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Small-cap shares led gains on Wednesday, surpassing the S&P 500’s performance by about 0.7 percentage point. The overall advance snapped Wall Street’s three-day slump.
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Shares of Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd fell by 20.04% on Wednesday. The decline wiped out $41.41 per share, even as the company reported…
Regular-session prices, U.S. dollars. As of .
Source: Google Finance. Range does not imply the order of intraday highs and lows.
Percent of revenue. Q2 uses the midpoint of Credo’s ranges. Source: Credo, September 1, 2026.
Ratings and 12-month targets from 14 analysts; prices in U.S. dollars. As of the September 2 close. Source: Google Finance.
Shares of Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. finished Wednesday up 1.33% at $179.56. In after-hours trade at 18:33 EDT, the price was $179.59.
Dollars per share; premarket through aftermarket
As of . Source: Nasdaq. Extended-hours prices can be thin.Second-quarter 2026 adjusted operating income margin
Q2 2026 year-over-year change
Ratings issued during the past three months
SANTA CLARA, California, September 2, 2026, 15:20 - Shares of Palo Alto Networks fell 9.3%, with the company's 34% revenue increase overshadowed by its…
USD millions; company reconciliation from GAAP to non-GAAP
A further $3 million of litigation charges completes the reconciliation. Source: Palo Alto Networks Q4 FY2026 earnings presentation.
55 analysts • average target $385.65 • 17.4% above the September 2 close
Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence via StockAnalysis, last updated September 2, 2026.
Apple Inc. shares held near $324 after hours as investors weighed a possible $200 iPhone 18 Pro Max price increase. The September launch now…
As of . One-minute observations; official close and volume from Yahoo Finance.
Scenario based on published estimates, not Apple guidance
Apple’s current price: Apple. Reported $66.50 panel cost, 20% reduction and 47 million panels: MacRumors citing The Elec and UBI Research. TS2 calculations; gross figures exclude demand, mix, channel, tax and other component effects.
Fiscal Q3 2026 · dollars and share of total
Source: Apple’s fiscal Q3 2026 Form 10-Q. Percentages calculated from reported category sales; rounding may affect totals.
U.S. small-cap stocks climbed 1.13% on Wednesday, outperforming the S&P 500 by 0.67 percentage point as Wall Street ended a three-session losing run.
Sources: Associated Press closing levels; one-minute prints from Nasdaq quote feeds for SPY, QQQ, DIA and IWM. Extended-hours prices can be thin.
Price return through the September 2 close. Each row shows Wednesday first, then week-to-date.
Source: Associated Press. Daily returns use exact closing-point changes; week figures are reported to one decimal place.
Closing market levels and the day's private-payroll release.
Sources: Associated Press for Brent and Treasuries; ADP National Employment Report for payrolls. Figures are as of September 2, 2026.
Tesla shares slipped 0.22% to $356.22 after hours on Wednesday. Investors now await Thursday’s Cybercab launch in Austin. The stock’s roughly $1.41 trillion valuation…
U.S. dollars; premarket excluded. As of .
Source: Nasdaq. Selected one-minute observations; after-hours trading begins after 16:00 ET.Tesla second quarter 2026; year-on-year changes where shown.
Price landmarks relative to the latest $356.22 after-hours trade.
DraftKings Inc. stock rose 3.3% on Wednesday, after the betting company extended a $200 customer promotion through football season. The initiative focuses on customer…
Offer paid within 21 days. State comparison covers DraftKings’ 2025 sportsbook-only markets; “higher tax” means above 30%. Sources: DraftKings offer and March 2026 Investor Day.
Source: DraftKings, quarter ended June 30, 2026. Adjusted EBITDA is a company-defined non-GAAP measure.
Sources: MarketBeat consensus as of September 2, 2026; Yahoo Finance closing price.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company shares dropped 3.7% in after-hours trading even as the company reported record sales and profit for the quarter. The stock…
U.S. dollars; regular close shown as a dashed line.
As of .
