News Bulletin

Friday, May 8th, 2026

Morning Edition

 

Economic Numbers:

Time

Event

Actual

Forecast

Previous

Friday, May 8th, 2026

7:30

FOMC Member Bowman Speaks

 

 

 

8:30

Average Hourly Earnings (MoM) (Apr)

 

0.30%

0.20%

8:30

Nonfarm Payrolls (Apr)

 

65K

178K

8:30

Unemployment Rate (Apr)

 

4.30%

4.30%

8:30

Private Nonfarm Payrolls (Apr)

 

75K

186K

8:30

Average Hourly Earnings (YoY) (YoY) (Apr)

 

3.80%

3.50%

8:30

Participation Rate (Apr)

 

 

61.90%

8:30

U6 Unemployment Rate (Apr)

 

 

8.00%

8:30

Government Payrolls (Apr)

 

 

-8.0K

8:30

Manufacturing Payrolls (Apr)

 

5K

15K

8:30

Average Weekly Hours (Apr)

 

34.2

34.2

10:00

Michigan 1-Year Inflation Expectations (May)

 

 

4.70%

10:00

Michigan Consumer Expectations (May)

 

48.1

48.1

10:00

Michigan Consumer Sentiment (May)

 

49.7

49.8

10:00

Michigan 5-Year Inflation Expectations (May)

 

 

3.50%

10:00

Wholesale Inventories (MoM) (Mar)

 

1.40%

0.80%

10:00

Michigan Current Conditions (May)

 

52

52.5

10:00

Wholesale Trade Sales (MoM) (Mar)

 

 

2.70%

11:30

Atlanta Fed GDPNow (Q2)

 

3.70%

3.70%

13:00

U.S. Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count

 

 

408

13:00

U.S. Baker Hughes Total Rig Count

 

 

547.00

15:30

CFTC S&P 500 speculative net positions

 

 

-101.4K

15:30

CFTC Nasdaq 100 speculative net positions

 

 

-2.3K

15:30

CFTC Gold speculative net positions

 

 

159.6K

15:30

CFTC Crude Oil speculative net positions

 

 

191.9K

15:30

CFTC Aluminium speculative net positions

 

 

-0.0K

15:30

CFTC Copper speculative net positions

 

 

63.3K

15:30

CFTC Silver speculative net positions

 

 

24.2K

15:30

CFTC Natural Gas speculative net positions

 

 

-166.3K

15:30

CFTC Wheat speculative net positions

 

 

0.9K

15:30

CFTC Corn speculative net positions

 

 

340.7K

15:30

CFTC Soybeans speculative net positions

 

 

193.9K

19:30

FOMC Member Daly Speaks

 

 

 

19:30

Fed Waller Speaks

 

 

 

 

Indices
 

 

CLOSE

50 DMA

200 DMA

DJIA

49,596.97

47,873.29

47,308.65

NASDAQ

25,806.20

23,135.58

22,800.83

S&P 500

7,337.11

6,846.97

6,749.33

 

Earnings Calendar:

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

NAME

COMPANY

Mkt CAP

EPS (Forcast)

EPS (Actual)

Rev (Forcast)

Rev (Actual)

Time

TYOYY

Taiyo Yuden

$4.94B

0.3

 

$562.09M

 

 

INDOY

Indorama Ventures

$4.48B

 

 

 

 

 

UNICY

Unicharm

$10.72B

 

 

 

 

 

EDTXF

Spectral Medical

$301.33M

>-$0.01

 

$554.53K

 

 

MQBKY

Macquarie Group

$63.71B

 

 

 

 

 

THM

International Tower Hill Mines

$662.14M

 

 

 

 

 

MTA

Metalla Royalty & Streaming

$660.77M

<$0.01

 

$4.15M

 

 

MCCRF

McCoy Global

$49.79M

-0.04

 

$7.54M

 

 

KUBTY

Kubota

$18.86B

1.54

(+33.64%) +$2.062

$4.91B

 

 

NINOY

Nikon

$3.60B

0.07

 

$1.17B

 

 

SGAMY

Sega Sammy Holdings

$2.98B

0.07

 

$993.23M

 

 

NSRCF

NextSource Materials Inc

C$49.69M

-0.02

 

$301.53K

 

 

YAHOY

LY Corporation

$18.13B

 

 

 

 

 

NTTYY

Nippon Telegraph And Telephone

$82.92B

0.21

(+4.74%) +$0.221

$24.01B

 

 

BH

Biglari Holdings

$961.06M

 

 

 

 

 

GIPR

Generation Income Properties

$1.46M

0.35

 

$2.46M

 

 

SLSR

Solaris Resources

$1.70B

-0.08

 

0

 

 

GENC

Gencor

$216.35M

0.41

 

$36.52M

 

 

PMVP

PMV Pharmaceuticals

$77.33M

-0.41

 

0

 

 

ISNPY

Intesa Sanpaolo

$121.64B

1.05

 

$8.14B

 

 

IPOOF

InPlay Oil Corp.

