News Bulletin
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Morning Edition

Economic Numbers:

Time

Event

Actual

Forecast

Previous

26m

ADP Employment Change Weekly

 

 

8.30K

41m

Export Price Index (MoM) (Jul)

 

0.002

-0.006

41m

Housing Starts (MoM) (Jul)

 

 

0.19

41m

Housing Starts (Jul)

 

1.340M

1.427M

41m

Import Price Index (MoM) (Jul)

 

0.001

0.003

41m

Building Permits (Jul)

 

1.370M

1.374M

41m

Building Permits (MoM) (Jul)

 

 

-0.026

41m

Import Price Index (YoY) (Jul)

 

 

0.071

41m

Export Price Index (YoY) (Jul)

 

 

0.102

8:55

Redbook (YoY)

 

 

0.083

9:15

Industrial Production (YoY) (Jul)

 

 

0.0114

9:15

Industrial Production (MoM) (Jul)

 

0.003

0.001

9:15

Manufacturing Production (MoM) (Jul)

 

0.002

0

9:15

Capacity Utilization Rate (Jul)

 

0.763

0.761

10:00

Pending Home Sales (MoM) (Jul)

 

0.001

-0.054

10:00

Pending Home Sales Index (Jul)

 

 

72.5

10:45

Atlanta Fed GDPNow (Q3)

 

0.043

0.043

16:30

API Weekly Crude Oil Stock

 

 

9.072M

Indices
 

 

CLOSE

50 DMA

200 DMA

DJIA

53,459.78

52,381.31

49,440.57

NASDAQ

26,644.91

25,902.90

24,193.00

S&P 500

7,745.06

7,515.60

7,077.63

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

Fiscal

Time

Home DepotHD:US

-/4.73

4.68

-/47.3B

45.3B

$299.72B

Q2

AM

Keysight TechnologiesKEYS:US

-/2.48

1.72

-/1.75B

1.35B

$60.07B

Q3

PM

Toll BrothersTOL:US

-/2.91

3.73

-/2.62B

2.88B

$12.93B

Q3

PM

Jack Henry AssociatesJKHY:US

-/1.44

1.75

-/629.2M

615.37M

$10.88B

Q4

PM

AimcoAIV:US

-/-

-0.14

-/-

52.76M

$6.27B

Q2

PM

Mercury SystemsMRCY:US

-/0.39

0.47

-/265.39M

273.1M

$5.40B

Q4

PM

HUBHUBG:US

-/0.29

0.45

-/941.12M

905.6M

$2.53B

Q2

 

La-Z-BoyLZB:US

-/0.49

0.47

-/495.45M

492.23M

$1.69B

Q1

PM

 

Market News:   

 

Here are some of the biggest premarket US stock movers today:

 

Hesai Group (NASDAQ:HSAI) reported second quarter revenue of RMB860.8 million ($126.9 million), up 21.9% YoY from RMB706.4 million in the same period last year.

 

Klarna Group plc (KLAR) announced planned departures of its Chief Financial Officer and Chief Marketing Officer, with both transitions set to take effect in early 2027.

 

Benjamin Wood, Chief Operating Officer at Cardinal Infrastructure Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CDNL), acquired shares in the company on August 14, 2026. The transactions totaled approximately $1,014,594. Mr. Wood purchased a total of 25,700 Class A Common Stock shares, with individual purchase prices ranging from $38.60 to $40.00 per share.The insider purchase comes as CDNL trades at $39.23, well below its 52-week high of $96.40. According to InvestingPro analysis, the stock appears undervalued at current levels, with a Fair Value estimate suggesting significant upside potential. The company is featured on InvestingPro’s most undervalued stocks list.

 

Mizuho downgraded Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NYSE: NCLH) to Neutral from Outperform and cut its price target for the stock to $17 from $22 in a note on Tuesday, citing rising leverage and the risk of a funding shortfall over the next 18 months.

 

UBS downgraded Planisware SAS (EPA:PLNW) to Neutral from Buy on Tuesday, citing balanced risk/reward following strong share price performance that has risen 8% year-to-date compared to peers down 0-41% and up 84% since the March 2026 low.

 

ReposiTrak (TRAK) and SPAR Group (SGRP) have launched Touchless Retail, an in-store merchandising service that combines professional merchandising with demand-driven automated ordering, according to a press release from the companies.

 

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