Fiscal third-quarter revenue growth from a year earlier.
Source: HPE fiscal Q3 2026 results, reported September 2.
Source: HPE fiscal Q3 2026 results.
Daktronics, Inc. erased an 11.5% intraday gain on Wednesday. The shares closed 1.2% lower, then reached $18.90 by 17:28 EDT. That was 2.4% below…
Price in U.S. dollars; Tuesday close was $19.36.
As of . Source: Yahoo Finance.Fiscal Q1 2027 versus fiscal Q1 2026
Reported balances and year-over-year booking changes
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, September 2, 2026, 14:28 – Alphabet’s stock is underperforming the S&P 500 by nine points, putting a spotlight on the company’s…
Dollars per share; regular-session closes
As of . Source: Yahoo Finance historical data.
Noam Shazeer joined OpenAI. John Jumper departed for Anthropic.
Hassabis became chairman and chief scientist. Dean prepared a new venture.
Goldman’s Sheridan identified talent departures as a major drag on the shares.
Sources: Axios, Fortune, and Yahoo Finance.
Quarter ended June 30, 2026; dollars are U.S. billions
Source: Alphabet Q2 2026 earnings filing and Form 10-Q.
SANTA MONICA, California, September 2, 2026, 17:18 - Snap Inc stock climbed 4.5% after the company reported $706 million in positive cash flow, supporting…
Wednesday close: $5.59, +4.49%. Latest aftermarket trade: $5.60.
As of . Five-minute market data; selected observations shown. Source: Yahoo Finance.
Quarter ended June 30, 2026. Percent of $1.599 billion total revenue. Source: Snap Form 10-Q.
Quarter ended June 30, 2026. Non-GAAP measures are defined and reconciled by Snap. Source: Snap prepared remarks filed with the SEC.
August 2026 recommendation distribution; 43 analysts. Source: S&P Global data via StockAnalysis.
Wall Street bounced back on Wednesday, with small-cap stocks outperforming. The Russell 2000 climbed 1.13%, more than double the S&P 500’s increase.
Change from the 16:00 cash close
. SPY points: $765.16, $764.61, $764.4486, $764.40, $764.37. IWM points: $294.01, $294.16, $294.01, $293.99, $293.9706.
Source: Nasdaq minute tape; 16:00 closes cross-checked with Google Finance. Values are not live streaming.
Close at 16:00 EDT on September 2, 2026. Source: Reuters.
NYSE new lows: 235 versus 117 new highs.
Latest reported breadth at 14:37 EDT on September 2, 2026. Source: Reuters.
Cash-close changes at 16:00 EDT on September 2, 2026. Source: Associated Press.
Chevron Corporation rose 0.58% on Wednesday following the announcement of an expanded plan for Venezuela. The company's joint ventures are set to invest over…
Regular-session close, U.S. dollars
As of . Source: Financial Times market data.
Approximate gross joint-venture production, thousand barrels daily
Sources: Chevron, September 2, 2026; current output from AP. Target timing is the five-year plan period.
Chevron second-quarter 2026 figures versus the total five-year JV plan, $ billions
The plan’s total headline equals about 45% of one quarter’s adjusted free cash flow. Chevron has not said it will fund all JV spending.
Source: Chevron second-quarter 2026 results and project announcement.
S&P Global distribution reported for August 2026, 25 analysts
Source: StockAnalysis, accessed September 2, 2026, 15:15 EDT.
A U.S.-backed plan to develop 17 Venezuelan oilfields targets enormous reserves. Yet it promises little immediate relief for a market paying nearly $96 for…
U.S. dollars per barrel; prior settlement, Wednesday high and Wednesday settlement.
As of . Sources: AP; Reuters market reporting.Million barrels per day. Chevron’s target is a company subset, not an addition to the national figure.
Sources: Reuters reporting; Chevron. National output is an approximate current estimate.Four-week average, thousand barrels per day.
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. Latest observation: four weeks ended August 21, 2026.