C$347.45M

-0.21

 

$59.28M

 

 

BFRI

Biofrontera

$13.28M

-0.12

 

$10.25M

 

 

USGO

U.S. GoldMining Inc.

$180.25M

 

 

 

 

 

CRESY

Cresud Sociedad

$796.49M

 

 

 

 

 

NNOMF

Nano One Materials

C$84.27M

>-$0.01

 

0

 

 

EDSA

Edesa Biotech

$133.20M

-0.26

 

0

 

 

ICAGY

International Consolidated Airlines

$23.75B

0.06

 

$8.41B

 

 

GRVY

Gravity Co

$430.83M

 

 

 

 

 

KEP

Korea Electric Power

$19.96B

1.29

 

$16.81B

 

 

PROK

ProKidney

$591.84M

-0.14

 

$100.00K

 

 

EMPD

Empery Digital

$142.21M

-0.1

 

$200.00K

 

 

SLGL

Sol-Gel Technologies

$233.41M

-1.84

 

$900.00K

 

 

ENTX

Entera Bio

$58.28M

-0.08

 

0

 

 

KPRX

Kiora Pharmaceuticals

$9.92M

-0.71

 

$1.50M

 

 

PYXS

Pyxis Oncology

$144.51M

-0.36

 

0

 

 

NGNE

Neurogene

$504.86M

-1.3

 

0

 

 

AU

Anglogold Ashanti PLC

$49.79B

2.27

 

$3.26B

 

 

UI

Ubiquiti Networks

$62.23B

4.29

 

$814.30M

 

 

PPTA

Perpetua Resources

$3.74B

-0.18

 

0

 

 

JSPR

Jasper Therapeutics

$26.51M

-0.49

 

0

 

 

IRD

Opus Genetics

$375.58M

-0.13

 

$2.93M

 

 

FWDI

Forward Industries

$413.20M

0.08

 

$16.58M

 

 

HUMA

Humacyte

$218.31M

-0.12

 

$1.46M

 

 

NTDOY

Nintendo Co

$56.05B

0.1

(-6.25%) +$0.09

$2.65B

 

 

BBUC

Brookfield Business Corp. Class A

$8.14B

 

 

 

 

BMO

ANIOY

Acerinox SA

$4.23B

0.09

 

$1.78B

 

BMO

TRYIY

Toray Industries

$10.43B

0.25

 

$4.28B

 

BMO

AMADY

Amadeus IT Group, S.A.

$25.71B

0.95

 

$1.92B

 

BMO

DIBS

1stdibs.com

$160.81M

-0.04

 

$22.73M

 

BMO

AIRS

Airsculpt Technologies

$251.85M

 

 

 

 

BMO

TMCI

Treace Medical Concepts

$125.03M

-0.31

 

$45.96M

 

BMO

CRZBY

Commerzbank AG

$48.98B

0.9

 

$3.85B

 

BMO

JOUT

Johnson Outdoors

$547.68M

0.87

 

$185.09M

 

BMO

SLVM

Sylvamo Corp

$1.78B

-0.27

 

$740.85M

 

BMO

KOP

Koppers Holdings

$804.62M

0.43

 

$402.70M

 

BMO

TILE

Interface

$1.63B

0.33

 

$320.38M

 

BMO

ILLMF

illumin Holdings

C$32.79M

-0.05

 

$22.32M

 

BMO

ASIX

AdvanSix

$676.12M

-0.47

 

$364.90M

 

BMO

MSGS

Madison Square Garden Sports

$8.06B

0.56

 

$429.66M

 

BMO

ANIP

ANI Pharmaceuticals

$1.91B

1.3

 

$207.63M

 

BMO

CLMT

Calumet Specialty Products

$2.99B

-0.33

 

$1.00B

 

BMO

ESNT

Essent Group

$5.77B

1.68

 

$297.56M

 

BMO

CNTY

Century Casinos

$40.37M

-0.6

 

$138.40M

 

BMO

AMCX

AMC Networks

$361.79M

0.21

 

$540.67M

 

BMO

ALXO

ALX Oncology Holdings

$275.06M

-0.19

 

0

 

BMO

ROAD

Construction Partners

$7.63B

-0.03

 

$678.46M

 

BMO

BAM

Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. Class A

C$79.73B

0.42

 

$1.47B

 

BMO

DCBO

Docebo

$575.40M

0.33

 

