News Bulletin
 Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Evening Edition

Economic Numbers:

Time

Event

Actual

Forecast

Previous

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

8:30

Building Permits (Aug) 

1.312M

1.370M

1.362M

8:30

Housing Starts (MoM) (Aug)

-8.50%

 

3.40%

8:30

Housing Starts (Aug)

1.307M

1.370M

1.429M

10:30

Crude Oil Inventories

-9.285M

1.400M

3.939M

14:00

FOMC Economic Projections 

 

 

 

14:00

FOMC Statement 

 

 

 

14:00

Fed Interest Rate Decision

4.25%

4.25%

4.50%

14:30

FOMC Press Conference 

 

 

 

 

Indices
 

 

CLOSE

50 DMA

200 DMA

DJIA

46,018.32

44,889.52

43,196.70

NASDAQ

22,261.33

21,343.69

19,471.04

S&P 500

6,600.35

6,406.66

5,993.75

Earnings Calendar:

(EPS: Earning Per Share / Rev: Revenue / Mkt Cap: market Capital/ BMO: Before Market Opening /AMC: After Market Close)

   COMPANY

EPS  Act

EPS Fore

Rev Act

Rev Fore

Mkt Cap

Time

General Mills (GIS)

0.86

0.81

4.52B

  4.52B

26.12B

BMO

Manchester United (MANU)

-3.16

-0.0651

164.2M

  165.16M

2.63B

BMO

Cracker Barrel Old (CBRL)

--

0.7204

--

  853.96M

1.11B

BMO

WhiteFiber (WYFI)

-0.0963

  --

18.3M

  --

729.27M

BMO

Innate Pharma (IPHA)

--

  --

--

  10.30M

184.98M

BMO

IperionX Limited ADR (IPX)

--

-0.04

--

  8.91M

1.48B

 

Akso Health DRC (AHG)

--

  --

--

  --

987.83M

 

Cantaloupe (CTLP)

0.09

0.105

82.56M

  83.73M

795.32M

 

Rezolute (RZLT)

--

-0.2133

--

0

670.74M

 

Golden Matrix (GMGI)

--

  --

--

  48.34M

128.78M

 

Anixa Biosciences (ANIX)

-0.07

-0.085

--

0

111.26M

 

Anebulo Pharmaceuticals (ANEB)

--

-0.05

--

0

100.66M

 

Bridgford (BRID)

-0.18

  --

51.95M

  --

73.07M

 

RiverNorth Specialty Finance (RSF)

--

0.91

--

  --

62.51M

 

Pharma-Bio Serv (PBSV)

--

0.03

--

  3M

13.06M

 

PharmaCyte Biotech (PMCB)

--

  --

--

  --

6.42M

 

Pinstripes Holdings (PNSTQ)

--

-0.21

--

  35.05M

453.34K

 

CB Wind Down (CBKCQ)

--

  --

--

  --

3.86K

 

Nano Dimension (NNDM)

--

  --

--

  --

317.19M

AMC

Sangoma Technologies (SANG)

--

-0.03

--

  58.53M

198.41M

AMC

 

Market News:

The S&P 500 closed lower Wednesday, as the Federal Reserve’s rate cut and outlook for two further cuts this year  largely met market expectations.

 

At 4:00 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 260 points, or 0.6%, and the S&P 500 index fell 0.1% though remains close to all-time highs of 6,626.99. The NASDAQ Composite slipped 0.3%.

Fed cuts rates, as expected, adds additional cut to forecast for this year

The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates by 0.25% on Wednesday for the first time in nine months and sees the need two more rates cuts this year as worries of softening in the labor market, which threatens the economy, outweigh concerns about inflation still running above the central bank’s target. 

 

Fed members also tentatively backed two more rates cuts this year, up from the previous forecast for one more. But support for three cuts is far from solid, Morgan Stanley said.

 

"The SEP showed a median of three cuts for this year, but only just: a shift of one voter to two cuts would have left the median there," it added.

 

The Fed’s rate decision was also accompanied by a fresh set projections showing the Fed members maintained inflation and unemployment expectations for this year.

 

General Mills leads earnings parade

In corporate news, General Mills (NYSE:GIS) stock fell after the packaged foods company reiterated its annual sales and profit forecasts but notched a decline in demand in its key North America segment.

Quarterly volumes in North America at the Minneapolis-based group dropped by 16 percentage points compared to a year ago, with the company now anticipating that the overall category’s growth will fall below its long-term targets.

 

Concerns have swirled around whether American consumers are reining in expenditures during a time of broader tariff-fueled economic uncertainty. A gauge of consumer sentiment last week from the University of Michigan ticked lower, with sweeping U.S. levies cited as a key driver of households’ fears over the state of their pocketbooks.

 

Elsewhere, Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) smartphone sales in China fell 6% in the weeks before the iPhone 17 launch, a sharper-than-usual slowdown ahead of a flagship release, according to Counterpoint Research.

 

Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) stock surged while rival Uber (NYSE:UBER)shares fell after Lyft announced a new partnership with Waymo to bring autonomous ride-hailing services to Nashville in 2026.

 

Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY) stock rose after activist investor Elliott Management unveiled a stake of more than $2 billion in the company and backed its leadership.

 

Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) shares surged, lifted by growing investor confidence in its home-grown AI chip efforts as China accelerates its drive toward semiconductor independence.

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