Vistra (VST) Jumps 11% on $4.2B DOE Nuclear Loan
Vistra (VST) rallied about 11% after the Energy Department offered a $4.2 billion conditional loan to upgrade nuclear plants in Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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Vistra (VST) rallied about 11% after the Energy Department offered a $4.2 billion conditional loan to upgrade nuclear plants in Pennsylvania and Ohio.

The stock market today turned lower as the Dow fell 1.1% and the 30-year Treasury yield hit 5.7%, its highest since 2002, ahead of Fed minutes on rate policy.

The yen near 158.4 per dollar, an eighth straight rise in real wages and 5.3% U.S. 10-year yields shape the outlook for BOJ interest rates and global markets.

A Gulf of Mexico storm is set to become 2026's first Atlantic hurricane, putting about 15% of U.S. crude output at risk as Brent holds near $101 a barrel.

Fed September minutes land at 2pm ET as October hike odds drop below 25%, leaving the fed rate path and a possible December increase in focus for investors.

Nvidia (NVDA) trades at a record $238.90, about 4% short of a $6 trillion market cap, after a record $150 billion buyback; options price even odds by Oct. 30.

AMD shares jumped about 4% to a record near $657 after Citi lifted its target to $800, betting AI agents like Meta's Muse will spark a server CPU boom.

Meta (META) shares are up nearly 20% since the Sept. 8 Muse AI agent launch, and Wells Fargo lifted its target to $1,000 from $796, implying 35% upside.

Bitcoin trades near $86,000, 32% below its $126,080 record, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit all-time highs as yields and rate-hike bets drive the divergence.

Moderna (MRNA) shares fell about 6% on profit-taking after a 52-week high, days before the biotech replaces Warner Bros. Discovery in the Nasdaq-100 on Oct. 9.

The S&P 500 closed at a record 7,818.93 and the Nasdaq at 27,599.79 as falling yields and oil lifted tech ahead of next week's third-quarter bank earnings.

Trump signed a law allowing tariffs of up to 100% on top buyers of Russian oil and gas, including China and India, with a key decision due by Oct. 18.

Marvell Technology stock surged as much as 10% after the chipmaker lifted its fiscal 2028 revenue goal to $20 billion and set a $70-90 billion fiscal 2031 range.

Brazil's Ibovespa surged 7.7% to a record 206,912 and the real gained 4% after Flávio Bolsonaro led the first round against Lula, setting up an Oct. 25 runoff.

The USS Theodore Roosevelt is the third U.S. carrier sent toward Iran, adding about 10,000 personnel and pushing Brent crude above $100 a barrel as talks stall.

Ukraine says strikes disabled 51% of Russia's oil refining capacity, while Moscow reports 650 drones overnight, raising diesel and crude oil price risks.

Ciena (CIEN) shares surged 11% to 14% as AI networking stocks rallied, backed by a fiscal 2029 goal of 30% annual revenue growth and fresh analyst upgrades.

Seagate fell 9% and Western Digital 7% after Toshiba said it would double hard-disk output, challenging the supply scarcity behind this year's AI storage rally.

C.H. Robinson agreed to acquire RXO for $5.8 billion in cash and stock, the largest truck-brokerage deal ever, sending RXO shares up about 22%.

Constellation Energy (CEG) rose more than 12% after Google signed a 20-year nuclear power deal adding 890 MW for its AI buildout, with first power due by 2028.

Crude oil price fell below $89 a barrel for a third straight session as Middle East exports neared 98% of pre-war levels, pulling Treasury yields off 2002 highs.

Intel (INTC) fell about 4% after Elon Musk confirmed talks with TSMC to join the Terafab chip project, raising questions over Intel's foundry comeback.

SpaceX (SPCX) closed at $171.09 on Nasdaq, its best finish since June, as a Morgan Stanley note, a first Starship orbit and TSMC chip talks lifted sentiment.

Cerebras shares rose 9% on October 5 after OpenAI's chief executive called the chipmaker a "close partner," erasing part of a slide tied to a GPT-6.1 hardware report.

McKesson and CD&R will take Option Care Health private at $32.05 a share, a $5.8 billion deal, after the stock jumped 21% on reports of advanced talks.

Schneider Electric agreed to buy Boston software maker PTC for $205 a share in cash, its largest deal ever, as PTC surged 33% and Schneider fell over 8%.

Japan's Nikkei rose to about 70,340 as Asian shares tracked Wall Street's tech rally, while oil near $100 and 5.3% Treasury yields capped broader gains.

The U.S. Air Force pulled all 12 B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford on Oct. 4 after a UK counterterrorism probe, removing a key launch point for strikes on Iran.

Foxconn's record September revenue of about $36.5 billion and 47% third-quarter growth on AI server demand point to strength for Nvidia and AI stocks.

AstraZeneca completed its $2 billion equity investment in Summit Therapeutics, lifting SMMT about 17% premarket as the cancer-drug tie-up moves to trials.