Major stock indexes closed sharply lower Thursday as shares of AI chipmaker Nvidia tumbled despite a better-than-expected earnings report and investors digested President Trump's latest announcement on tariffs.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite plunged 2.8%, its biggest one-day drop in a month, while the 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:S&P 500 and 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 1.6% and 0.5%, respectively. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq had finished 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:slightly higher on Wednesday to snap a four-session streak of hefty losses.
The U.S. stock market has endured a shaky several days amid mounting investor concerns about the health of the economy and uncertainty about the potential impact of policies coming out of the Trump White House. Trump said this morning that 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:tariffs on Mexico and Canada would go into effect🌜 on March 4, and that additional tariffs would be imposed on China. The news heightens concerns about inflation and the possible impact on companies that do business around the world.
Shares of Nvidia (NVDA), which 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:released its results after the closing bell yesterday, plunged 8.5% on Thursday. The company reported huge jumps in revenue and profit, which exceeded analysts' estimates, 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:amid booming demand for its A🐈I chips, though market participants appear to have been hoping for more.
Other chip stocks fell in tandem with Nvidia. Broadcom (AVGO), Marvell Technology (MRVL), ON Semiconductor (ON) and Micron Technology (MU) all posted steep declines, and the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) dropped nearly 6%.
Server maker Super Micro Computer (SMCI), which is a key Nvidia partner, plummeted 16%, while nuclear power providers Vistra (VST) and Constellation Energy (CEG), whichꦅ have benefitted in recent years from huge AI-related demand for energy, declined 12% and 8%, respectively.
Among other noteworthy tech names, EV maker Tesla (TSLA) closed 3% lower, bringing its year-to-date decline to 30%. Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT) Amazon (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOG) and Meta Platforms (META) also retreated.
Shares of Salesforce (CRM) fell 4% after the cloud software giant 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:reported quarterly results that missed expectations and issued a disappointing outlook. Dell Technologies (DELL) shares were down 7% ahead of the 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:scheduled release of earnings after today's closing bell.
Strategy (MSTR), which was formerly known as 🧔MicroStrategy and is among the world's largest holders of bitcoin, fell 9% as the digital currency slumped. Bitcoin was at $84,400 in recent trading, down from a high of $87,000 this morning and near its lowest levels since November.ꦉ
The yield on t👍he 10-year Treasury, which correlates with expectations about where interest rates are headed and affects borrowing costs on all sorts of loans, inched higher to 4.27% today. The yield has been trading at its lowest levels of the year this week amid the concerns about the economy.
Investors are keeping close tabs on economic data as they look for information that could affect the Federal Reserve's decision-making on interest rates. The big data point of the week comes Friday morning, when the 澳洲幸运5官🅠方开奖结果体彩网:Fed's preferred measure of inflation is due to be released.
Gold futures were down 1.5% at $2,890 an ounce, while West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures rose 2.2% to $70.15 per barrel.
Biggest S&P 500 Movers on Thursday
Decliners
- Teleflex (TFX) shares plummeted 21.7% to lead the S&P 500 lower after the medical device maker announced plans to split itself into two companies.
- Super Micro Computer (SMCI) fell 16% to return some of its 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:recent gains as the server maker declined following reports that two of the company’s officers had filed to sell shares in the company. It comes after the company met a deadline to 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:file its delayed annual report, which sparked a rally earlier in the week.
- Viatris (VTRS) stock fell 15.2% after the pharmaceutical firm issued weaker-than-expected earnings and a disappointing outlook. The company said that regulatory action associated with an overseas production facility had cut into quarterly profits.
- Shares of Vistra Corp. (VST) fell 12.3% despite 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:better-than-expected earnings. The Texas-based energy provider has seen demand for its nuclear power increase on power needs for new AI data centers. Its decline came as other stocks expected to benefit from demand for AI lost ground.
Advancers
- Invitation Homes (INVH) stock rose 5.5% after the real estate investment trust reported quarterly revenue and net income that beat analyst estimates. The company that focuses on leasing single-family homes reported higher same-store net income.
- Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) shares gained 4.7% after the company reported weaker-than-expected earnings, but 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:delivered an upbeat str𝓀eaming outlook. The entertainment giant laid out an expansion plan that will see its Max streaming service reach more countries on its path to acquiring at least 150 million global subscribers by the end of 2026.
- Shares of Allstate (ALL) rose 3.5% after its announcement that it would raise its dividend to $1 per share and commence a $1.5 billion share buyback program.
- Universal Health Services (UHS) rose 3.3% after it reported better-than-expected earnings and a revenue outlook that pushed past estimates. The hospital operator reported continued growth in admissions and higher patient days, those expenses were also higher.
Analysts Still Bullish on Nvidia's AI-Driven Growth
For Nvidia (NVDA), it's become commonplace to post huge revenue and profit growth only to have Wall Street wanting more. The stock's big decline today provided the latest evidence that the AI investoไr favorite is priced for perfection.
Analysts still see reason for optimism.