$65.84M

 

BMO

GLP

Global Partners

$1.63B

0.33

 

$6.98B

 

BMO

FRRPF

Fiera Capital A

C$446.60M

0.14

 

$120.24M

 

BMO

TDS

Telephone & Data Systems

$4.84B

-0.44

 

$313.27M

 

BMO

DCH

Dauch Corporation

$1.37B

 

 

$2.18B

 

BMO

EMA

Emera

$15.86B

0.89

 

$1.78B

 

BMO

OSK

Oshkosh

$9.82B

1.04

 

$2.29B

 

BMO

EMBJ

Embraer

$12.28B

0.25

 

$1.41B

 

BMO

FLR

Fluor

$7.78B

0.62

 

$3.89B

 

BMO

AQN

Algonquin Power & Utilities

$4.87B

0.11

 

$713.69M

 

BMO

PAA

Plains All American

$15.64B

0.37

 

$12.02B

 

BMO

FIS

Fidelity National Info

$23.65B

1.29

 

$3.28B

 

BMO

WEN

Wendy's

$1.27B

0.1

 

$518.03M

 

BMO

STWD

Starwood Property

$6.79B

0.42

 

$496.25M

 

BMO

WULF

TeraWulf Inc

$12.43B

-0.2

 

$34.62M

 

BMO

TU

Telus

$20.10B

0.16

 

$3.72B

 

BMO

ENB

Enbridge

$118.45B

0.7

 

$9.58B

 

BMO

EXETF

Extendicare

C$2.10B

0.15

(+100.95%) +$0.31

$321.69M

(+44.62%) +$465.224M

AMC

CWXZF

Doman Building Materials Group

C$658.59M

0.11

 

$576.74M

 

AMC

HE

Hawaiian Electric

$2.64B

0.27

 

 

 

AMC

 

Market News:

Block Inc (NYSE:XYZ) reported first-quarter results that exceeded profit expectations, sending shares up roughly 7% in premarket trading Friday as the company raised its full-year outlook.

The financial services platform posted adjusted earnings per share of $0.85, beating the analyst consensus of $0.68 by $0.17. However, revenue of $6.06 billion fell short of the $6.12 billion estimate. Gross profit reached $2.91 billion, up 27% YoY, surpassing the company’s guidance. The company reported a GAAP diluted net loss per share of -$0.52, impacted by $852 million in restructuring charges and legal contingencies related to organizational changes executed in February.

 

 

The Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) reported first quarter results that missed earnings expectations and issued disappointing guidance, sending shares down over 14% in premarket trading Friday.

The advertising technology company posted adjusted earnings per share of $0.28, falling short of the analyst estimate of $0.32. Revenue reached $689 million, slightly exceeding the consensus estimate of $679.5 million and representing 12% growth YoY from $616 million in the prior-year period.

 

 

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares rose 0.80% as Wedbush raised its price target on the stock from $350 to $400, citing the company’s entry into the AI Revolution. The firm estimates roughly 20% of the world’s population will access AI through an Apple device over the coming years, marking a shift in the company’s position in the artificial intelligence space.

 

 

AMC Global Media Inc. (NASDAQ:AMCX) reported first quarter results that fell short of earnings expectations despite topping revenue estimates, with adjusted earnings per share of $0.08 compared to the analyst consensus of $0.23. Shares of the company edged down 0.23% in pre-market trading following the results.

Revenue came in at $542 million, slightly above the $541 million estimate, though down 2% YoY from $555 million in the prior year period.

 

 

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (NYSE:AQN) reported first quarter adjusted earnings per share of $0.13, exceeding analyst estimates of $0.12, as the utility company advanced key regulatory proceedings across its service territories. Shares of the company rose 1.91% in pre-market trading following the results.

The company posted adjusted net earnings of $99.6 million, or $0.13 per share, compared to $109.0 million, or $0.14 per share, in the first quarter of 2025.

 

 

ANI Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ANIP) reported first quarter results that exceeded Wall Street expectations. The company’s shares were up 9.88% in pre-market trading following the release.

The specialty pharmaceutical company posted adjusted earnings per share of $2.05, beating the analyst consensus of $1.45 by $0.60. Revenue reached $237.5 million, up 20.5% YoY and surpassing the $213.42 million estimate.

 

 

Evommune, Inc. (NYSE:EVMN) reported a first quarter loss of -$0.64 per share, beating analyst estimates of -$0.76 per share. The clinical-stage biotechnology company’s shares rose 2.84% in pre-market trading following the results.

The company posted no revenue for the quarter, compared to $3.0 million in the same period last year when it recognized licensing revenue from its strategic collaboration with Maruho related to EVO756 in Japan.

 

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