Stocks finished mixed Wednesday, as the Dow posted its sixth straight winning day and the longest winning streak of 2024.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 172 points, or 0.44%, to 39,056.39, while the S&P 500 end essentially flat at 5,187.67 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 29 points, or 0.18%, to 16,302.76.
Tesla (TSLA) share ended down 1.74% to $174.72 after Reuters reported that the electric vehicle maker is the subject of an investigation into whether the company committed securities or wire fraud by misleading its customers and its investors about the actual capabilities of its Autopilot feature.
Uber shares finished down 5.72% to $66.40 after the ride-share company posted a net loss and weaker-than-expected bookings revenue.
Updated at 1:08 PM EDT
Auction relief
The Treasury sold a record $42 billion in new 10-year notes Wednesday, drawing nearly $105 billion in total bids and solid interest from foreign investors.
The sale saw indirect bidders, which are mostly comprised of foreign central banks, take down around 65.5% of the sale, a four percentage point increase from the early April auction.
The so-called bid-to-cover ratio, a key demand metric, improved to 2.49 from 2.34 even as the overall yield eased 8 basis points to 4.483%.
US treasury auctions off 10-year yields at high yield at 4.483: * High Yield: vs six-auction average 4.276%
— Forex Trading News Center (@center_forex) May 8, 2024
* WI level at the time of the Auction 4.473%
* Tail: 1.0 bps vs… https://t.co/OowzrGUqRl | https://t.co/DQvxJaqJS4 | https://t.co/1PJO4L7EKd #forex #trading
Updated at 10:38 AM EDT
Oil's well
The Energy Department said domestic crude stockpiles fell by 1.4 million barrels last week, offsetting the market impact of private data from the American Petroleum Institute showing a modest increase over the same period.
That said, supplies at the key Cushing, Oklahoma delivery hub rose by 1.8 million barrels, suggesting some demand softness.
Brent crude futures contracts for July delivery, the global pricing benchmark, were last seen 42 cents lower on the session at $82.74 per barrel while WTI contracts for June, which are tightly-linked to gasoline prices, slipped 33 cents to $78.05 per barrel.
EIA data, week ending 5/3
— Patrick De Haan ⛽️📊 (@GasBuddyGuy) May 8, 2024
Crude oil: -1.4M
Domestic prod: 13.1MMbpd
SPR: +0.9M
Cushing: +1.8M
Gasoline: +0.9M
Impld mogas demand: 8.80Mbpd
Distillates: +0.6M
Refiner utilz: 88.5%
Total exports: 11.3MMbpd
GasBuddy mogas demand: 8.72Mbpd (wk ending 5/4) #oil #OOTT #gasbuddy #eia
Updated at 9:40 AM EDT
Soft open
The S&P 500 was marked 16 points, or 0.31% lower, in early trading, with the Dow edging just 7 points into the red and the Nasdaq falling 90 points, or 0.5%.
Benchmark 10-year note yields, meanwhile were holding firmly south of 4.5%, at 4.484%, ahead of a record $42 billion auction that will wrap-up around 1:00 pm Eastern time.
S&P 500 Opening Bell Heatmap (May 08, 2024)$SPY -0.33% 🟥$QQQ -0.54% 🟥$DJI -0.07% 🟥$IWM -1.09% 🟥 pic.twitter.com/pw7sIKj3Fr
— Wall St Engine (@wallstengine) May 8, 2024
Updated at 8:14 AM EDT
Tesla probe report
Tesla (TSLA) shares moved lower in early trading following a Reuters report that said the Department of Justice is probing the carmaker's Full Self-Driving claims.
The report says prosecutors are looking into possible acts of "securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers" based on public comments by both the company and its CEO Elon Musk
Tesla shares were marked 3.5% lower in premarket and indicating an opening bell price of $1741.50 each
$TSLA -2.40% premkt
— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) May 8, 2024
❖ U.S. prosecutors are examining whether Tesla committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers about its electric vehicles’ self-driving capabilities, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters.https://t.co/VN2GyGiOjY
Updated at 8:07 AM EDT
Intel trim
Intel (INTC) shares extended their 2024 decline in early trading after the chipmaker trimmed its current quarter sales forecast following a move by the Commerce Department to block some of its China-bound exports.
The decision affects chip sales to China handset maker Huawei and will likely mean June quarter sales come in at the lower end of the group's $12.5 billion to $13.5 billion forecast.
Intel shares were marked 1.9% lower in premarket and indicating an opening bell price of $30.10 each, a move that would extend the stock's year-to-date decline to around 37%.
Updated at 7:35 AM EDT
Uber reservations
Uber Technologies (UBER) shares are deep in the red after the ride-sharing group posted a wider-than-expected first quarter loss and forecast gross bookings for the three months ending in June that also missed Wall Street forecasts.
Uber shares were marked 5.9% lower in premarket to indicate an opening bell price of $66.29 each
$UBER Earnings Snapshot -- Mind the GAAP expenses this Q: pic.twitter.com/7CDdEJRfI2
— Brad Freeman (@StockMarketNerd) May 8, 2024
Stock Market Today
Stocks ended modestly higher in yesterday's session, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average shrugging off a 9.5% slump in Disney (DIS) to record its fifth consecutive session gain as treasury yields eased and broader earnings forecasts improved
With around 80% of the S&P 500 reporting so far, collective first quarter profits are set to rise 7.1% from a year earlier to $466 billion, according to LSEG data, an advance of around $4 billion from the start of the earnings season.
Last week's softer-than-expected April jobs report, which showed 175,000 new hires and a headline unemployment rate of 3.9%, has also soothed concerns about accelerating inflation pressures heading into the summer and revived bets on an early September Fed rate cut.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury note yields were last marked 1.5 basis points higher from yesterday's close at 4.479% while 2-year notes were pegged at 4.841% heading into the start of the New York trading session.
The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six global currencies, was marked 0.09% higher at 105.501 amid reports of fresh intervention into foreign exchange markets by Japan's Ministry of Finance. The goal is to strengthen the yen.
The yen was last marked at 155.391 against the U.S. dollar.
In other markets, global oil prices were marked firmly in the red following data last night from the American Petroleum Institute that showed a surprise increase in domestic crude stockpiles, suggesting a near-term slump in export demand.
The Energy Department will publish official data later this morning, with WTI crude futures contacts for June delivery marked 65 cents lower at $77.73 per barrel.
Heading into the start of the trading day on Wall Street, futures contracts tied to the S&P 500, which is up 3% for the month, suggest a 7-point opening-bell decline for the benchmark.
Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average, meanwhile, are indicating a 2-point opening-bell gain while those linked to the tech-focused Nasdaq are suggesting a 22-point dip
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In overseas markets, solid earnings and dovish central bank signaling have lifted both Europe's Stoxx 600 and Britain's FTSE 100 to records, with the former rising 0.42% in Frankfurt and the latter up 0.53% in London.
Overnight in Asia, the regionwide MSCI ex-Japan benchmark slipped 0.33% into the close of trading, while the Nikkei 225 ended 1.63% lower in Tokyo at 38,202.37 points.
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