Top Stock Movers Now: HP, Dell, Autodesk, and More
Key Takeaways
U.S. equities dropped at midday ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday as weak earnings reports from big tech companies dragged down stocks. The
Nasdaq
lost 1%, and the
Dow Jones Industrial Average
and
S&P 500
fell as well.
Shares of both HP (
HPQ
) and Dell Technologies (
DELL
) tumbled as both of the PC makers warned about market weakness ahead.
Autodesk (
ADSK
) shares sank after the design software maker announced a change at CFO.
Workday (
WDAY
) predicted weaker-than-expected full-year subscription services revenue, and shares of the human resources software firm slid.
Urban Outfitters (
URBN
) shares soared as the clothing retailer's Anthropologie brand helped drive better-than-expected sales.
Shares of Unusual Machines (
UMAC
) skyrocketed to an all-time high when the drone maker announced that Donald Trump Jr. had joined the company's advisory board.
Most major cryptocurrencies traded higher, lifting shares of MicroStrategy (
MSTR
), the biggest corporate holder of bitcoin.
Crude oil futures fell. Gold prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note declined. The U.S. dollar lost ground to the euro, pound, and yen.