Better-than-expected results have become "routine" for Nvidia, Morgan Stanley analysts said, with expectations climbing ahead🦩 of t🀅he company's report. However, "everything improves from here," the analysts said, and raised their price target to $162 𒊎from $152, pointing to Nvidia's strong outlook and "language around 'amazing' levels of Blackwell demand."
Nvidia shares dropped 8.5% to close Thursday's session at around $120.
Bank of America analysts called the stock a “top pick on AI dominance” and raised their price target to $200 from $190. Nvidia’s data center segment, which delivered record quarterly revenue, “potenti⛎ally faces strong, long-term demand dynamics,” the analysts added.
Several of Nvidia’s Big Tech buyers, including Microsoft (MSFT), Meta (META), Amazon (AMZN) and Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL), recently 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:announced plans to raise their capit🌸al expenditures to fuel thei꧃r AI ambitions.
Wedbush analysis said the results showed “few (if any) 𒆙blemishes” with “seemingly only good news ahead.”
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Nvidia’s annual GPU Technology Conference is in March, and CEO Jensen Huang told analysts on the company’s earnings call to expect “澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:exciting things to come” including what’s next after its Blackwell l𝔉ine of ch꧟ips. Wedbush maintained its price target of $175 and “outperform” rating.
Nvidia reported $11 billion in quarterly revenue from Blackwell, which CFO Colette Kress said was the company’s fastesꦗt-ever product ramp, according to an earnings call transcript provided by AlphaSense.
Going forward, Jefferies analysts said “the supply chain 🐻should continue to improve, and🎃 we see no signs of demand issues.” The analysts posted a price target of $185.
Major Indexes on Pace for Steep Monthly Declines
The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite will enter the final day of February on track to post big losses for the month. Just over a week ago, the S&P 500 was hitting all-time highs, while the Dow and Nasdaq Composite weren't far away from records of their own.
The Nasdaq Composite, wh♕ich came into February on a three-month winning streak, is down 5.5% this month. If that holds, it would be the worst month for the tech-heavy index since a 5.8% decline in September 2023.
The S&P 500 is down 3% in February, its worst performance since last April. The Dow's 2.9% decline so far this month, while noteworthy, pales in comparison to its 5.3% decline in December. The Dow and S&P 500 both rose in January after losing ground in the final month of 2023.
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The AI Trade Falters on Thursday
Thursday’s selloff implied that Nvidia’s results were good, but not quite good enough for investors, as concerns about excessive AI spending and economic conditions have taken the wind out of the AI trade’s sails in recent weeks. Investors have sold off richly-priced AI stocks in the last⭕ week, a trend that continued at a rapid clip during Thursday’s selloff.
Shares of Super Micro Computer (SMCI), which soared yesterday after the AI server maker 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:narrowly met a deadline to avoid having its stock removed from the Nasdaq, fell more than 16%. Nuclear power provider Vistra (VST), which rose more than 200% last year, dropped 12% as the broader AI slump overshadowed its own 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:better-than-expected earnings report. Palantir (PLTR), another 🎃of Wall Streeꦬt's favorite AI plays, slid 5%.
Heading into the release of Nvidia's earnings, market participants on Wednesday afternoon were preparing for a 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:big post-earnings stock move, with options pricing predicting shares would rise or fall 8% by the end of this week. Thursday’s decline put Nvidia stock well on its way to doing just tha🔯t.
EBay Stock Sinks on Weak Results, Outlook
Shares of eBay (EBAY) tumbled Th💧ursday, a day after the e-commerce marketplace issued a weaker-than-expected outlook.
The San Jose, Calif.-based firm reported fourth-quarter adjusted 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:earnings per share (EPS) of $1.25, ahead of the analyst consensus compiled by Visible Alpha and its own forecast range of $1.17 to $1.22. Revenue rose less than 1% to $2.58 billion, in line with 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:analysts' expectations and mostly aboဣve eဣBay's outlook of $2.53 billion to $2.59 billion.
For the first quarter, eBay expects to generate revenue of $2.52 billion to $2.56 billion, below analysts' projections of $2.60 billion. It also sees GMV of $🐬18.3 billion to $18.6 billion, while analysts were looking for $18.86 billion.
"We are continuing to operate in quite a challenged macro environment, particularly in Europe," eBay CFO Steve Priest said on the company's earnings call, according to a transcript provided by AlphaSense. "And now, more recently, we're facing the uncertainty around U.S. tariffs and 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:de minimis changes."
Shares in the company were down 7% in late trading Thursday. Even with today's decline, the stock has gained 45% over the past 12 months.
Snowflake Levels to Watch as Stock Surges After Earnings
Snowflake (SNOW) posted fourth-quarter results and an annual product revenue outlook that sailed past Wall Street estimates, sending shares in the 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:cloud-based data storage provider sharply higher on Thursday.
Snowflake shares carved out a 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:cup and handle pattern between February last year and this month before encountering selling pressure near the formation’s top trendline last week. A pullback into the company quarterly results coincided with the 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:relative strength index (RSI) falling to its lowest level since September last year, paving the way for today’s post🐷-earnings rebound.
Investors should watch important overhead areas on Snowflake's chart around $190, $212, $236, and $275, while also monitoring a key support level near $153.
