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On this episode of Stock Movers:

 - Remy Cointreau withdrew its long-term sales guidance, blaming tariff policies in America and China and a stunted recovery in the US market.

  - China is considering placing an order for hundreds of Airbus aircraft as soon as next month, when European leaders visit Beijing to celebrate the countries’ long-term ties, according to people familiar with the matter.

 - Shares of European chipmakers rally on Wednesday after US peer ON Semiconductor said it started to see signs of a broad-based recovery in demand.

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On this edition of Stock Movers: 

- Bumble (BMBL) shares fell after JPMorgan downgraded it to underweight from neutral. Analyst Cory Carpenter says shares have rallied over 50% since President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcements — now above price target.

- Dollar General (DG) shares surged after increasing its annual guidance, helped by luring more higher-income shoppers looking for deals. The discount chain also said it expects to mitigate a significant amount of the tariffs currently in place. The company sees same-store sales gaining as much as 2.5% this fiscal year, up from guidance in March calling for an increase as high as 2.2%. The retailer also nudged up expectations for earnings per share.

- Pinterest (PINS) shares rose after JPMorgan raised its rating to overweight from neutral. A diversification of its advertising platform to provide full-funnel capabilities is supporting further revenue upside at the social media firm, says JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth. Pinterest is also driving solid user growth, with 85% of its monthly active users coming directly to the mobile app and over 90% of the firm revenue is generated from the app according to analysts.

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• Wells Fargo (WFC) finally escaped a Federal Reserve asset cap that has restricted its size for more than seven years, unleashing the firm from the unprecedented punishment in a major win for Chief Executive Officer Charlie Scharf. The bank’s shares surged. The Fed said in a statement Tuesday that Wells Fargo met all conditions required by an enforcement action imposed on the bank in 2018 to remove the restriction. The central bank completed its review of Wells Fargo’s remediation efforts and third-party assessments, as well as its own assessment of the bank’s corporate governance and risk management programs, it said.
• Broadcom (AVGO) began shipping a new version of its data center switch chips that can boost the efficiency of AI accelerators, aiming to take a bigger role in the booming market for artificial intelligence computing. Shares rose on the news. The company started delivering the Tomahawk 6 switch chips to customers over the weekend, and the product will be broadly available in July, said Ram Velaga, senior vice president and general manager of Broadcom’s Core Switching Group. Switches, a central piece of networking equipment, allow computers to communicate with one another. A single new Tomahawk 6 can do the work of six of the previous versions, Broadcom said.
• Dollar General (DG) surged after increasing its annual guidance, helped by luring more higher-income shoppers looking for deals. The discount chain also said it expects to mitigate a significant amount of the tariffs currently in place. The company sees same-store sales gaining as much as 2.5% this fiscal year, up from guidance in March calling for an increase as high as 2.2%. The retailer also nudged up expectations for earnings per share.

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On this edition of Stock Movers:

- Dollar General (DG) surged after increasing its annual guidance following a first quarter that topped projections. The discount chain also said it expects to mitigate a significant amount of the tariffs currently in place. The company sees same-store sales gaining as much as 2.5% this fiscal year, up from guidance in March calling for an increase as high as 2.2%. The retailer also nudged up expectations for earnings per share. “We are pleased with our start to the year,” Chief Executive Officer Todd Vasos said in the earnings release. The company said it’s seeing more higher-income shoppers make purchases, a sign that even wealthy consumers are looking for deals amid weakening sentiment.

- Constellation Energy (CEG) shares are up after it agreed to sell power from an Illinois nuclear plant to Meta Platforms Inc. as artificial intelligence sends power demand soaring. The parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp signed a 20-year contract to buy 1,121 megawatts from the Clinton plant starting in mid-2027, when a state subsidy expires, according to a statement Tuesday. Constellation, the biggest US nuclear operator, and Meta didn’t provide financial details.Under the deal, Constellation will invest in boosting Clinton’s output. The company is also considering plans to build another reactor at Clinton, which already has federal approval for a second unit.

- Broadcom (AVGO) shares are rallying ahead of earnings this week and after it began shipping a new version of its data center switch chips that can boost the efficiency of AI accelerators, aiming to take a bigger role in the booming market for artificial intelligence computing. The company started delivering the Tomahawk 6 switch chips to customers over the weekend, and the product will be broadly available in July, said Ram Velaga, senior vice president and general manager of Broadcom’s Core Switching Group. Switches, a central piece of networking equipment, allow computers to communicate with one another. A single new Tomahawk 6 can do the work of six of the previous versions, Broadcom said.

