NASDAQ:QQQNYSEARCA:DIA
Small Caps Hold 1% Gain as Tech Rally Fades
Small-cap shares held a 1% gain on Wednesday afternoon. That was more than twice the broader market's advance. The iShares Russell 2000 ETF traded…
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Small caps kept the lead; tech faded in the last hour
Percentage change through
Source: Yahoo Finance one-minute prints; changes calculated from prior close and 13:00 EDT. Values are delayed snapshots, not live streaming.
Breadth improved, but broad-market volume stayed light
59.9% advanced among 491 tracked members.
Versus 19.86 million by the same time Tuesday, down 30.6%.
Sources: MarketsFN constituent screen and Yahoo Finance one-minute SPY volume, captured through 14:00 EDT.
Sector leadership favored cyclicals and defensives
Materials
+1.99%
Communication
+1.69%
Staples
+0.87%
Financials
+0.78%
Technology
−0.26%
Real estate
−0.66%
Source: Yahoo Finance; Select Sector SPDR ETF changes from Tuesday's close to 14:00 EDT.
The cross-asset signals pulling on equities
Sources: Yahoo Finance delayed market prints and ADP.
Earnings and AI deals split the company tape
GTLB
+9.94%
DELL
+8.78%
NVDA
+3.23%
META
+2.33%
MDB
−12.38%
Source: Yahoo Finance; change from Tuesday's close to the 14:00 EDT one-minute print.
EnergyNYSE:RIG
Transocean Shares Gain 4.4% as Oil Approaches $91, Spotlighting Debt-Cutting Push
Shares of Transocean Ltd. rose 4.4% on Wednesday, tracking offshore-drilling peers higher as oil prices strengthened. The stock traded at $6.18 at 13:59 EDT,…
Transocean's intraday recovery
NYSE price in U.S. dollars; previous close shown as a dashed line. As of .
Source: Yahoo Finance. Five-minute closes; final point is the latest reported trade.
Backlog is large; obligations are also large
Billions of dollars, except quarterly free cash flow. Backlog is as of August 5; balance-sheet figures are as of June 30.
Source: Transocean Q2 2026 results. Free cash flow is the company's non-GAAP measure.
Three operating gains behind the equity move
Second quarter of 2026 versus the second quarter of 2025.
Fleet utilization78.2%67.3% a year earlier; +10.9 points
Revenue efficiency97.0%96.6% a year earlier; +0.4 point
Average daily revenue$472,500$458,600 a year earlier; +3.0%
Source: Transocean Form 10-Q, filed August 7, 2026.
NYSE:HCAStock Market
HCA Shares Dip 0.5% as Layoffs Coincide with $400 Million Payer Mix Impact
Shares of HCA Healthcare fell 0.51% following new rounds of corporate layoffs. The hospital operator was trading at $411.46 as of 11:49 EDT.
HCA shares recovered from the opening low
NYSE price in U.S. dollars; previous close $413.58
Revenue growth outran profit growth
Second-quarter 2026 year-on-year change; bars share a 0%–12% scale
Revenue+8.7%
Adjusted EBITDA+4.6%
Net income+2.8%
Adjusted EPS+11.0%
The policy gap dwarfs unquantified layoff savings
HCA’s revised 2026 assumptions; midpoint arithmetic in U.S. dollars
Exchange payer-mix hit−$1.1bnrange: $1.0bn–$1.2bn
Medicaid benefit+$0.4bnrange: $0.3bn–$0.5bn
Illustrative midpoint gap−$0.7bn4.4% of EBITDA midpoint
Canadian EconomyStock Market
TSX Rebounds, Recouping Nearly Half of Tuesday’s Drop; Miners Advance Following Bank of Canada Pause
TORONTO, September 2, 2026, 10:49 EDT — The Toronto Stock Exchange regained 46% of its previous session’s losses after a Bank of Canada policy…
TSX trades above Tuesday’s close
36,032.23 · +0.58%Source: Yahoo Finance. Values are delayed and frozen at the stated timestamp.
Commodity exposure did not move as one trade
Toronto-listed iShares sector ETFs, change from Tuesday’s close.
Materials (TSE:XMA)10:47:55 EDT
+2.20%
Financials (TSE:XFN)10:46:09 EDT
+1.07%
Energy (TSE:XEG)10:49:01 EDT
−0.63%
Sources: Yahoo Finance quotes for XMA, XFN and XEG. Prices are delayed snapshots on September 2, 2026.
The rebound repairs only part of Tuesday’s break
Price-return comparison; current figure frozen at 10:49:01 EDT.
