Market Sentiment Steady as S&P 500 and Dow Rise
Trump's Tuesday night deadline to "take out" the "entire" country of Iran is looming while Iran's top command - at least publicly - appears to be willing to see through his bluster, calling those threat "delusional". And yet, investment sentiment has held up through the headline risk for the fourth straight session. Markets continued to bounce on Monday following a long-weekend - the S&P 500 and Dow Industrials were up 0.4% while Nasdaq Composite was up 0.5%. Consumer Staples was the best performing sector in the S&P 500, but other defensive areas such as Health Care and Utilities lagged the "growthier" areas of the market as Financials and Industrials outperformed. Among the standout names in the benchmark, AppLovin Corporationwas the best performing stock, with traders bottom-fishing on the stock's 39% year-to-date decline. In turn, this year's winners such as Lumentumand Cienaretreater from their recent highs. In the evening hours, sentiment is somewhat more subdued - S&P e-minis is down 0.1%, Nasdaq 100 contract is off by 0.2%, while WTI Crude Oil is now breaking a pattern of inverse correlation with equities and also retreating below $113 per barrel.Afterhours, health insurers were notably higher as CMS had finalizes its Medicare payment policy with a 2027 rate increase around 2.5% vs. the 0.1% target that spooked the industry back in January. Broadcomwas also firmer after announcing an expanded long-term supply agreement for Google's future generations of Tensor Processing Units as well as a broader collaboration with Anthropic.Check out this evening's top movers from around Wall Street, compiled by The Fly.HIGHER AFTER EARNINGS -Owletup 9.2% after above-consensus Q1 pre-announcementALSO HIGHER -Organogenesis Holdingsup 15.2% after announcing it has met primary endpoint in PuraPly studyUnitedHealthup 8.0%, Humanaup 10.7%, Centeneup 4.5%, Molina Healthcareup 3.8%, Elevance Healthup 6.4%, CVS Healthup 6.4% after CMS finalizes Medicare payment policy at higher than expected ratesBroadstone Net Lease, Inc.up 3.4% after admission into S&P SmallCap 600 indexBroadcomup 2.5% after announcing expanded Google supply pact after announcing broader collaboration with Google and AnthropicPayPayup 1.7% after initiation at Buy at Goldman SachsCasey's General Storesup 1.0% after admission into S&P 500 indexMercadoLibreup 0.7% after being upgraded to Buy at JefferiesLOWER -Mach Natural Resources LPdown 5.2% after equity offering
