Dow Jones futures were little changed overnight, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures. The stock market rally is showing constructive action. The major indexes have been pausing around record highs for the past few days while the Russell 2000 is running back toward a two-year best, reflecting improving breadth. Apple (AAPL) rebounded slightly higher on a report that the iPhone giant is finally giving up on electric vehicles, with much of the team shifting toward generative AI.
Brazilian jet maker Embraer (ERJ) flashed a buy signal Tuesday while Shift4 (FOUR), which does business as Shift4 Payments, staged a bullish upside reversal on earnings. Meanwhile, Nvidia (NVDA) rival Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is continuing to work on a base.
Urban Outfitters (URBN), First Solar (FSLR), Array Technologies (ARRY) and Lemonade (LMND) reported after the close.
Urban Outfitters stock, greatly extended, sold off overnight on an earnings miss. Ailing solar plays First Solar and and Array rose solidly and were flat, respectively, overnight on their results. Solar tracking firm Array is a rival to 2023 IPO Nextracker (NXT), which has been shining bright. LMND stock, which broke out Tuesday ahead of earnings, plunged overnight on weak guidance.
Dow giant Salesforce.com (CRM) leads several key software reports Wednesday night. Lemonade stock is on the IBD 50. Embraer was Tuesday’s IBD Stock Of The Day. The video embedded in this article discusses Tuesday’s market action and analyzes Embraer, AMD and Shift4 stocks.
Dow Jones futures edged lower vs. fair value. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures rose a fraction. The 10-year Treasury yield fell slightly to 4.29%. Remember that overnight action in Dow futures and elsewhere doesn’t necessarily translate into actual trading in the next regular stock market session.
Stock Market Rally
The stock market rally had mixed but generally positive action Tuesday.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.25% in Tuesday’s stock market trading. The S&P 500 index rose 0.2%. The Nasdaq composite climbed 0.4%.
The small-cap Russell 2000 popped 1.4%, getting close to a two-year high set at the end of last year.
Just a few days ago, the concern was the Nasdaq was getting extended while market breadth was struggling. So the major indexes pausing for a few days while small caps and other broad gauges rally is close to ideal. The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (RSP) advanced 0.4%, to just below record highs. The First Trust Nasdaq 100 Equal Weighted Index ETF (QQEW) rose 0.5%, hitting an all-time best. Those ETFs, along with sector ETFs, point to broad market leadership. Still, buying opportunities have been limited. A longer market pause would be helpful for stocks working on bases or handles. U.S. crude oil prices rose 1.7% to $78.87 a barrel. The 10-year Treasury yield rose about two basis points to 4.31%, hovering at 2024 highs.
Apple Shifts From EVs To AI
The tech titan is scrapping Project Titan, its decadelong effort to make an electric vehicle, telling employees internally Tuesday, Bloomberg reported. Many of the near-2,000 Apple employees working on the EV project will shift to generative AI efforts. Unlike most other big techs, Apple hasn’t played up artificial intelligence efforts over the past year, but there have been rumblings that this is about to change.
Apple stock rose 0.8% to 182.63, reversing from slim intraday losses and giving the major indexes a slight lift. Still, AAPL stock has been lagging for months and remains below all the key moving averages.
