Supreme Court Rules Against Trump's Tariffs
The major averages were mixed near midday after the Supreme Court ruled against President Donald Trump's tariffs, resulting in stock spikes for retailers and other names that have had to deal with major impacts from rising import and manufacturing costs. The court determined that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act "does not authorize the President to impose tariffs."Looking to commodities, gold was trading higher noon, while oil was fractionally lower amid continued tensions with Iran.Get caught up quickly on the top news and calls moving stocks with these five Top Five lists.1. STOCK NEWS:Nvidiais close to finalizing a $30B investment into Microsoft-backedOpenAI,Akamaireportedand provided its outlook for Q1 and FY26Grailreported upbeat Q4 earnings and revenue and reported its NHS-Galleri trialDomosaid it will, including a potential sale of the companyLive Nationreported2. WALL STREET CALLS:Etsyto Overweight at BarclaysHSBCWalmartto Hold on lack of momentumGE Aerospacewith an Overweight at Morgan StanleyCoStar Groupto Buy at JefferiesWells FargoMolina Healthcareafter "quite poor" Q43. AROUND THE WEB:A federal judge has denied Tesla'sattempt to overturn a $243M jury verdict related to a fatal 2019 Autopilot crash in Florida, upholding the ruling and ending the company's last avenue to avoid paying the award at the trial court level, Electrek saysAmazonhas surpassed Walmartas the U.S.'s largest company by annual revenue, with Walmart making $713.2B in sales in the year through January 31 compared to Amazon's $716.9M during the same period, WSJ reportsAccenturehas begun monitoring staff use of AI to determine how it decides top-level promotions as the company pushes its employees to use the technology, FT reportsAfter hundreds of layoffs in early February, employees at Blockare reporting rising performance anxiety, mandatory use of generative AI tools, and declining morale, Wired saysRobloxis facing a lawsuit from Los Angeles County alleging the company engaged in unfair and deceptive practices that exposed children to sexual content and online predators, NBC LA reports4. MOVERS:RingCentralincreases afterand providing guidance for Q1 and FY26Satellogicgains after Cantor Fitzgeraldof the stock with an Overweight ratingTandem Diabetesand AXT Inc.higher afterChemoursfalls afterand providing guidance for Q1 and FY26Ardelyxand Dnowlower after5. EARNINGS/GUIDANCEPPL Corpand provided guidance for FY26Oil States, with EPS beating consensusWestern Union, with CEO Devin McGranahan commenting, "Despite a challenging operating environment in 2025, we delivered meaningful progress across the business"Danone, with revenue missing consensusHudbay Minerals, with EPS and revenue missing consensusINDEXES:Near midday, the Dow was down 0.22%, or 107.86, to 49,287.30, the Nasdaq was up 0.41%, or 92.65, to 22,775.38, and the S&P 500 was up 0.18%, or 12.08, to 6,873.97.