+0.58%Wednesday at 10:49:01 EDT
−1.23%Tuesday close
46%Tuesday point loss recovered
+12.97%2026 through September 1
Sources: Yahoo Finance and S&P Dow Jones Indices. Recovery percentage is calculated from a 206.50-point rise and Tuesday’s 444.75-point decline.
CommoditiesNASDAQ:GTLB
Nasdaq Futures Fall After Soft ADP Jobs Data; Oil Trades Close to $90
U.S. stock futures were mixed after private payroll data came in below expectations. Nasdaq-100 futures slipped 0.29% from the previous close by 08:55 EDT,…
Futures changed direction inside the last hour
Percent change from each window's opening price. September contracts.
As of . Source: Yahoo Finance delayed CME and CBOT data.
Hiring undershot the forecast
Change in private payrolls, thousands of jobs.
38KAugust actual
48KConsensus estimate
46KJuly revised
Sources: ADP and a Reuters poll of economists.
Broad funds showed a narrow split
Premarket change from Tuesday's regular close at 09:00 EDT.
NYSEARCA:SPY−0.03%
NASDAQ:QQQ−0.25%
NYSEARCA:DIA+0.17%
NYSEARCA:IWM+0.07%
No consolidated regular-session advance-decline count existed before the open. Source: Yahoo Finance delayed premarket prints.
Earnings gaps dominated single-stock risk
Premarket move from Tuesday's regular close at 09:00 EDT.
Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd. (NASDAQ:CRDO) was $188.19. Sources: Yahoo Finance delayed premarket data and company releases.
European MarketsNYSE:NOK
Nokia Rises 0.3% in Anticipation of EURO STOXX 50 Reentry in September
HELSINKI, September 2, 2026, 16:04 EEST — Nokia shares advanced 0.3% as market participants looked ahead to the company's potential return to the EURO…
Nokia ADR: Wednesday premarket path
U.S. dollars per ADR. Tuesday’s regular-session close was $9.93.
As of . Source: Yahoo Finance.
Where $9.96 sits in Nokia’s range
ADR reference levels in U.S. dollars.
−7.5%versus 50-day average
+4.2%versus 200-day average
−42.9%versus 52-week high
+129%versus 52-week low
Price as of September 2, 2026, 09:03 EDT; moving averages and range through September 1. Source: Yahoo Finance.
Q2 growth engine: network infrastructure
Year-on-year changes at constant currency unless noted.
+105%AI and cloud customer sales
+20%Optical Networks sales
+16%IP Networks sales
€2.8bnAI and cloud order intake
Comparable operating margin: 9.0%
Q2 2025: 8.3%Q2 2026: 9.0%
Source: Nokia, July 23, 2026.
CommoditiesNASDAQ:CME
Oil Near $90 Leaves Nasdaq Futures Down 0.5% Before ADP Data
Nasdaq-100 futures fell 0.52% below settlement early Wednesday. Oil near $90 and a Treasury yield above 4.8% kept pressure on growth shares.
Nasdaq futures: the available last hour
September E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures, index points
Futures pressure across three windows
Change from settlement, from the 04:00 premarket opening, and over the available 06:00–06:54 interval
Nasdaq-10028,973.00
−0.52%settlement
−0.28%since 04:00
+0.00%last hour
78,108 contracts
S&P 5007,624.25
−0.24%settlement
−0.16%since 04:00
−0.01%last hour
124,860 contracts
Dow52,754
−0.14%settlement
−0.16%since 04:00
−0.00%last hour
7,920 contracts
Russell 20002,916.60
−0.28%settlement
−0.30%since 04:00
−0.08%last hour
16,582 contracts
As of 06:54 EDT. Sources: S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, Dow and Russell 2000 delayed CME quotes.
Sector ETF pulse
Change from Tuesday’s close; latest trades available by 07:05 EDT
Energy+0.48%
Health care+0.18%
Communications+0.12%
Discretionary−0.06%
Materials−0.13%
Eleven-SPDR sample: 5 higher, 4 unchanged, 2 lower. Sources: XLE, XLV, XLC, XLY and XLB.
Post-earnings gaps
Premarket change from Tuesday’s regular close at 07:05 EDT
GitLab (NASDAQ:GTLB)$53.81+19.34%
Revenue +21%; net ARR growth exceeded 40%
Dell (NYSE:DELL)$456.20+7.34%
Revenue +58%; full-year outlook raised to $192 billion
MongoDB (NASDAQ:MDB)$372.30−14.26%
Revenue +30%; shares reversed despite higher full-year guidance
Prices: GTLB, DELL and MDB. Financial results: company releases.
