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Stocks Broadly Lower Following Fed Chair Speech

Stocks ended the day broadly lower following Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's speech at the Jackson Hole symposium. In his first major speech since taking the chair in May, Warsh warned that inflation has not meaningfully slowed, signaling that policymakers may have "work to do" to bring inflation back down to the Fed's 2% target.Get caught up quickly on the top news and calls moving stocks with these five Top Five lists.1. STOCK NEWS:Advent and Stripe are no longer pursuing a $50B deal for PayPal,Marvellreportedand provided guidance for Q3Gapprovided a "beat and raise" report for Q2Element Solutionsand Solstice Advanced Materialsmutually agreed toGE Vernovanamed Rivian's2. WALL STREET CALLS:Modernato Buy at Argus after FDA approval for updated Covid vaccinesWorkdayto Equalweight at Capital OneTeraWulfwith an Outperform at William BlairEvolution Petroleumto Outperform at NorthlandAllstateto Hold at Argus3. AROUND THE WEB:The U.S. appeals court sided with Nevada regulators, allowing the state to treat sports prediction markets like unlicensed sportsbooks, while sending Kalshi's election contracts back for further consideration, Bloomberg Law reportsChevronappears positioned to invest billions of dollars and expand its Venezuela footprint, while Halliburtoncould benefit from increased oilfield services activity, WSJ reportsAnthropic discussed buying AI chip startup MatX for about $7B, but talks are no longer active, Reuters saysKimberly-Clarkhas asked EU regulators permission for its proposed $40B takeover of Kenvue, Reuters reportsSoftBankis in talks to buy a majority stake in humanoid robot maker 1X at a $6B valuation, The Information says4. MOVERS:Elasticadvanced after, providing guidance for Q2, and raising its outlook for FY27PagerDutygained afterand raising its guidance for FY27N-ablewas higher after announcing a $50M increase to itsRubrikfell afterand raising its guidance for FY27BioNTechwas lower in New York after announcing it will terminate its5. EARNINGS/GUIDANCE:Chase, with EPS beating consensusFiscalNoteprovidedMiniso, with CEO Guofu Ye "pleased to see that MINISO Chinese mainland delivered a standout performance"Koss Corp., with EPS and revenue higher year-over-yearAffirmand provided guidance for Q1 and FY27INDEXES:The Dow fell 9.45, or 0.02%, to 53,559.99, the Nasdaq lost 138.93, or 0.52%, to 26,402.42, and the S&P 500 declined 19.23, or 0.25%, to 7,711.76.

Major Averages Rise After Fed Chair's Speech

The major averages were higher near noon after Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's speech at the Jackson Hole symposium. In his first major speech since taking the chair in May, Warsh warned that inflation has not meaningfully slowed, signaling that policymakers may have "work to do" to bring inflation back down to the Fed's 2% target.The Treasury market remains a risk as long-term yields have risen sharply in recent weeks, with the 30-year yield near levels last seen in 2007. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's expanded bond-buyback program has attempted to ease pressure at the long end of the curve, but investors remain concerned about inflation, government borrowing and the fiscal outlook.Get caught up quickly on the top news and calls moving stocks with these five Top Five lists.1. STOCK NEWS:Advent and Stripe are no longer pursuing a $50B deal for PayPal,Marvellreportedand provided guidance for Q3Gapprovided afor Q2Element Solutionsand Solstice Advanced Materialsmutually agreed toGE Vernovanamed Rivian's2. WALL STREET CALLS:Modernato Buy at Argus after FDA approval for updated Covid vaccinesWorkdayto Equalweight at Capital OneTeraWulfwith an Outperform at William BlairEvolution Petroleumto Outperform at NorthlandAllstateto Hold at Argus3. AROUND THE WEB:Chevronappears positioned to invest billions of dollars and expand its Venezuela footprint, with a potential addition of two heavy-oil fields, while Halliburtoncould benefit from increased oilfield services activity, WSJ reportsAnthropic discussed buying AI chip startup MatX for about $7B, but talks are no longer active, Reuters saysKimberly-Clarkhas asked EU regulators permission for its proposed $40B takeover of Kenvue, Reuters reportsSoftBankis in talks to buy a majority stake in humanoid robot maker 1X at a $6B valuation, The Information saysYouTubeand TikTok are yet to publicly acknowledge Meta'sproposed changes under its AG settlement, NY Times reports4. MOVERS:Elasticincreases after, providing guidance for Q2, and raising its outlook for FY27PagerDutygains afterand raising its guidance for FY27N-ablehigher after announcing a $50M increase to itsRubrikfalls afterand raising its guidance for FY27BioNTechlower in New York after announcing it will terminate itsof a cancer vaccine5. EARNINGS/GUIDANCE:Chasewith EPS beating consensusFiscalNoteMiniso, with CEO Guofu Ye "pleased to see that MINISO Chinese mainland delivered a standout performance"Koss Corp., with EPS and revenue higher year-over-yearAffirmand provided guidance for Q1 and FY27INDEXES:Near midday, the Dow was up 94.13, or 0.18%, to 53,663.57, the Nasdaq was up 51.28, or 0.19%, to 26,592.63, and the S&P 500 was up 16.06, or 0.21%, to 7,747.05.

Nvidia's Strong Earnings Boost Tech Stocks

Eight out of 11 S&P 500 sectors finished the day in the red on Thursday, and yet the benchmark index registered a positive session thanks to broad-based strength seen across the Technology sector.  Consumer names - cyclical and staples - were the worst performing areas of the market, followed closely by the recent out-performer Healthcare.Nvidia'searnings and constructive outlook for next year reported overnight re-established the AI capex buildout as the dominant theme driving market sentiment, sending shares of the preeminent chip designer up 9% to its highest level since the first week of June.  Concurrently, blowout earnings out of Salesforce, along with the company's announcement of a deeper partnership with Anthropic, strained the bearish thesis of a "SaaS-pocalypse" that has haunted enterprise software space since early weeks of this year.For quite some time, Software stocks have traded antithetically to the pro-AI-capex areas of the market - semiconductors, semi equipment, memory, and hardware - yet today, the two themes surged in step.  iShares Software Sector ETF (IGV) was up nearly 8% on the day, rising to its best levels of the year.  In turn, the popular proxy Semiconductor ETF- where Nvidia holds a  20% contribution - was up over 3% on the day.In the opening hour of the evening session, S&P e-minis are down 0.2% while Nasdaq Composite is off by 0.3%, with Thursday's positive sentiment somewhat diffused by relatively in-line results from Marvell Technology.  Traders are also on edge heading into Friday's Jackson Hole address by Kevin Warsh, with markets preparing to dissect the speech for clues on the new Fed Chair's thinking about persistent inflation, resilient labor market, and the recent pressure in the longer-dated Treasury market.Check out this evening's top movers from around Wall Street, compiled by The Fly.HIGHER AFTER EARNINGS -Elastic N.V.up 20.4%The Gapup 14.7%Affirm Holdingsup 8.8%Workdayup 0.3%DOWN AFTER EARNINGS -LifeVantagedown 9.9%IREN Limiteddown 7.4%Marvell Technologydown 5.9%Rubrikdown 5.9%Autodeskdown 5.0%SentinelOnedown 3.9%Ulta Beautydown 3.0%PagerDutydown 1.8%