Stock Movers

Listen for comprehensive cross-platform coverage of the US market close as heard on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, and YouTube with Romaine Bostick, Alix Steel, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec.

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-- US Steel (X) is coming off its surge on Friday after President Trump said the US would have control over the company as part of its partnership with Nippon Steel. US Steel is backing the president's move and reaffirming its commitment to the Nippon Partnership

-- (PDD) Shares of Temu owner PDD Holdings Inc. plunged in US trading after its quarterly sales and profit missed estimates, underscoring how trade tensions between Beijing and Washington are taking a toll on its business. Revenue for the March quarter was 95.7 billion yuan ($13.3 billion), falling short of the average analyst estimate of 101.6 billion yuan. Net income totaled 14.7 billion yuan, while analysts had expected 25.7 billion yuan. PDD’s US depositary receipts tumbled in New York on Tuesday after markets opened.

--Vertical Aerospace (EVTL) shares rise as much as 6.9% after the aerospace and technology company says it has made “European aviation history with the first-ever” piloted flight of a winged electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in open airspace.

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PDD: Shares of Temu owner PDD Holdings Inc. plunged in US trading after its quarterly sales and profit missed estimates, underscoring how trade tensions between Beijing and Washington are taking a toll on its business. Revenue for the March quarter was 95.7 billion yuan ($13.3 billion), falling short of the average analyst estimate of 101.6 billion yuan. Net income totaled 14.7 billion yuan, while analysts had expected 25.7 billion yuan. PDD’s US depositary receipts tumbled in New York on Tuesday after markets opened. 

DJT: Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., the company behind Truth Social, agreed to sell around $1.5 billion in stock and $1 billion in convertible bonds to buy Bitcoin for its treasury. The company’s shares fell Tuesday after rallying premarket following a Financial Times report on its plans to raise capital to spend on cryptocurrencies. 

AAPL: Shares of Apple Inc. rose following their longest selloff in more than three years, as escalating attacks from the White House threaten to further erode the company’s profit outlook, suggesting the stock’s struggles this year are far from over.
President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to levy a 25% tariff on the company’s products if it doesn’t shift iPhone production to the US. Shares fell 3% to end the week, their eighth straight negative session, the longest such selloff since January 2022. The stock rose 1.7% on Tuesday.

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- AMD shares rise after HSBC upgraded the chipmaker to hold from reduce. Analyst Frank Lee cites “the recent re-rating on the back of the Saudi AI deal, as well as tariff de-escalation.” Earlier this month, it struck a deal with Sanmina, which will buy AMD's AI server assembly plants that deal is worth as much as $3 billion.
- Apple rebounds after a lengthy selloff as analysts continued to digest the impact of the Trump administration’s tariff policies. On Friday, President Donald Trump threatened a 25% tariff on Apple if it doesn’t shift iPhone production to the US.
- GM shares gain as its financing arm is out with a multi-tranche bond deal today after selling more than $2 billion of notes three months ago. Bloomberg Intelligence cites a recent study by CarEdge study that shows roughly 65% of potential new-car buyers would walk away from the market entirely if monthly payments rose just 5%.

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- Salesforce shares fall after the company agreed to acquire Informatica for about $8 billion. It’s one of Salesforce’s biggest acquisitions and adds to over $800 billion of North American deals so far in 2025, more than a 23% increase from a year ago.
- Southwest Airlines shares rise after the airline said it will charge $35 for an initial checked bag and $45 for the second starting May 28. This ends one of the long-held policies that had set the carrier apart from rivals in the US industry for decades.
- Broadcom shares rise ahead of its earnings report next week. Its revenue diversity and cash flow boosts its relative value appeal versus its peers in the sector, according to Bloomberg Intelligence’s Robert Schiffman.

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- Salesforce (CRM) shares are higher this morning despite moving to acquire daata-management software firm Informatica (INFA), which is also rallying on the WSJ report. Sources tell the Journal that Salesforce is expected to pay $25 per share for Informatica, and beat out multiple other strategic and private-equity suitors.
- Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT) is moving higher this morning on a Financial Times report that the company's planning to raise $3 billion to buy cryptocurrencies. The report says the company of President Trump's family is looking to issue $2 million in stock and $1 billion through convertible bonds.
- US Steel (X) is coming off its surge on Friday after President Trump said the US would have control over the company as part of its partnership with Nippon Steel. US Steel is backing the president's move and reaffirming its commitment to the Nippon Partnership.
- PPD Inc. (PPD) is lower after the budget shopping site reported the lowest adjusted operating margin in three years.

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- Salesforce (CRM) shares are higher this morning despite moving to acquire data-management software firm Informatica (INFA), which is also rallying on the WSJ report. Sources tell the Journal that Salesforce is expected to pay $25 per share for Informatica, and beat out multiple other strategic and private-equity suitors.
- Trump Media & Technology Group (DJT) is moving higher this morning on a Financial Times report that the company's planning to raise $3 billion to buy cryptocurrencies. The report says the company of President Trump's family is looking to issue $2 million in stock and $1 billion through convertible bonds.
- Newmont (NEM) is one of the few early downside movers, echoing the macro gold trade lower. Despite gold's rally for much of the year, there's a broad risk on trade this morning that's leading stocks tied to gold and gold mining lower.