NYSE:PCGStock Market
PG&E Shares Up 6% as Wildfire-Liability Risks Cap Earnings Multiple at 8.5x
PG&E Corporation stood at $14.04 before Wednesday’s session began, based on a delayed quote at 02:39 PDT. On Tuesday, shares ended 5.95% higher at…
PG&E’s four-session shock
NYSE:PCG, dollars per share. The final point is a delayed premarket quote.
Source: Yahoo Finance historical and premarket data. Values rounded to cents.
Tuesday’s relief was concentrated in California utilities
Regular-session change on September 1, 2026
As of the September 1 close, 16:00 EDT. Source: Yahoo Finance market data.
The policy shock compressed PG&E’s earnings multiple
Market values use the September 1 close and company guidance.
September 1 close$14.06Up 5.95%
Implied core P/E8.5×$14.06 ÷ $1.65
2026 core EPS guide$1.64–$1.66Non-GAAP
Q2 core EPS$0.40$0.31 a year earlier
Sources: Yahoo Finance and PG&E’s SEC-filed results. P/E is an arithmetic estimate, not company guidance.
NYSE:LYVStock Market
Live Nation Stock Drops 1.5% After Grange House Focuses on Higher-Margin Venues
Shares of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. closed down 1.5% on Tuesday as the market considered the impact of Grange House, the company’s forthcoming Singapore…
LYV daily closes: August 19–September 1
$177.20 · −1.50% latest session
Second-quarter growth split: revenue versus AOI
Year-over-year change for the quarter ended June 30, 2026
Concerts
Revenue+8%
AOI−14%
Ticketing
Revenue+15%
AOI+14%
Sponsorship
Revenue+12%
AOI+13%
AOI is Live Nation's segment performance measure. Source: Live Nation Form 10-Q, filed July 30, 2026.
Grange House annual sellout-capacity scenarios
Illustrative admissions at the announced 3,000-person capacity
100 shows300,000
150 shows450,000
200 shows600,000
Simple capacity arithmetic; not occupancy or attendance guidance. Source capacity: Live Nation, August 31, 2026.
Earnings ReportsNASDAQ:SOFI
SoFi Stock Drops 4.2% as 29x Earnings Valuation Faces Slower Loan Expansion
Shares of SoFi Technologies, Inc. declined 4.2% to $17.129 on Tuesday. As of 12:35 EDT, trading volume totaled 22.3 million shares.
SoFi intraday price
Regular-session snapshots, U.S. dollars
Quarterly loan originations accelerated
Second quarter volume, $ billions
Funding advantage versus credit risk
$45.5BDeposits at June 30
156 bpDeposit-rate discount to warehouses
$712.6MAnnualized interest savings
3.7%Estimated all-in personal-loan net charge-off rate
Source: SoFi Q2 2026 results. Charge-off estimate includes recoveries and excludes late-stage delinquent-loan sales.
Interest RatesStock Market
Top One-Year CD Rate Beats U.S. Average by 2.64 Points
The best broadly available one-year certificate of deposit paid 4.35% on Tuesday. That was 2.64 percentage points above the FDIC’s latest national average.
September’s deposit-rate stack
Annual percentage yield or policy range, percent
Market high: 4.50% APY across selected longer termsOne-year leader: 4.35% APYFed target: 3.50%-3.75%FDIC 12-month average: 1.71%
As of . Sources: Fortune/Curinos, Bankrate, FDIC, Federal Reserve.
The average CD curve peaks at one year
FDIC national average APY by maturity
1 month · 0.22%3 months · 1.14%6 months · 1.41%1 year · 1.71%2 years · 1.57%3 years · 1.34%4 years · 1.27%5 years · 1.36%
Source: FDIC National Rates and Rate Caps, August 17, 2026.
One year, three cash outcomes
Interest on a $10,000 deposit, using stated APY
$171FDIC 12-month national average at 1.71%
$435Leading one-year offer at 4.35%
+$264Extra annual interest from shopping the spread
Arithmetic assumes a full one-year holding period. Rate sources: FDIC and Bankrate, September 1, 2026.
