US PRE-MARKET MOVERS: MSFT, META, QCOM, ARM, FTNT, MA, LRCX, SBUX, CVNA, BE
Newsquawk Staff ·
ES +0.7% NQ +1.6% RTY +0.6%
- MSFT +9.3%: Reported strong earnings w/ accelerating growth in Azure and Copilot
- META -10.0%: Q2 EPS missed; concerns over increased spending, expenses and lower free cash flow remain
- QCOM -3.2%: Q3 profit miss while next quarter guidance includes a data centre miss
- ARM +10.8%: Earnings and guidance beat offsets concerns over lower 2027 royalty growth expectations amid incremental android weakness
- FTNT +11.5%: Q2 results beat expectations; raised outlook
- MA +2.5%: Q2 profit & rev. beat
- LRCX +13.0%: Q4 results beat expectations w/ stronger-than-expected Q1 guidance
- SBUX +4.1%: Q3 top and bottom line beat, w/ stronger than expected FY26 guidance.
- CVNA -8.40%: Gave weaker-than-expected 2H adjusted EBITDA guidance
- BE +9.5%: Upgraded at Mizuho to 'Outperform' from 'Neutral'
- OpenAI expects future AI models to be capable of identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities that are currently unknown, according to a blog post
- Meta's (META) Muse AI to counter China models with subscribers, not ads, Nikkei reports
- Republican Senator Blackburn has raised concerns about Meta’s (META) plans to update its commercial terms, warning that the changes could “exploit American creators and businesses,” according to a letter
- Newsquawk Weekly Economic Release 26th - 30th October 2026
- Meta (META) says it will extend the implementation date of updated commercial terms to November 20th (prev. October 30th); extension will allow it to explain the changes to partners and stakeholders
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