Afterhours News

U.S.-listed biotech buyers continued to favor asset deals over multi-billion-dollar company takeovers this week.

Tech stocks across the board fell sharply in overnight trading ahead of Friday.

Analysts questioned Sprouts Farmers Market’s recovery prospects as it reported weakening store sales.

Quarterly reports from Intel and Amazon triggered a selloff in tech stocks in the post-market hours.

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol touts turnaround progress, stronger U.S. sales and improving customer traffic.

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust and the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF are headed about 1% and 3% higher, respectively, in October.

Pinterest’s Q4 sales forecast was also lower than expectations.

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest bought 263,693 Joby Aviation shares across two ETFs.

Viasat drew Amazon takeover speculation, while advancing NASA work and satellite-connectivity partnerships.

AST plans to begin satellite-to-phone operations in the Philippines “imminently” with Smart Communications.

Tech stocks have fallen sharply in October, signaling growing fears of an AI bubble.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s tele-rallies will also be broadcast to about 20 states, including Michigan, Alaska, Texas and Iowa.

Virginia Retirement Systems raised its stakes in all three stocks, with combined holdings worth nearly $3 million at September-end.

Michael Burry lists Build-A-Bear's transformation, loyal customer base, and shareholder returns as reasons to overlook near-term weakness.

Neutron’s second stage and thrust module reached Virginia ahead of ground testing.

Mastercard, Cheniere Energy and Viatris shares climbed to annual highs on Thursday amid strong quarterly results and positive company catalysts.

Markets are headed for a mixed close in October, with the Nasdaq likely to end lower, while the Dow and S&P 500 are headed to close in the green.

Investors worried about slower growth and weaker demand from automakers.

Mixed reports from Intel and Amazon sent AI Infrastructure stocks into a tailspin Thursday.

Morningstar sees benefits in a Tesla-SpaceX merger across energy, AI, robotics and connectivity.

DoorDash executives believe the company’s planned $17 billion Instacart acquisition could boost grocery delivery and expand advertising revenue.

Mastercard posted $9.81 billion in quarterly revenue, up 14% year-over-year and ahead of analyst estimates of $9.66 billion.

Shares of HP and Dell fell over 7% after Intel’s quarterly report.

Amazon’s Globalstar deal and upcoming direct-to-device network increase potential competition with ASTS.

Strategy posted $125.4 million in total revenue for the quarter, down 3% year-over-year, and also below analysts’ expectations.

Rivian raised full-year delivery guidance to 67,000–70,000 units from 65,000–70,000, as the company ramps production of its R2 SUV.

Huffman noted that search referral traffic “was down meaningfully in Q3, with the decline accelerating later in the quarter” and continuing into the new quarter.

The company’s consolidated net revenues fell 4% to $9.1 billion in the fiscal fourth quarter, below Wall Street estimates of $9.23 billion.

The value of Anthropic ultimately rests on how big investors believe the AI products and services market will become, NYU professor Aswath Damodaran.

Nike is targeting growing running demand in India as declining China sales and weak revenue continue to pressure.

Investors would now turn to quarterly reports from Amazon and Intel, due after markets close on Thursday, for cues.

Boston Scientific’s weak outlook, cyberattack disruptions, and slowing Watchman and electrophysiology growth weighed on sentiment.

ARK Investment Management purchased stock worth $9.1 million across three exchange-traded funds on Wednesday.

Carvana’s fiscal third-quarter 2026 revenue surged 42% year-on-year.

The performance revived concerns that Google Search might be losing its dominance in the era of AI chatbots.

NuScale Power stock is up more than 5% this week, overtaking Oklo stock’s gains of about 3%.

Chipotle Mexican Grill’s third-quarter revenue rose 9.6%, with a 2.1% rise in comparable sales.

In a Stocktwits poll, half of traders believe neocloud stocks have already hit bottom.

Enphase Energy, Opendoor Technologies and Boeing plunged to annual lows as disappointing earnings results and Wall Street caution weighed on the companies.

Investors responded positively to stronger financial performance and progress in medical research.

Neutron’s second stage and thrust module reached Wallops Island for checks ahead of ground testing.

Retail bulls discussed buying the dip and a potential buyout, while others also challenged survival estimates.

The Federal Reserve held rates steady at 3.75%-4.00% with a 10-2 vote, largely in line with market expectations.

T-Mobile is still open to satellite resale through T-Satellite and other commercial arrangements with SpaceX.

The pullback casts doubt on a rebound in software stocks in recent months.

Wendy’s said its independent committee will analyze the buyout bid.

Gundlach thinks that the Fed should be raising interest rates based on the 2-year Treasury and steepening yield curve, while others think that the “wait-and-see” approach is justified.

CEO Brian Lian said a potential launch of obesity drug VK2735 remained about 2 and a half years away.

Citi’s Peter Christiansen said that despite the elevated rate environment, SoFi's credit trends remained favorable with lower net charge-offs, and the quarter shows SoFi's growth is broadening beyond balance sheet lending.

Iovance will share positive Phase 2 results for Lifileucel on Thursday, along with a precision-medicine update.