates. Its Q3 results, otherwise mostly met or beat analyst estimates, were the forward-looking statements that hurt.
$Strategy (MSTR.US)$shares fell 8% after reporting a Q3 adjusted loss of $1.56/share, worse than estimated. The firm also missed revenue estimates, coming in 10% lower year over year at $116.07M.
$Coinbase (COIN.US)$also joined MSTR in falling 6% after its earnings after the bell came in at a miss, showing earnings of $0.28/share, below estimates of $0.42. The crypto trading firm showed sales came in lower at $1.21B than estimates of $1.26B. Both numbers were dramatically higher than a year ago period- sales grew by 78%.
$Microsoft (MSFT.US)$reported Q1 fiscal 2025 adjusted earnings of $3.30/share, vs estimates of $3.11/share, on revenue of $65.59B vs estimates of $64.51B.
Revenue came in 1.67% above estimates. All eyes were on AI capital expenditures Wednesday, showing the firm spent $14.92B on investments like AI datacenters after the firm spent $9.92 billion last quarter.
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