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Palantir stock has struggled for months, but the company may have just given investors some hope again. Shares of Palantir surged 29.45% on Aug. 4, the trading day after Palantir reported second-quarter results that topped Wall Street's expectations. The company posted adjusted earnings of 41 cents ...

Investors have plenty of reasons to be uncertain right now. But that has not wholly shaken companies' faith in their ability to deliver strong earnings growth this year.

Aug 5 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Wednesday, as hopes of a Middle East peace breakthrough offset the slide in shares of SpaceX and AMD after the upbeat forecasts issued by

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.4% and the actively trad

Eli Lilly posted a blockbuster second quarter fueled by continued demand for its portfolio of GLP-1 medications. The world’s biggest drugmaker by market value reported adjusted earnings of $8.38 a share in the period, better than the $6.01 consensus estimate among analysts polled by FactSet. Revenue surged 48% to nearly $23 billion—Wall Street was looking for $20.7 billion.

Just like that, cash flow matters to S&P 500 investors. And it's becoming very apparent. Shares of the nine S&P 500 stocks expected to post the most free cash flow this year, like Micron and Chevron, are smashing the rest of the market.

By Johann M Cherian and Shashwat Chauhan Aug 5 (Reuters) - Futures tracking the S&P 500 and the Dow edged up on Wednesday on hopes of a Middle East peace breakthrough, while ones tied to the Nasdaq

August 5 (Reuters) - What matters in U. and global markets today , Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets For all the doubts and handwringing, the S&P; 500 and Dow Jones are back at record highs after surging on Tuesday amid falling oil prices and the bumper earnings season.

August 5 (Reuters) - Investors are pouring money into U. healthcare stocks, betting that improving earnings, rising dealmaking and attractive valuations will extend the sector's rebound after years of underperformance.

US stock futures edged higher on Wednesday as investors reacted to renewed hopes of easing tensions in the Middle East, while corporate earnings from SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX), Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) and Novo Nordisk (NYSE:NVO) drove significant pre-market trading. Although geopolitical developments supported overall market sentiment, investors also assessed company-specific news, particularly Elon Musk’s latest comments, which weighed on both SpaceX and AMD shares.

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The Dow and S&P 500 closed at record highs as AI-linked earnings lifted stocks leaving questions about when the bubble will burst.

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Asian stock markets jumped on Wednesday as strong earnings and a resurgence of demand for tech lifted Wall Street to record peaks, while hopes for progress on

Hard drive makers Sandisk and Western Digital are due to report earnings after the closing bell Wednesday.

Korean memory-chip manufacturer SK Hynix late last month booked roughly $65 billion in profit for the quarter ended June 30, a 13-fold increase from last year. Hynix earned almost as much money in 90 days as it had in the prior 29 years since its IPO, total. The reports, though outstanding on basically every measure, still fell short of Wall Street’s sky-high expectations for chip companies.

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Shares plunged 10% after reports tied a food-safety issue to produce at multiple locations, on Aug. 4, 2026.

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CVS Health reports earnings Wednesday, with analysts expecting another solid quarter and looking for potential guidance upside from its Aetna insurance and Caremark pharmacy-benefit businesses.

The Danish drugmaker continues to rely on the success of semaglutide, branded as Wegovy for weight loss and Ozempic for diabetes.

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Autodesk currently trades at $246.30 per share and has shown little upside over the past six months, posting a small loss of 2.6%. The stock also fell short of the S&P 500’s 7.1% gain during that period.

Free cash flow is negative while the cloud build runs, and that is the whole question for anyone weighing the stock today.

Shares of one automation technology provider slipped after earnings, while another jumped. The new $13.15 midpoint implies fourth quarter earnings per share of about $3.60. Shares of automation technology provider Zebra Technologies were up 20% at $350 after it reported better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter numbers.

Investing.com -- Societe Generale told clients in a note on Tuesday that U.S. earnings strength is broadening beyond technology, and it expects the S&P 500 to reach 8,000, urging investors to "buy the momentum dip."

The number you need to know on Palantir right after earnings.

US equity futures were tracking in the green on Tuesday as traders await the latest batch of corpora

It needs to achieve growth on multiple fronts, but most of the steep valuation is rooted in one particular business's potential.

Tesla and SpaceX have a lot of overlap. Both companies are all about AI and, of course, both are run by Elon Musk.

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