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- NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte confirmed the alliance will seek to adopt a new defense spending target of 5% of GDP at a June summit, meeting a demand by US President Donald Trump that had originally seemed unrealistic.

- LVMH’s hold rating is reiterated at HSBC, which trims its price target to €525 from €575. The bank advises its clients to “curb your enthusiasm, one more time” as key luxury-sector markets remain under pressure.

-  HSBC has culled more than two dozen analysts in recent days as Europe’s largest lender deepens a restructuring of its investment banking businesses, according to people familiar with the matter.

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- Moderna (MRNA), along with shares of other vaccine developers like Novavax (NVAX) rose this week after hearing the FDA's approach for the path forward on Covid shots. Moderna jumped as much as 15% on Tuesday after the FDA outlined guidance that was received as "better than expected", and may contain a silver lining, according to Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Sam Fazeli. “The guidance, coming from two critics of the booster program, may actually increase the uptake of shots in the general US population given many have co-morbidities,” Fazeli writes in a note. The FDA's new policy doesn’t require the companies to do costly new trials to keep selling Covid vaccines for older adults who are more likely to get vaccinated. It also doesn’t require additional studies to sell the shots to those with underlying health risks — a group that represents between 100 million and 200 million Americans, including those who are obese and have mental health conditions like depression.

 
- Dollar General (DLTR) shares rose after Walmart said it will raise prices to combat tariff-related headwinds. Investors think this move could send Walmart shoppers to dollar stores to seek cheaper prices. “If you’ve not already seen it, it will happen in May and then it will become more pronounced,” Walmart CFO John David Rainey said of potential price hikes in an interview. The range of outcomes is “pretty extreme,” Rainey said, adding that the company is bracing for a bigger hit from the trade war and overall economic malaise in the coming months.

 
- Deckers Outdoors (DECK) shares tumbled as much as 24% during trading on Friday, the most intraday since March 2020 after the owner of Hoka running shoes and Ugg boots provided a disappointing fiscal first-quarter forecast. The company also declined to provide full-year guidance due to the current macro uncertainty. The results from Deckers, along with President Trump’s EU tariff threat, drives the S&P 1500 Footwear Index (S15FOOT) down as much as 6.1%, the worst intraday drop since April 10.

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Listen for comprehensive cross-platform coverage of the US market close as heard on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, and YouTube with Romaine Bostick, Alix Steel, Scarlet Fu, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec.

- US Steel (X) surged after President Donald Trump backed a partnership between the company and Japan’s Nippon Steel, crediting his tariff policies for an investment that would keep the iconic American firm in the US. While Trump appeared to stop short of endorsing Nippon Steel’s proposed $14.1 billion takeover of US Steel, shares of the American steelmaker surged as much as 26%, on apparent optimism over the deal’s prospects. “I am proud to announce that, after much consideration and negotiation, US Steel will REMAIN in America, and keep its Headquarters in the Great City of Pittsburgh,” Trump said on Truth Social on Friday. “My Tariff Policies will ensure that Steel will once again be, forever, MADE IN AMERICA.” Trump said the partnership would create at least 70,000 jobs and add $14 billion to the US economy, with the bulk of the investment occurring in the next 14 months. He also said he would appear at an event on May 30 in Pittsburgh.

- Informatica (INFA) rose on the word that Salesforce (CRM) is in talks to acquire the software company, rebooting a pursuit that fell through last year, people familiar with the matter said. If a deal is reached, it could be announced as soon as next week, according to the people, who asked to not be identified because the discussions are private. No final decision has been made and talks may still falter or another buyer could emerge, they said. Cloud Software Group has been interested in the asset too, the people said. Shares in Informatica rose as much as 28% on Friday for their biggest intraday gain. Salesforce shares closed lower.

- Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH) shares slumped as much as 19%, the most intraday since 2017, after the defense contractor's forecast fiscal 2026 profit that missed estimates. Management also sees much smaller revenue growth compared to fiscal 2025.

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- Apple (AAPL) shares are lower as the iPhone maker faces escalating pressure from President Donald Trump to do what many analysts insist would be nearly impossible: move production of its iconic iPhone to the US from overseas. Trump on Friday threatened Apple with a tariff of at least 25% if it doesn’t manufacture its flagship product line in the US, his starkest demand yet for the tech giant to commit to more domestic assembly. The warning came days after a Tuesday meeting between the president and Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook at the White House, a US official said. “I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhone’s that will be sold in the United States of America will be manufactured and built in the United States, not India, or anyplace else,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Friday. “If that is not the case, a Tariff of at least 25% must be paid by Apple to the U.S.”

- Intuit (INTU) ripped higher on after the company posted strong revenue growth following the end of the US tax season, suggesting the financial software company is finding success offering users more expensive services. Fiscal third-quarter revenue increased 15% to $7.8 billion, the company said Thursday in a statement. Analysts, on average, estimated $7.6 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The period that ended April 30 — including tax season — is the most critical for the maker of TurboTax and other finance software. Profit, excluding some items, was $11.65 a share, compared with analysts’ average projection of $10.96.

- Deckers Outdoor (DECK) shares tumbled as much as 24%, the most intraday since March 2020, after the owner of Hoka running shoes and Ugg boots provided a disappointing fiscal first-quarter forecast. The company also declined to provide full-year guidance due to the current macro uncertainty.

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