Mergers and AcquisitionsStock Market
Keurig Dr Pepper’s $925 Million Chobani Deal Tops 2026 Note Maturities
Keurig Dr Pepper agreed to sell its Chobani stake and an Allentown plant. The two transactions provide $925 million before taxes and other costs.…
KDP intraday price
$32.01 +0.47%
How the $925 million package is built
2.07×$800m equity price divided by $387m carrying value
$413mSimple price-to-carrying-value difference before tax and adjustments
86.5%Equity stake’s share of gross transaction proceeds
Sale proceeds against KDP’s near-term cash yardsticks
$29.98bnGross borrowings at June 30
$1.52bnCash and cash equivalents
3.25%Gross proceeds as a share of net borrowings
Planned Pennsylvania operating footprint
$1.2bnFive-year Chobani investment
1.5m sq ftAllentown-area facility
900Full-time jobs over five years
3bn lbAnnual Pennsylvania milk at full scale
≈30%Share of current state milk output
4,000+Pennsylvania dairy farmers in the addressable supply base
NASDAQ:ONDSStock Market
Ondas Dips 6.1% After Guidance Signals $244 Million Q4 Test
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, September 1, 2026, 11:16 EDT — Ondas Holdings shares fell 6.1% after the company's latest forecast projected a $244 million…
Source: Yahoo Finance, Nasdaq real-time quote. As of . Values are timestamped, not streaming.
The revenue ramp steepens
Reported revenue and company guidance, $ millions
Q1 reported$50.1
Q2 reported$83.8
Q3 guidance$140–155
Q4 implied*$243.6–268.6
*Derived from the $525 million–$550 million full-year target using the $147.5 million Q3 midpoint. This is an analytical scenario, not company Q4 guidance. Source: Ondas Q2 results, August 13, 2026.
Backlog versus 2026 revenue
Scale capped at $800 million
Reported backlog$613m
Pro forma backlog$757m
FY guide midpoint$537.5m
Pro forma backlog / guide1.41×
Market cap / guide midpoint7.64×
Sources: Ondas Q2 results; Yahoo Finance market capitalization at 11:16 EDT on September 1, 2026. Market-cap-to-revenue is not an enterprise-value multiple.
EarningsNYSE:PATH
UiPath Shares Trade 29% Over Analyst Price Target Ahead of Earnings
NEW YORK, September 1, 2026, 09:38 EDT — UiPath shares are currently priced 29% higher than the average analyst target, putting the stock in…
PATH: first eight minutes of regular trading
Price in U.S. dollars. Dashed line marks the $18.65 previous close.
Source: Yahoo Finance market data. As of . Values are snapshots, not streaming quotes.
What Thursday’s quarter must clear
Revenue in millions of dollars; ARR in billions.
Sources: UiPath guidance and Zacks consensus. Consensus published August 31, 2026.
The market has outrun the target average
Share price and 12-month analyst targets in U.S. dollars.
Sources: MarketBeat analyst compilation, updated September 1, 2026; Yahoo Finance market price at 09:38 EDT.
EarningsLON:RR
Rolls-Royce Shares Drop 4.5% with £5.7 Billion Market Value Wipe Surpassing Profit Forecast
Shares in Rolls-Royce Holdings plc dropped 4.47% on Tuesday. The stock touched 1,461.8 pence at 10:29 BST, close to its session low of 1,458…
Rolls-Royce intraday slide
Price in pence. Snapshot at .
Source: Yahoo Finance, five-minute LSE data. Values are fixed to the stated timestamp.
One morning's loss versus a full year
Estimated equity-value loss and 2026 company guidance, £ billions.
Sources: Yahoo Finance, Google Finance share count, and Rolls-Royce guidance. Equity-value loss is an estimate.
Margins improved across all three businesses
Underlying operating margin, first half, percentage points.
Source: Rolls-Royce 2026 half-year results.
AirlinesStock Market
Singapore Airlines Shares Slip; Air India Fundraising Exposure Matches 4.5x Quarterly Earnings
Shares of Singapore Airlines Limited slipped 0.4% to S$6.76 on Tuesday. The modest share movement belies a more significant capital issue. Based on Air…
SIA intraday price
S$6.76 · −0.4%
SGX:C6L, sampled prices in Singapore dollars
Source: Yahoo Finance market data
Record sales, thinner earnings
SIA Group first quarter, FY2026/27 versus FY2025/26
Revenue+19.3%
Net fuel cost+78.5%
Operating profit−73.8%
Net resultloss
Air India’s share-of-losses drag worsened by S$42 million year on year. Source: Singapore Airlines.
What a pro-rata funding share would mean
Illustrative only; SIA has not disclosed an agreed contribution
S$479mimplied 25.1% share
4.5×Q1 operating profit
87%of Q1 capital spending
4.6%of cash reserves
Q1 operating profitS$106m
Illustrative Air India shareS$479m
Q1 capital spendingS$550m
Inputs: US$1.5 billion request and 25.1% stake from Reuters; S$1.2719/USD at 15:13 SGT; company financials.