U.S stock index futures dropped on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates as expected, but rattled investors by saying rates would remain higher for longer.
Market Snapshot
At 7:47 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis were down 241 points, or 0.70%, S&P 500 e-minis were down 36.25 points, or 0.90%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 135 points, or 1.14%.
Pre-Market Movers
Tesla(TSLA) – Tesla fell 1.2% in premarket trading after an SEC filing showed that Elon Musksold another $3.6 billion in shares. The stock is down 55% year to date through Wednesday.
Warner Bros. Discovery(WBD) – Warner Bros. Discovery raised its projected costs for scrapping planned content by $1 billion to a total of $3.5 billion. The media company has been implementing cost-cutting measures since the merger ofAT&T’s WarnerMedia unit and Discovery earlier this year. Warner Bros. Discovery lost 1.2% in the premarket.
Lennar(LEN) – Lennar slid 2.6% in the premarket after forecasting a slowdown in orders for new homes, stemming from higher mortgage rates. The home builder also reported lower-than-expected earnings for its latest quarter, although revenue was slightly above analyst forecasts.
Novavax(NVAX) – Novavax tumbled 9.2% in premarket trading after the drug maker announced a $125 million common stock offering and a $125 million offering of convertible debt.
Western Digital(WDC) – Western Digital was downgraded to sell from neutral at Goldman Sachs, which pointed to a continued downturn in the flash memory market. Western Digital declined 4.7% in premarket action.
AT&T(T) – AT&T was downgraded to equal-weight from overweight at Morgan Stanley, which notes AT&T’s outperformance this year and is predicting slower growth for the company in 2023. AT&T fell 1.4% in premarket trading.
Trade Desk(TTD) – Jefferies downgraded the digital ad firm to hold from buy, praising the company’s “best-in-class fundamentals” but noting an offset from a rich valuation multiple. Trade Desk declined 3.3% in the premarket.
Snap(SNAP) – The social media company’s stock was downgraded to hold from buy at Jefferies, which said Snap is facing intense competition and a worsening macroeconomic picture. Snap lost 2.1% in premarket trading.
Market News
Tesla CEO Musk Sells At Least $3.58Bln Worth Of Tesla
Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has sold 22 million shares worth $3.58 billion in the electric-vehicle maker this week, a U.S. securities filing showed on Wednesday.
The latest sale, Musk's second since his $44 billion purchase of Twitter in October, brings the total Tesla stocks sold by the billionaire to nearly $40 billion over the past year.
He now owns 13.4% of the world's most valuable carmaker, according to Refinitiv data.
Grab to Implement Cost Cuts, Cites Uncertain Macroeconomic Situation - CEO in Memo
Grab Holdings Ltd, Southeast Asia's biggest ride-hailing and food delivery firm, is rolling out cost-cutting measures to cope with an uncertain macroeconomic situation, the Singapore-based company's chief executive told staff in a memo.
The measures include a freeze on most hirings, salary freezes for senior managers and cuts in travel and expense budgets, according to the memo, whose contents were confirmed by a company spokesperson.
Novavax Announces Proposed $125 Million Public Offering of Common Stock
Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) announced a proposed underwritten public offering to sell up to $125 million of its common stock. In connection with the common stock offering, Novavax expects to grant to the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $18.75 million of its common stock at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions.
J.P. Morgan, Jefferies and Cowen are acting as joint book-running managers and representatives of the underwriters for the common stock offering.
Trip.com Group Q3 Adj. EPS $0.22 Beats $0.17 Estimate, Sales $969.00M Beat $934.38M Estimate
Trip.com Group reported quarterly earnings of $0.22 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $0.17 by 29.41 percent. This is a 69.23 percent increase over earnings of $0.13 per share from the same period last year.
The company reported quarterly sales of $969.00 million which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $934.38 million by 3.71 percent. This is a 16.61 percent increase over sales of $831.00 million the same period last year.