NASDAQ continues its transfer increased. New intraday highs

The Dow industrial common is buying and selling above and beneath unchanged after declining yesterday. That index has but to achieve a brand new report excessive in 2025 (the excessive value was reached on December four).

Each the S&P and the NASDAQ indices haven’t had hassle reaching highs. Each have reached new intraday report highs within the first jiffy of buying and selling in the present day. The NASDAQ is main the best way with a acquire of Zero.55%. The small-cap Russell 2000 can be up round Zero.55% in early buying and selling.

A snapshot of the market exhibits:

• Dow industrial common +13 factors or Zero.04% at 44853
• S&P index up 14.12 factors or Zero.22% at 6404.10.
• NASDAQ index up 107 factors or Zero.51% at 21285.

The small-cap Russell 2000 is up 11.14 factors or Zero.50% at 2268.

a number of the particular person tales in the present day.

• Novo Nordisk: Shares plunged over 20% after reducing full-year steering and naming a brand new CEO; blamed compounded GLP-1 use. Eli Lilly dropped four% in sympathy.

• Starbucks: Stories earnings after the shut

• UnitedHealth: Guided down sharply however sees progress in 2026—doubtful forecast. Dropped ~1.5% amid ongoing DOJ Medicare probe.

• Merck: Fell after lacking income for the primary time since 2021, narrowing steering, and unveiling $3B in price cuts forward of Keytruda patent expiration.

• Boeing: Rose ~1% in premarket buying and selling however is giving up these positive aspects and now trades down -Zero.79% after narrowing losses and posting greatest airplane deliveries since 2018. CEO calls 2025 the turnaround yr. Go determine

• Union Pacific: Shopping for Norfolk Southern for $85B to create first coast-to-coast U.S. freight rail operator; might set off rival mergers.

• Nvidia: Ordered 300,000 China-specific H20 chips from TSMC after regaining U.S. approval for gross sales in China. Shares of Nvidia are buying and selling at new report ranges and are at present up 1.20%

• Amazon: Wells Fargo raised value goal to $245 from $238—a speculative transfer forward of Thursday’s earnings. The worth is at present buying and selling unchanged at $232.80.

This week Amazon and Apple announce earnings on Thursday. Microsoft and Meta announce earnings after the shut on Wednesday (after the FOMC charge determination).

This text was written by Emma Wang at investinglive.com.