NOW, STX, XLNX, NFLX, MRNA, CSX, VRSK: Trending Stocks Today 27 Jan

US stock markets endured a third volatile session yesterday, ending lower after a hawkish Fed meeting. 

Thursday is opening lower, more volatility can be expected.

Oil up (Brent hit $90 for the first time since October 2014). Gold down. Bitcoin down.

Here are some trending stocks today: 

• Software company ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) is up 11% pre-market. NOW beat on all key metrics in its earnings report and noted expectations for strong 2022 subscription revenues. growth.

• Seagate Technologies (NASDAQ: STX) is up around 8% pre-market after highlighting strong cloud center demand. 

• Semiconductor stock Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) is up 4% pre-market after earnings report highlighted robust demand.

• Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) secured Chinese approval for its acquisition of Xilinx. 

• Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is up 4% pre-market. The streaming giant is boosted by Bill Ackman’s tweet stating he’s taken a significant stake in the company.

• Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) is trending up.

• CSX Corp (NASDAQ: CSX) is trending up. 

• Verisk Analytics (NASDAQ: VRSK) is trending up.

• Teradyne (NASDAQ: TER) is down 16% pre-market.

• Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) released earnings with upbeat guidance showing strength in enterprise and desktop but forecast mixed and competition concerns prevail.

• Lam Research (NASDAQ: LRCX) stock down after confirming supply chain conditions worsened in late December.

• Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), Zoom Video (NASDAQ: ZM), DocuSign (NASDAQ: DOCU), Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) and Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) are also up pre-market.

• Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) reported an improvement in earnings and free cash flow but supply chain headwinds to continue through 2022.

• Levi Strauss (NYSE: LEVI) stock is up nearly 10% although Q4 results narrowly mixed while guidance is slightly better. 

• Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW) missed on weaker TAVR sales. EW stock down 4% pre-market.

• United Rentals (NYSE: URI) reported upbeat earnings and announced $1bn buyback.

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