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On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Dollar General shares (DG) rise after the retailer reported first-quarter profit and sales that topped expectations, and management boosted its comparable sales forecast for the full year, as well as the low end of its EPS target. Despite low-income shoppers feeling squeezed by inflation, Dollar General's sales have continued to increase, and its value-priced offerings may attract more customers during economic downturns.
- Constellation Energy shares (CEG) rise after the company agreed to sell power from an Illinois nuclear plant to Meta Platforms Inc. in a 20-year contract starting in mid-2027. Under the deal, Constellation will invest in boosting the Clinton plant's output, and is also considering plans to build another reactor at the site.
- Lululemon (LULU) shares rise after Piper Sandler raised the target on Lululemon Athletica Inc. to $315 from $280. Maintains neutral rating.

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On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Bumble shares (BMBL) fell on Tuesday after JPMorgan downgrades to underweight from neutral. Analyst Cory Carpenter says shares have rallied over 50% since President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcements.
- Dollar General shares (DG) rise after the retailer reported first-quarter profit and sales that topped expectations, and management boosted its comparable sales forecast for the full year, as well as the low end of its EPS target. Despite low-income shoppers feeling squeezed by inflation, Dollar General's sales have continued to increase, and its value-priced offerings may attract more customers during economic downturns.
- Pinterest (PINS) gains after JPMorgan raises rating to overweight from neutral. A diversification of its advertising platform to provide full-funnel capabilities is supporting further revenue upside at the social media firm, says analyst Doug Anmuth.

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On this episode of Stock Movers:
- Signet Jewelers (SIG) shares climb 14% in premarket trading after the owner of Kay Jewelers boosted its adjusted earnings per share forecast for the full year, following first-quarter results that was ahead of expectations.
- Nuclear stocks gain in US premarket trading after Constellation Energy (CEG)agreed to sell power from an operating nuclear plant in Illinois to Meta Platforms, an agreement that could lead to the construction of a new reactor at the site.
- Dollar General (DG) slightly increased its annual guidance after the first quarter topped projections. The discount chain also said it expects to mitigate a significant amount of the tariffs currently in place. The company sees same-store sales gaining as much as 2.5% this fiscal year, up from guidance in March calling for an increase as high as 2.2%. The retailer also nudged up expectations for earnings per share.

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On this episode of Stock Movers:

 - Constellation Energy (CEG) agreed to sell power from an operating Illinois nuclear plant to Meta Platforms Inc., a deal that could spur construction of a new reactor at the site as artificial intelligence sends power demand soaring. The parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp signed a 20-year contract to buy the output from the Clinton plant starting in mid-2027, when a state subsidy expires, according to a statement Tuesday. Constellation, the biggest US nuclear operator, declined to provide financial details.

 - Applied Digital (APDL) shares rise as much as 45% on Monday, in biggest intraday jump since September, after the company entered into two lease agreements with CoreWeave in North Dakota. Shares in CoreWeave climb as much as 11%.

  - Credo Technology (CRDO) shares advance 13% in premarket trading after the company reported revenue for the fourth quarter that beat the average analyst estimate.

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On this episode of Stock Movers:

 - Miners could be on the move Tuesday as base metals fall on concern about China’s economic outlook, as a gauge of the country’s manufacturing activity fell to its lowest level in more than two years.

 - UBS shares jump as much as 4.1% after Jefferies upgraded the stock to buy from hold, saying that the bank may be reaching a potential turning point on capital, with some clarity expected this week.

 - MJ Gleeson slashed guidance, citing a slow housing market recovery in the UK and planning delays.

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On this episode of Stock Movers:

- Boeing (BA) shares are up on word that the Trump administration has been including orders for Boeing planes in trade discussions. That news is helping restore Bank of America’s confidence in the stock. “Boeing aircraft have emerged as a favored trade mechanism in recent US trade negotiations, which we suspect will continue,” Ronald Epstein of Bank of America wrote in a research note. The analyst said deals — including a record order from Qatar Airways — as well as the end of China’s ban on airlines taking delivery of Boeing planes are creating a buying opportunity in shares. Epstein raised the stock to a buy from neutral while boosting the 12-month price target to $260, the highest on Wall Street and about 25% higher than where the stock currently trades, from a target of $185.

- General Motors (GM) and Ford (F) shares are slipping after President Donald Trump said Friday that he would increase steel and aluminum tariffs to 50% from 25%. Trump hopes the increased levies will protect margins for domestic mills and spur investment in new production capacity, and shares of US steel and aluminum makers surged in after-hours trading after the announcement on Friday. But construction companies have warned that levies on steel and aluminum — which Trump had already raised from 10% to 25% — will increase the cost of critical building materials.

- Moderna (MRNA) shares are up after the company gained US approval for a new Covid vaccine for a narrower group of people, in the latest sign that regulators are restricting access to immunizations under the leadership of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The company’s second-generation vaccine is cleared for all adults over 65 and anyone over 12 who has at least one risk factor for severe disease, Moderna said in a statement Saturday. Moderna’s Covid shot had previously been approved for people 12 years of age and older regardless of their underlying health.

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