- Wall Street kicked off the fourth quarter with volatile trading as surging Treasury yields, elevated oil prices, and weakness in AI stocks pressured major indices.
- Individual stocks experienced sharp moves driven by corporate developments, earnings reports, and technical signals, including gains for Navitas Semiconductor and losses for Nike.
- Looking ahead to October, investors are monitoring upcoming FOMC meeting minutes, PMI data, and encouraging historical seasonality for the S&P 500.
- U.S. stocks slumped on Tuesday as the 30-year Treasury yield climbed to 5.61%, reaching its highest level since June 2002.
- The Dow lost 131 points while the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 finished firmly lower, driven by notable declines in bank stocks.
- Meanwhile, West Texas Intermediate crude dropped 3.5% to $89.38 per barrel, and December-dated gold futures gained 0.5% to $4,189.60 per ounce.
- Navitas Semiconductor shares rose 11.8% to $13.11 in pre-market trading after being awarded the U.S. government ALATTIS program to develop 10 kV silicon carbide power semiconductor technology.
- AstraZeneca agreed to invest $2 billion in Summit Therapeutics, driving the latter's stock up 21.8% to $18.87 in pre-market trading.
- Other notable pre-market stock movements included BIO-Key International surging 100.7% following a regional partnership, while NewGenIvf Group tumbled 40.9% after pricing a $1.25 million public offering.
- Major U.S. indices declined amid rising Treasury yields and surging oil prices, drawing investor attention to five key stocks.
- MongoDB shares dropped 18.46% following CEO Chirantan Desai's departure, while Kodiak Sciences surged 177.96% after successful Phase 3 trial results.
- Navitas Semiconductor fell 3.85% before gaining on a U.S. government contract, Boeing dropped 6.91% over a 737 MAX software glitch, and Nvidia rose 1.68% after authorizing an additional $150 billion in share buybacks.