The stock was up 8% at around $180 in mid-afte🗹rnoo⛄n trading Thursday.
Read the full 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:technical analysis piece here.
Bath & Body Works Slides on Warning About Impact of Tariffs
Bath & Body Works (BBWI) shares plunged Thursday as the personal care and home fragrance retailer warned that new tariffs and so🍃ft consumer spending would hurt future results.
The company sees full-year 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:earnings per share between $3🅘.25 and $3.60, with net sales growth of 1% to 3%. Analysts surveyed b𝓀y Visible Alpha were looking for EPS of $3.66 and a sales increase of 3%.
Bath & Body Works noted that the guidance "reflects the impact of recently enacted tariffs on goods imported from China and excludes potential impacts from other possible tariff changes."
The outlook offset strong fourth-quarter results. Bath & Body Works posted EPS of $2.09 on sales of $2.79 billion that fell mo𓆏re than 4% but also exceeded forecasts.
CEO Gina Boswell said that despite "complex challenges facing the broader retail sector, we ended the second half of the year strong."
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Bath & Body Works shares were down 13% in recent trading. The stock has lost about a quarter of its value over the 🙈past 12 months.
Trump Says Mexico, Canada Tariffs to Take Effect Next Week
Tariffs against products from Canada and Mexico will go into effect March 4, President Donald Trump said Thursday, while announcing the doubling of the existing tariff on goods from China.
Starting on that date, importers will have to pay a 25% tax on products from Canada and Mexico, and a lower 10% tariff on Canadian oil, Trump posted on social media. On top of that, Trump said he would put an additional 10% tariff on products from China, adding to a 10% tariꦕff he already imposed in early February.
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The social media post cleared up some confusion around the start date of the Canada/Mexico tariffs—Trump had made comments at a cabinet meeting Wednesday raising doubts about when they would go into effect.
🐬Trump said the🐻 tariffs against Canada and Mexico would stay in place until fentanyl smuggling was stopped or seriously limited.
"Drugs are still pouring into our Country from Mexico and Canada at very high and unacceptable levels," he said in the social media post Thursday. "A large percentage of these Drugs, much of them in the form of Fentanyl, are made in, and supplied by, China."
The White House, which has announced plans t𝔍o impose tariffs far and wide, also believes they will bring manufacturing jobs༒ to the U.S. and that the revenue generated will help balance the budget.
Economists worry that steep new tariffs will 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:push up prices on a wide range of products, possibly stoking inflation and slowing down the economy. Consumer expectations of future inflation 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:spiked earlier this month&nꦛbsp;because of concerns about the tariffs, according to the University of Michigan's survey of consumers.
Warner Bros. Discovery Jumps on Upbeat Outlook
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) shares jumped Thursday morning as the company's u🐬pbeat streaming outlook offset weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter results.
The entertainment giant reported a net loss of $0.20 per share on revenue of $10.03 bill🐼ion. Analysts polled by Visible Alpha had expected a profit of $0.02 per shar🥂e and revenue of $10.22 billion.
In its annual letter to shareholders, the company said its plans to continue expanding its Max streaming service to more countries and sees "a clear path to reach at least 150 million global subscribers by the end of 2026, with corresponding strong (Direct-to-Consumer) revenue and Adjusted EBITDA growth." The company had 116.9 million DTC subscribers at the end of the fourth quarter.
The report comes amid a shift in Warner Bros. Discovery's strategy. 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:In December, it said it planned to split its operations into two segments, one for its television networks like CNN, TBS🐻, and TNT, and another for its film studios and Max. The company said in the shareholder letter that it expects to com♐plete the restructuring in the second quarter.
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🦂 Warner Bros. Discovery shares were up more than 9% and leading S&P 500 gainers this morning. The ♓stock is up 31% over the past 12 months, handily outpacing the benchmark index during that stretch.
Nvidia Levels to Watch After Earnings
Nvidia (NVDA) shares fell in early trading after the AI investor favorite posted 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:better-than-ex🙈pected quarterly results and issued a strong outlook amid 澳洲幸运5官𒊎方开奖结果体彩网:booming demand for its advanced AI ch♐ips.
After forming a 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:bullish engulfing pattern at the 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:50-period moving average, Nvidia shares moved higher the following week before entering a 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:consolidation phase ahead of the chi🌃pmaker’s quarterly 🍰results.
Meanwhile, the 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:relative strength index gives a reading of around 50 to indicate neutral conditions, while declining 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:trading volumes in recent weeks suggest that larger market pꦰarticipants remained on the sidel📖ines ahead of the release of the earnings report after yesterday's closing bell.
Investors should watch key support levels near $130, $113, and $96, while also monitoring crucial overhead areas at $153 and ♓$255.
The stock was down 3% at $127 in recent trading. The stock is down slightly so far in 2025 but is up about 65% over the past ඣ12 mon🍨ths.
Read the full 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:technical analysis piece here.
Futures Point to Higher Open for Major Indexes
Futures tied to the✤ Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.2%.
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S&P 500 futures rose 0.5%.
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Nasdaq 100 futures added 0.7%.
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