News Bulletin

Wednesday, September 23  2026
Morning Edition

 

Economic Numbers:

Time

Event

Actual

Forecast

Previous

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

7:00

MBA Mortgage Applications (WoW)

 

 

-4.10%

7:00

Mortgage Market Index

7:12

 

230.8

7:00

MBA Purchase Index

21:36

 

156.2

7:00

Mortgage Refinance Index

0:00

 

 

7:57

MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate

1:42

 

 

9:45

S&P Global Manufacturing PMI (Sep)

 

53.6

5390.00%

9:45

S&P Global Services PMI (Sep)

 

55.8

56.5

9:45

S&P Global Composite PMI (Sep)

 

 

56

10:05

Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Barr Speaks

 

 

 

10:30

Crude Oil Inventories

 

-0.700M

-0.640M

10:30

Cushing Crude Oil Inventories

 

 

-0.342M

10:30

Gasoline Inventories

 

 

0.794M

10:30

EIA Refinery Crude Runs (WoW)

 

 

-0.256M

10:30

Heating Oil Stockpiles

 

 

0.684M

10:30

Crude Oil Imports

 

 

-1.180M

10:30

Distillate Fuel Production

 

 

-0.121M

10:30

Gasoline Production

 

 

0.336M

10:30

EIA Weekly Distillates Stocks

 

 

1.585M

12:00

Fed Goolsbee Speaks

 

 

 

13:00

5-Year Note Auction

 

 

4.39%

 

Indices:
 

 

 

CLOSE

50 DMA

200 DMA

DJIA

51,863.80

52,858.84

50,146.12

NASDAQ

27,244.28

26,116.60

24,590.89

S&P 500

7,764.83

7,626.27

7,191.00

 

Earnings Calendar:

Symbol

Company

Earnings Call Time

EPS Estimate

Reported EPS

Surprise (%)

Market Cap

CTAS

Cintas Corporation

BMO

136.00%

-

-

79.55B

PAYX

Paychex, Inc.

BMO

1.32

-

-

40.77B

GIS

General Mills, Inc.

BMO

0.72

-

-

18.95B

VFS

VinFast Auto Ltd.

BMO

-33.00%

-

-

7.56B

FUL

H.B. Fuller Company

AMC

1.46

-

-

2.75B

CBRL

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

BMO

17.00%

-

-

1.02B

ADSE

ADS-TEC Energy PLC

AMC

-

-

-

826.29M

HKD

AMTD Digital Inc.

AMC

-

-

-

540.56M

SFIX

Stitch Fix, Inc.

AMC

-6.00%

-

-

398.94M

RZLT

Rezolute, Inc.

AMC

-0.14

-

-

389.02M

WLDBF

WildBrain Ltd.

AMC

0.01

-

-

238.83M

NEOV

NeoVolta Inc.

AMC

-0.09

-

-

197.78M

ZENA

ZenaTech, Inc.

BMO

-0.22

-

-

136.88M

ELBM

Electra Battery Materials Corporation

TNS

-3.00%

-

-

61.46M

KNXFF

Vault Strategic Mining Corp.

AMC

-

-

-

1.63M

ISGIF

InsuraGuest Technologies Inc.

AMC

-

-

-

1.09M

ESP

Espey Mfg. & Electronics Corp.

AMC

0.96

-

-

--

MANU

Manchester United plc

BMO

-30.00%

-

 

 

 

Market News:

·       Nvidia (NVDA): AI/semiconductor stocks remain a major market focus as investors continue to assess the pace of AI investment and chip demand.

·       Meta (META): Meta is among the most-watched U.S. stocks today, with Mizuho highlighting continued progress in its investment thesis.

·       Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR): Shares were among the notable premarket gainers after the company raised its guidance.

·       IonQ (IONQ): IonQ was showing a large premarket move of roughly +11%, putting quantum-computing stocks back in focus.

·       ImmunityBio (IBRX): Shares were up about 10% in premarket trading, making it one of today's notable healthcare movers.

·       LPL Financial (LPLA): LPL was among the significant premarket decliners, down roughly 7%, with regulatory/legal developments cited around the move.

·       InnovAge (INNV): Shares fell sharply premarket after the company announced pricing of a secondary offering by selling stockholders.

·       Labcorp (LH) & Quest Diagnostics (DGX): Both diagnostics stocks came under pressure after CMS signaled reductions in Medicare payments for certain laboratory tests.

·       Shopify (SHOP): Shopify was among the technology stocks helping lift the Nasdaq in the previous session.

·       Astera Labs (ALAB): Astera Labs also gained as semiconductor/AI stocks supported the Nasdaq.

·       Apple (AAPL): Apple remains close to a technical buy point, with investors watching its recent product cycle and continued demand.

·       AMD (AMD): AMD and other AI-related semiconductor stocks have been key drivers of the Nasdaq's recent record-setting performance.

·       Energy stocks: Oil-market developments remain important. Crude prices were below $100 as Saudi Arabia restarted operations at a key pipeline, easing some energy-market pressure.

·       Financial stocks: Financials were among the weaker sectors in Tuesday's session, while technology stocks performed relatively better.

·       AI stocks broadly: Investor attention remains heavily concentrated on AI-related spending, chip demand and the ability of companies to translate large AI investments into earnings.

·       Nasdaq: The Nasdaq recently reached another record close, with semiconductor/AI shares providing much of the upward momentum.

·       US-China meeting: The upcoming Trump-Xi meeting is a major market catalyst, particularly for technology, semiconductors, trade-sensitive companies and China-exposed stocks.

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