US Stocks Mixed; GE Vernova Earnings Top Views

Benzinga · 2d ago

U.S. stocks traded mixed midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 0.1% on Wednesday.

Following the market opening Wednesday, the Dow traded up 0.08% to 52,418.21 while the NASDAQ fell 0.10% to 26,451.09. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.01% to 7,721.53.

Leading and Lagging Sectors

Health care shares jumped by 0.5% on Wednesday.

In trading on Wednesday, real estate stocks fell by 1.3%.

Top Headline

GE Vernova Inc (NYSE:GEV) reported upbeat earnings for the third quarter.

The company pisted quarterly earnings of $4.81 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $4.01 per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $12.642 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $11.991 billion.

GE Vernova raised its FY2026 sales guidance from $45.500 billion-$46.500 billion to $46.500 billion-$47.500 billion.

Equities Trading UP
           

  • Ultralife Corp (NASDAQ:ULBI) shares shot up 145% to $15.61 after the company agreed to be acquired by stored energy systems and technology provider EnerSys (NYSE:ENS) in an all-cash deal valued at about $320 million.
  • Shares of Braiin Ltd (NASDAQ:BRAI) got a boost, surging 50% to $4.98 after gaining 56% on Tuesday.
  • Axonex AI Group Limited (NASDAQ:AXNX) shares were also up, gaining 33% to $1.0597.

Equities Trading DOWN

  • MKDWELL Tech Inc (NASDAQ:MKDW) shares dipped 34% to $0.17.
  • Shares of Socket Mobile Inc (NASDAQ:SCKT) were down 31% to $0.36. Socket Mobile announced Tuesday that its board approved a plan to voluntarily delist its common stock from the Nasdaq Capital Market and transition its shares to the OTCID Market operated by OTC Markets Group.
  • Magic Empire Global Ltd (NASDAQ:MEGL) was down, falling 30% to $0.23 after dipping 53% on Tuesday. The company entered into a letter of intent with Singapore-based commodity trading enterprise SIN HOPEWAY PTE.

Commodities 

In commodity news, oil traded up 2.2% to $102.12 while gold traded down 0.3% at $4,062.80.

Silver traded down 1.2% to $53.880 on Wednesday, while copper fell 0.1% to $6.6480.

Euro zone

European shares were mixed today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 rose 0.1%, while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index slipped 1.1%, London’s FTSE 100 gained 0.2%, Germany’s DAX gained 0.2%, while France’s CAC 40 rose 0.1%.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mostly higher on Wednesday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 surging 1.08%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rising 0.23%, China’s SSE Composite Index climbing 0.91% and India’s BSE Sensex slipping 0.48%.

Economics

U.S. mortgage applications surged by 3.4% in the week ending Oct. 23, recording the first gain since August.

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